Oscar claimed on Tysontalk that he's down to 156. Now he's fighting at 154 in over two months and it was believed that as of the beginning of the year that he appeared to weight 200 pounds, perhaps up to 10 or so pounds under that. My question, when did he lose 30-40 pounds? Is this a good thing when you consider the fight is still so far away? What does this tell us? Should you believe him? I don't know. I was stunned. I thought by now he'd want to weight about 168-170 for the May 6 fight
about a month ago he said the most he's ever weighed is 175lbs.
i also believe he's doing a lot of running which will drop the weight.
i hope he's doing his calisthenics though, otherwise he'll lack strenth.
the likelihood is that he'll now put on about 5-6lbs of muscle, and drain himself to get down to 154lbs for weigh in.
I don't know. I just don't know what Oscar has left. He might do a better job, it's certainly possible but I for one believe Mayorga is going to beat him so we'll have to really analyze Oscar-Floyd and Oscar-Winky starting May 7th
Shane Mosley and Felix Trinidad know how to put punches together. Its just against Winky its too hard to do because you eat jabs and everything is blocked because of his long arms. Don't disparage fighters just because Winky beat them,give him his credit
The Shane Mosley that fought Winky was a 1 punch at a time fighter...a shell of his former lighter self.
The Tito Trinidad that fought Winky was completely one dimensional and limited when he fought Winky, a shell of his former Wleterweight self.
The one thing Oscar does well is punch in combination...hell he may not even do it that well anymore but I promise you he does it a helluva lot better then then the above mentioned names.
Agree?
Shane Mosley and Felix Trinidad know how to put punches together. Its just against Winky its too hard to do because you eat jabs and everything is blocked because of his long arms. Don't disparage fighters just because Winky beat them,give him his credit
Oscar can't handle a lefty like Wright. He hasn't fought a left-hander since '97.
When is the last time Winky fought someone who knows how to put his punches together?
Oscar can't handle a lefty like Wright. He hasn't fought a left-hander since '97.
Maybe not but if he wants a shot at handling that left he needs to get active, if he fights Mayorga then takes another year and half off then goes after a elite guy like Winky he is just kidding himself.
He has a lot more weight to lose if he is gonna get back to that hunk of a mexican that I grew up dreaming about...
Lets see if he is 156 now he has roughly 25 more pounds to go before I tell my wife to move on because I'm moving to LA.
Seriously...My man needs to fight 3 times in 1 year the final bout being against Winky and the first 2 being against Mayorga and some fringe contender (which is not going to happen).
Oscar can beat Winky if and only if he becomes a full time fighter for a year...he cant continue to fight elite fighters when he is as inactive as he is.
I wish Oscar would just go out with a bang in 2006 with 3 fights and then call it quits.
Oscar can't handle a lefty like Wright. He hasn't fought a left-hander since '97.
I am sure dlh will win via ud vs mayorga, but it would be nice to see if he can knock him out
Oscar doesnt have the fire power to take out Ricardo, he will be quite content to simply outclass him.
Back to that slim n' sexy Oscar you fell in love with, eh Scap ?
He has a lot more weight to lose if he is gonna get back to that hunk of a mexican that I grew up dreaming about...
Lets see if he is 156 now he has roughly 25 more pounds to go before I tell my wife to move on because I'm moving to LA.
Seriously...My man needs to fight 3 times in 1 year the final bout being against Winky and the first 2 being against Mayorga and some fringe contender (which is not going to happen).
Oscar can beat Winky if and only if he becomes a full time fighter for a year...he cant continue to fight elite fighters when he is as inactive as he is.
I wish Oscar would just go out with a bang in 2006 with 3 fights and then call it quits.
The fact that Oscar is training can only be a good thing-look at his face at the press conference yesterday-he has lost a ton of weight.
Back to that slim n' sexy Oscar you fell in love with, eh Scap ?
The fact that Oscar is training can only be a good thing-look at his face at the press conference yesterday-he has lost a ton of weight.
He is looking like his old self.
I cant wait to see Oscar in the spotlight again. I believe that he knows he can whip on Mayorga, and im sure he'll do it. :cool: