Honestly I think De La Hoya's best weight was 147 and 154, I don't think De La Hoya from 15 years ago could beat Alvarez @ 160.
On the flip side I've suspected Alvarez has being PED's every since the LARA fight.
That being said I'd favor Alvarez against De La Hoya.
Canelo is the bigger man and 160 was as high as De La Hoya ever got.
I would take Canelo in that fight but i think 154 De La Hoya would be the easy pick against 154 Canelo.
This doesn't even make sence.
You say Canelo beats up @ 160 because he's bigger...then you say that De La Hoya woudl be an "EASY" pic @ 154, 6 pounds south?
I think 147 was Oscar's best weight and I don't rate him as high as many do. To me both GGG and Canelo are better fighters than Oscar pound for pound. At a weight limit of 160 pounds I think prime Canelo KOs prime Oscar.
You think Golovkin is more skilled then De La Hoya pound for pound? I'm not saying by any means DLH beats him @ 160 but you think Golovkin is more skilled?
Golovkin is 1 dimensional.
Canelo by a left to the liver in the 5th round.
A lot of people forget Oscar started at 130 and went all the way up to 160.
He was rail thin when he started
Honestly I think De La Hoya's best weight was 147 and 154, I don't think De La Hoya from 15 years ago could beat Alvarez @ 160.
On the flip side I've suspected Alvarez has being PED's every since the LARA fight.
That being said I'd favor Alvarez against De La Hoya.
- -All U science boys know about being on PEDs is it now?
I think 147 was Oscar's best weight and I don't rate him as high as many do. To me both GGG and Canelo are better fighters than Oscar pound for pound. At a weight limit of 160 pounds I think prime Canelo KOs prime Oscar.
De La Hoya looked better against Hopkins then he did against Sturm
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Yeah possibly, he didn’t look good in either fight though IMO. Just looked really undersized at 160.
This question gets asked a lot and my answer is always Canelo via KO. The 160 lb version of ODLH was pretty poor tbh. Got a gift against Sturm and got dominated by B-Hop. Canelo is simply too big for Oscar. I actually think De La Hoya is the better fighter but size matters.
De La Hoya looked better against Hopkins then he did against Sturm
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Oscar was blown up and soft at 160. 154 is where the fight should take place.
I actually forgot that Canelo spent as much time at 154 has he did. I thought he moved to Middleweight after the Mayweather fight.
So you are right...a better weight would be at 154
I also think that Oscars lifestyle wasn't doing him any favours. You might be able to get away with a bit of partying in your 20s, but that she's always gonna diminish your longevity. At MW Oscar was not only fighting guys as big or bigger but was on the slide anyway IMO.
Yeah he was definitely declining at that point. At some point not loving the life always catches up with you and as you say Oscar’s lifestyle was f***ing wild back then. (It probably still is today tbh) :lol1:
This question gets asked a lot and my answer is always Canelo via KO. The 160 lb version of ODLH was pretty poor tbh. Got a gift against Sturm and got dominated by B-Hop. Canelo is simply too big for Oscar. I actually think De La Hoya is the better fighter but size matters.
I also think that Oscars lifestyle wasn't doing him any favours. You might be able to get away with a bit of partying in your 20s, but that she's always gonna diminish your longevity. At MW Oscar was not only fighting guys as big or bigger but was on the slide anyway IMO.
This question gets asked a lot and my answer is always Canelo via KO. The 160 lb version of ODLH was pretty poor tbh. Got a gift against Sturm and got dominated by B-Hop. Canelo is simply too big for Oscar. I actually think De La Hoya is the better fighter but size matters.
Honestly I think De La Hoya's best weight was 147 and 154, I don't think De La Hoya from 15 years ago could beat Alvarez @ 160.
On the flip side I've suspected Alvarez has being PED's every since the LARA fight.
That being said I'd favor Alvarez against De La Hoya.
Oscar shouldn't have got the nod against Sturm, man. Tells you all you need to know about this match up.