By the end of 2009 he should be undisputed champ before we really even start considering him an ATG, I don't think he will ever make the ATG status, he may be the best HW in a weak era but alot of people are gonna look at who he lost to which was brutally knocked out except for the Chris Byrd fight which he quit, and that is gonna take a big toll.
Forbes is a pretty aggressive boxer which means DLH won't have to go chasing him much, and DLH can still crack so it should be a matter of time before he takes him out, or at least win a UD.
WLAD still had all kinds of problems with Peter, Wlad is the best HW out right now but he's still very vulnerable to big punchers and all three loses he's had weren't to HOF boxers, he will never be up there with great HW fighters of the past.
If he was reluctant to put more on his punches against Sultan when he had many opportunities to do it, he sure will be against Peter, besides a green Sam Peter was able to knock Wlad down 3 times, Peter has improved after fighting Toney twice.
The one thing that the morales/barrera missed is there no good knock downs or neither fighter was able to stop each other in either fight, but you still get a great 36 rounds between them.
DeLaHoya's advantages are his height, reach, strength, power, great chin and has fast hand speed but not like Floyd's. Floyd's has the better technique, all around boxing skills (offense and defense), hand and foot speed, and probably the smarter fighter. I see a good chess match for the first half of the fight, in the second half the fighter that imposes his gameplan over the other will take the fight, very similar to the first Oscar/Shane fight. Oscar cannot afford to lose his stamina in the late rounds as has in the past, and Floyd cannot afford to hurt his brittle hands like he does so often. Floyd has never fought at 154 so we dont know how the weight will affect his stamina or speed, my guess is Oscar could match him in speed in the early rounds. If he catches Floyd like Judah did early on Oscar could stop him since he's a better finisher. I like Oscar by late rds. TKO.
to me its gotta be Ali or Sugar Ray Robinson the man had and incredible career record 173-19-6 (106 ko's)that shit is insane 200 pro fights were lucky if elite fighters in our era fight more than 3x a year.
This past Saturday at the Home Depot Center I met Morales, Margarito, Vince Phillips, Julio and Antonio Diaz, Martin Castillo, Nick Diaz, and Gina Carano. In the past I've met Fernando Vargas, Jorge Paez, and Tito Ortiz.
Maybe Mayweather loses, just to get a rematch with Oscar and get back to back career high paydays outboxing DLH in the rematch by comfortable decision.
without thinking twice- Mike Tyson, he also got me into hooked into boxing, he was like a morbid attraction, people were fascinted to see Mike obliterate/ktfo a mofo. check the clip out
http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3BK8GXPTJQ7F52Y47XO3AJQRDS
in a couple weeks if Taylor is able to defeat Hopkins this debate shall pretty much be answered, Sturm's chances will then be perceived as slim. However, it should be an intriguing match-up that HBO should try to make with Sturm being already beaten by Taylor in the Olympics trying to avenge that loss in the pro's ala Cotto(defeating Abdullaeve) or Taylor keeping him on check like Forrest did to Mosley.
Without A Doubt Its Gotta Be Mma(ufc,pridefc) Or Boxing. These Are Grueling Contact Sports, Any Other Sport As Hard Competitive As It Might Be Doesnt Have To Worry About Getting Fucked Up, In Mma, Or Boxing You Do And You Gotta Dish Out Your Own On Your Opponent.