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Originally posted by Tatabanya View Post
I was a huge fan of Tito, but the De La Hoya and Hopkins fights definitely diminished his place in my personal HOF.
I had never been that keen on Felix, whose weaknesses were put on full display by the mobile Hoya.
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Originally posted by SouthpawRight View Posttop 100 so the shallow end of great
past prime Oscar peeled 4 rounds off of prime top 11 atg Floyd
Ducked the lucrative rematch to announce his retirement days before the fight at a lengthy presser in what can only be described as a sobbing mental breakdown with mucous streaming our his nostrils that he kept wiping with a towel before wiping his face with the towel.
Enter Manny who salvaged Oscar's $ubstantial Promotion on short notice, jumping 2 weight classes to pulverize Oscar into retirement and fishnets.
Oscar did a lot for boxers by making most all his stable substantial $$$...
Helps to be witness to the events talked about...
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Originally posted by Tatabanya View Post
I have to rewatch both fights, it's been a long time. As a self-confessed hater, I vividly remember watching Trinidad vs De La Hoya convinced that Tito would do a job on Oscar. At the end I was so disappointed with Trinidad's work that I didn't even rejoice when the judges gave it to himTatabanya likes this.
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Originally posted by Tatabanya View Post
I was a huge fan of Tito, but the De La Hoya and Hopkins fights definitely diminished his place in my personal HOF.
Oscar lost that fight for himself, and it wasn't a robbery. He has nobody to blame but himself.
That was one of the biggest fights in WW history, and, he lost it.
Tito doesn't get critique for that, in my view.
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Originally posted by NotIron View Post
I don't think so, if anything if effects Oscar's legacy (Tito fight)
Oscar lost that fight for himself, and it wasn't a robbery. He has nobody to blame but himself.
That was one of the biggest fights in WW history, and, he lost it.
Tito doesn't get critique for that, in my view.
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