Oscar De La Hoya

[LoveDoctor]

Oscar is up there on the ATG list. Has a sick resume!

The man put boxing back on the map. I seriously doubt there will ever be another Oscar! He was special, something about him made people watch his fights, when he lost it didn't even matter, he would actually gain fans in losses. PPV king, Olympic Gold, 6 division champ, successful promoter. What else can you ask from a guy?

[General Zod]

He needed those wins against Tito, Mosley and Mayweather.

He desrved to get the win for his 2nd fight with Mosley and the Tito fight.

[P.WILL]

Oscar is a legend and like someone stated before was in many controversial fights.
Destroyed Ruelas
Tamed Vargas
Shut Mayorga Up
Bloodied up Chavez. Twice
Robbed against Mosley II-Trinidad
showed heart against Quartey

[BigStereotype]

Tools-wise, I think Oscar is one of the top 50 fighters ever, but I agree with the earlier poster who said he lost too many important fights to be any higher than that. But that hand speed, chin, and obviously the crushing left hook mean that I'd give him at least a shot against anyone in history.

[CarlosG815]

He desrved to get the win for his 2nd fight with Mosley and the Tito fight.

I had him winning both but what I meant was he needed to get the W on his record.

[JAB5239]

He's on my top ten favorites fighters.

I can appreciate that.

[HaglerSteelChin]

Like old school fighters he did fight anyone win, lose, or draw. He went in the ring with atleast 10 probable Hall of Famers: Chavez, Whitaker,Camacho, Hernandez, Paez, Trinidad, Mosley, Hopkins,Mayweather, and Pacquiao. In addition, guys who have an outside shot at the HOF as Ruelas, Quartay,Sturm, and Gatti. That is much more than Mayweather has faced. The only guys Floyd has faced that are probable hall of famers are DLH, DC, and his upcoming fight with mosley. There is an outside shot for both hatton and Gatti. Even with his two devasting kO losses i do think Hatton should get some consideration since he did get Fighter of the year, his titles at 140 & 147, and his only 2 losses were for the perceived best fighters in the world at the time unlike losing to a journeyman or tomato can.

[aristotlemoses]

I like him, and give him his props.
I wished he would have given more at the end against Tito because he should have definitely won that fight.

[mhager91490]

What did you think of him and where do you rank him on an all-time level?

His career was filled with highly debatable decisions that were both for and against him (Trinidad, Mosley, Whitaker, etc.). He managed to put on some great performances and I think he's often underrated.

I've never been a big fan of him TBH, he was an excellent fighter in his own right and was in some good fights but there was something about him that was always a put-off for me. I thought he lost the Quartey fight, won the Trinidad fight but was not impressive by any means and his performance kind of rankled, I didn't watch his fight with Whitaker in it's entirety so I can't make an honest assesment and I've never seen the second Mosley fight. Good fighter, excellent physical attributes and not lacking in the skill department but for some reason he wasn't able to pull it all together for the times it really mattered. I can't really think of anything to say about him that hasn't been said many times before so I'll leave it at that.

[IMDAZED]

Very overrated, particularly in later years by new fans who look at boxrec and say, "man, he fought them all."

More important than who is when.

Nevertheless, still a great fighter and a sure-fire HOF'er.