Hopkins-DLH: the biggest fight that should'nt have happen

[katjack]

I was surprised Oscar stood and traded with Hopkins, smart move? NO!

But it showed that Oscar had the type of guts that we rarely see in todays fighters.

[Bushidō]

Personally, the Hopkins-Dela Hoya fight in 2004 was a waste of time for boxing fans, experts were trying to compare it to Leonard-Hagler but its a foregone conclusion Dela Hoya is not gonna beat Hopkins, Oscar had no business fighting above 154lbs. Some more reasons:

It does not justified Hopkins' greatness beating a smaller guy, Dela Hoya even tried to sell the fight saying "he was my enemy, showing some anger" before their fight yet it was obvious there was deep relationship between the two, it was funny after their fight Oscar was pounding the floor mad at himself then suddenly get up and was like kissing Bernard's ass after.

Two other potential great fights were missed out because of this fight happening in 2004, Hopkins-Calzaghe and Mayweather-Dela Hoya earlier than their respective fights taking place, Floyd has been calling out Oscar and debut at 140 against Corley, and remember Hopkins beating Pavlik after the loss to Calzaghe, so he'd take on Jermain Taylor anyway.

Supposedly Mayweather beats Dela Hoya three years earlier, we might have seen Mayweather vs Winky Wright (whom he called out after beating Gatti) at 154 the following year.

I actually thought he did pretty well vs Hopkins but the real reason the fight should have never happened was that DLH lost to Sturm.

[Emon723]

I actually thought he did pretty well vs Hopkins but the real reason the fight should have never happened was that DLH lost to Sturm.

Rightly so, the fight with Felix Sturm, Dela Hoya's expression tells that he thinks he lost that fight.