how good could delahoya have been

[-Antonio-]

Ill never believe that "KO" by Hopkins. Everytime I see it, it looks more shady.

[Animal Squabbs]

he could of been great. i admire what he did with the moving up in weight classes but he is just plain overated. when he wins, he wins but the fight isn't exactly conclusive, and when he loses he gets schooled. he's plain overated and has been protecting himself against limited opposition for YEARS.

you are an idiot, so Mosley, Whitaker, Hopkins, Quartey, Vargas, Mayorga, Carr, Camacho, Chavez, Trinidad and others are limited opposition????????

[Hydro]

Ummm...I'm pretty sure Duran moved from 135 straight to 147 to fight Ray Leonard...so that pretty much kills your logic even though were half sticking up for me..

duran fought palomino at 147 before he beat srl as well as monroe brooks and a couple of other guys. he even weighed in at 149 or 150 in a fight about a year before beating leonard.

[Smokin']

yep, you're right i was mistaken.

[bdevils]

Very good resume but I see your point, he has def lost many of his big fights.

now i'm no big oscar fan by any means and also thought he lost many of the the big fights, BUT he took the big fights.

[Smokin']

now i'm no big oscar fan by any means and also thought he lost many of the the big fights, BUT he took the big fights.

ummm...he was a big star even before he was winning those fights. of course he took those fights...ray leonard did the same and he was 'the man' like oscar.

[Verstyle]

u can disect all great fighters opponents and they wouldnt look so great.reason why we dont do that cause no1 is perfect.and dlh's 100million plus speaks volume on the opposition he was facing

[Hydro]

u can disect all great fighters opponents and they would look so great.reason why we dont do that cause no1 is perfect.and dlh's 100million plus speaks volume on the opposition he was facing

and how popular he is.

he can demand the large cut of the purse and opponents swallow their pride and ego because it's still a big payday for them.

oscar could still make big dollars against lesser opposition, and did when he wasn't facing the elite.

[BmoreBrawler]

because he was a USA medalist when ppl still cared.

[Hydro]

because he was a USA medalist when ppl still cared.

yeah, plus the whole story with his mother dying and him promising he'd win a gold made a nice hollywood type story.

then there was the fact that he spoke english and spanish, and his looks brought a new audience (women) to boxing.