Thoughts on De La Hoya.

[Dr Cynical]

Aside from the bull**** ending, how do you think he did in the match?
Where do you see him going now?
Could he become an actual middleweight threat if he trains more at this weight class?
Or could he go down to welter and rule there?

[Explosivo]

I thought he did well in the match vs Hopkins. All these people saying he got his ass kicked are trippin.

I dont think he should stay at middle. Its not a natural place for him to be and the last couple of fights have shown us that. I give Oscar props for at least moving up in wieght in his career to find the toughest challenge. I think Oscar should fight 1 or 2 more fights around welter and call it a career. I would like to see Trinidad and Wright. Not too interested in a 3rd Mosley fight.

[borikua]

Aside from the bull**** ending, how do you think he did in the match?
Where do you see him going now?
Could he become an actual middleweight threat if he trains more at this weight class?
Or could he go down to welter and rule there?

no chance on middleweight...

[Dr Cynical]

I thought he did well in the match vs Hopkins. All these people saying he got his ass kicked are trippin.

I dont think he should stay at middle. Its not a natural place for him to be and the last couple of fights have shown us that. I give Oscar props for at least moving up in wieght in his career to find the toughest challenge. I think Oscar should fight 1 or 2 more fights around welter and call it a career. I would like to see Trinidad and Wright. Not too interested in a 3rd Mosley fight.

From what I saw, I thought he did well against Hopkins.
Perhaps if he trains more and gets a chance to settle into that weight and be comfortable with it, he could make some noise there.
Maybe another fight with Hopkins and actually win this one then set up their third match.

[mic573]

He held his own against Hopkins in my eyes. He wasn't being battered or punished in the ring like so many thought he would but he was on his way to losing a decision. I have no problem with the end of the fight. It was a good bodyshot that hurt him and he couldn't recover. The people who say he didn't want to mess up his movie star looks and all that have to remember he is a fighter and I'm sure if he wanted a movie career he wouldn't have taken this fight or even become a boxer in the first place. You can clearly see that he wanted to get up but just couldn't.

[jack_the_rippuh]

You got to be crazy if you think De La Hoya would get a chance to fight Hopkins again. The guy says he's going to be out of the ring before he turns 41....that's 16 more months..

[Sir_Jose]

DLH is not a middleweight, but he fought like a true fighter and you cant hate on him for that.

As far as his future

He would be a heavy favorite over Spinks at 147 and would aslo be a favorite over Winky at 154.

[Dr Cynical]

DLH is not a middleweight, but he fought like a true fighter and you cant hate on him for that.

As far as his future

He would be a heavy favorite over Spinks at 147 and would aslo be a favorite over Winky at 154.

Even though he is not a true middleweight, couldn't he still hold his own in that division if he trained more and had a chance to be comfortable in that weight class?
Everyone thought he would look badly against Hopkins but he held his own.
What do you think would happen if DLH got settled into that weight class and went after Sturm again?

[Explosivo]

DLH is not a middleweight, but he fought like a true fighter and you cant hate on him for that.

As far as his future

He would be a heavy favorite over Spinks at 147 and would aslo be a favorite over Winky at 154.

I dont know if he would be favored against Wright, but I agree he would be a heavy fav over Spinks.

[NiGe2011]

I think that Winky would be able to beat De La Hoya pretty easily actually, but I think that Oscar is a better boxer then Spinks and has more power then Spinks does to boot- it would be a blowout in Oscar's favor in that fight.