What makes a Golden Boy?

[SkillspayBills]

my father told me oscar delahoya is the best fighter ever,and after i saw him beat up mayweather on a tape last month.i have to agree.

You and your dad are both.............as a matter of fact I am going to take the Oscar root and not say anything mean.

[Max_E_Padd]

hmm?mean how?oscar is my hero and hes a good singer too.my dad bought me his cd last christmas.

[ferocity]

Early going in his career he always went for the ko and most time got it.


What people seem to forget is how much crap Delahoya used to get for walking into the ring smiling even against some of his toughest test to date. Which is weird cause Pacquiao comes smiling into the ring and no one says nothing. Of course now a days other fighters do the whole smiling thing into the ring. But back when Delahoya was destroying opponets and smiling while walking into the ring people didn't like that from him.

[The Troll]

Oscar had that x factor, something you can't describe. He was and still is beloved by everybody who watches the sport, and some who don't know anything about it. He' a once in a lifetime kinda guy in that regard.

I dont and so is the same with alot of other people.

[Verstyle]

He has the look,the speed,the power,he can talk correctly.He's an exciting fighter,and he fights anybody. No one out there has that package.

[SkillspayBills]

hmm?mean how?oscar is my hero and hes a good singer too.my dad bought me his cd last christmas.

How old are you?

[starjammer]

How old are you?

The guy's winding everyone up, man. I bet it's one of the regulars here trying to get a laugh out of us.

[Max_E_Padd]

How old are you?

i'm not that old.i guess you can tell,but i'm trying.sorry if i came off the wrong way.

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wat makes a fighter sell like De La Hoya does,i mean wat did he do,did Jones ever make ppv #s like De La Hoya, i mean he's lost some of his biggest fights Hopkins Mosley I, supposedly Trinidad,yet he sells like no other,and he's not exactly the most entertaining fighter,im not saying he sucks, no way ,just wondering how he became what he is

Oscar De La Hoya has quite a few things going for him, I dont think there is any X factor it just is what it is.

1.) He is a handsome mofo... No one has brought women to the sport like him and you can attribute a lot of sales to women.

2.) He is Mexican American therefore he gets sales from both audiences not just one audience. (Keep in mind women from both audiences too lol)

3.) He is an American, lighter skinned gold medalist. People can say people arent racist but the fact of the matter is no one has gotten more exposure for being an olympic gold medalist than this guy. He is appealing to white american eye (majority).

4.) The guy is very likeable to the public. He has never really said or done anything that has really made a large audience call him ignorant, or a loudmouth. Therefore not only does he not loose any fans, but he makes them by at least appearing to be a class act.

5.) And one of the most important things, He is a hell of a business man. Possibly the best business man the sport has ever seen. He treated Bob Arum like the employee he is and in all reality who was the last fighter to ever treat his promoter like an employee? I sure cant remember.

[ianblake]

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