Mayweather has fought B LEVEL since castillo?

[K-Nan]

When Oscar let himself be stripped rather than fight Tszyu, Oscar did move up to fight Pernell Whitaker. An old and over the hill Pernell Whitaker. This was a business move pure and simple.

LOL!!! Do you realize that Pernell was the the best fighter in the world at that point? The BEST. I don't know what more you could say on that note. I mean, even you have to admit that it would have been just a tiny bit criticized if Oscar had chosen to fight Kostya Tzsyu instead of Pernell Whittaker.

This is such a ridiculous argument, and I'm honestly thinking that you have not followed boxing long, because you obviously don't know what the climate of the sport was like at the time these fights happened. Ask anyone else if the thought Pernell was shot at the time.

[Wiley Hyena]

That sure wasn't what a thousand of you cats were saying shortly before the fight, and shortly afterwards. At that point it was 'Oscar is still fresh, he's been looking great.. blah, blah.."

Then after the fight, the robbery allegations started, and people kept saying how good he still looked. But of course in retrospect- he magically becomes that old guy that nobody expected to win in the first place. Lol.. typical ****.

Oscar was over the hill when he fought Floyd....and yes he still almost beat Floyd. I think that's a valid observation.

All you have to do is look at clips of young Oscar to see the difference. A young Oscar would have whipped Floyd, IMO.

[Wiley Hyena]

LOL!!! Do you realize that Pernell was the the best fighter in the world at that point? The BEST. I don't know what more you could say on that note. I mean, even you have to admit that it would have been just a tiny bit criticized if Oscar had chosen to fight Kostya Tzsyu instead of Pernell Whittaker.

This is such a ridiculous argument, and I'm honestly thinking that you have not followed boxing long, because you obviously don't know what the climate of the sport was like at the time these fights happened. Ask anyone else if the thought Pernell was shot at the time.

I think Pernell was over the hill when he fought Oscar...not shot. Difference. Pernell was 33 years old when he fought Oscar and he only fought three more times after that fight.

And, no I don't think Oscar would have been criticised at all for fighting Tszyu, who was kicking in the door at that time. It was the fight to make.
****, Oscar could have fought Tszyu and then gone up for Whittaker. But, instead he left the division entirely.

edit: Prime Pernell would have beaten Oscar. Not a ridiculous argument at all.

[Jim Jeffries]

Oscar was over the hill when he fought Floyd....and yes he still almost beat Floyd. I think that's a valid observation.

All you have to do is look at clips of young Oscar to see the difference. A young Oscar would have whipped Floyd, IMO.

I know, look at Oscar in the first Mosley fight, HUUUUUUUUUUUGE difference then and now.

[tills9191]

a washed up DLH seems to be the best opponent since Castillo.

thoughts?

I reckon De La hoya can beat Hatton, how's that?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Well....you have to look at the whole picture.
Hatton's victory over Tszyu was certainly as great a single performance as any single fight that Floyd has ever had.

Not.

Oscar was just as active as Tszyu. And MUCH healthier. Oscar will fight again, and will look solid. Will Tszyu?

And Oscar was bigger, stronger, faster, better chinned, and more accomplished than Tszyu.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

I reckon De La hoya can beat Hatton, how's that?

Brutally.