How did oscar....?

[ztrac79]

Chavez, Gatti, Whitaker, (Should have beaten Mosley once and Trinidad) Vargas. And a very solid AM career. He's a 6 division champion. H'es not a bad candidate for a guy to get this kind of recognition.

Anyway, he's gotten it by having a gold medal. First, then he went on to deliver in his first 30 or so fights. He got KD but would get up and win, usually by KO/TKO. Bringing in the element of excitement to his fight. He was NEVER a perfect fighter, which some likes, but he was ALWAYS willing to fight the best. Which purists like. He's a decent looking guy, so girls/woman like him, plus he could smile one minute and try and kill someone the next. Also a plus for fans, and girls to an extent. He had/has a killer instinct if he has you hurt, a great left hook and would look for it if needed. American, who can speak Spanish perfectly, essentially, so he touches on both fanbases, to a certain degree.

So you get, Mexicans, Americans, females, AM career, purists, casual (who just like the big fights), and fans who TRULY just like his style. Gold medal, all the titles.. It's just a great combination.

Chavez and Whitaker were well past their prime. Gatti was fighting at a weight that he has proved to be ineffective at. The Vargas fight was a solid win versus a young prime fighter.

[BmoreBrawler]

Winning the Gold in the Olympics and backing the hype up as a Pro.

[El Jesus]

since when did mexico adopt oscar de la hoya, when i was in mexico last year and talked boxing, i didint meet a single one who liked him, even the person i went with didint like him, in my experiance, dude is hated by most native mexicans.

[-Hyperion-]

True, like it had been said before, Mexico adopted him as one of their own, and he already had all of the states due to his gold medal and story. His spanish speaking and english allowed him to have no limits. Even today, we can see Miguel Cotto trying to capitalize on that move.

Are you kidding????mexicans hate him like the plague(except the true boxing fans)for the beating he put on chavez, and boxing was never big down here after chavez...hell i dont know a single person who can talk to me about boxing other than my brother....not even gym mates....

[Rane-Ex54]

But who do his losses come from.
Tito HOF
mosely HOf
hopkins HOF
mayweather HOF

he also beat HOFers chavez, pernell, vargas(do to young champion my opp he is no HOF) gatti, campas(do to 100 fights not HOF in my book)
He beat many good fighters also
leija
chicanito
carr
ike
mayorga

Most of those fighters Tito already disposed of and show'd De La how to do it. I love gatti to death, but if that one of his top 3 wins, thats a lil sad. DHL was in alot of close fights. Good but not Great. His personality got him were he is now, he has no right taking a year off then fighting the elite fighters who have been working there A off. Purists will hopefully agree with me.

[moy22487]

Chavez and Whitaker were well past their prime. Gatti was fighting at a weight that he has proved to be ineffective at. The Vargas fight was a solid win versus a young prime fighter.

if you look at anyfighter you can call out there opps. but the fact is the fight happend and if he won he gets the W if he didnt ge got the L. no matter what we think the Ws and Ls are there

[raysan]

Are you kidding????mexicans hate him like the plague(except the true boxing fans)for the beating he put on chavez, and boxing was never big down here after chavez...

So youre telling me, when Oscar was fighting someone like Tito or a non mexican they were rooting against Oscar? Of course, there was that hate from the Chavez fight, but even when someone like Fernando Vargas tried to personify that hate from the "real mexicans", he got his ass beat.

[ferocity]

i didint, he looked bloated, and just plain bad, he lost that fight easily.

I disaggree, you can't win a fight simply by throwing the jab, when Delahoya was throwing a **** load of punchs. He looked like a midget in there vs. sturm, but he beat him just barely.

[moy22487]

Most of those fighters Tito already disposed of and show'd De La how to do it. I love gatti to death, but if that one of his top 3 wins, thats a lil sad. DHL was in alot of close fights. Good but not Great. His personality got him were he is now, he has no right taking a year off then fighting the elite fighters who have been working there A off. Purists will hopefully agree with me.

im a purist and i know a fight is a fight. just because they lose a fight doesnt mean they are not worth **** later in there carrere.
hopkins said oscar fight with tito help him develope his blueprint and set it into play. so does hopkins not get credit since oscar showed titos flaws??

[boxing_pundit85]

Had an awesome story going into the olympics and came out with the gold medal. He was a star before he even turned pro and then he legitimized his stardom by knocking everybody out, and becoming world champ. Then he proceded to become champ in divisions from 130-160, what more do you want?

Chavez, Gatti, Whitaker, (Should have beaten Mosley once and Trinidad) Vargas. And a very solid AM career. He's a 6 division champion. H'es not a bad candidate for a guy to get this kind of recognition.

Anyway, he's gotten it by having a gold medal. First, then he went on to deliver in his first 30 or so fights. He got KD but would get up and win, usually by KO/TKO. Bringing in the element of excitement to his fight. He was NEVER a perfect fighter, which some likes, but he was ALWAYS willing to fight the best. Which purists like. He's a decent looking guy, so girls/woman like him, plus he could smile one minute and try and kill someone the next. Also a plus for fans, and girls to an extent. He had/has a killer instinct if he has you hurt, a great left hook and would look for it if needed. American, who can speak Spanish perfectly, essentially, so he touches on both fanbases, to a certain degree.

So you get, Mexicans, Americans, females, AM career, purists, casual (who just like the big fights), and fans who TRULY just like his style. Gold medal, all the titles.. It's just a great combination.

great post man.