How did oscar....?

[2501]

honestly, for his commercial appeal. kind of like the way Ana Kornikova became famous without actually winning many matches...............though Oscar DID win.

[2501]

but in terms of the best boxers of this era, i dont have him in the top 4, he has a lot of Losses and it is obvious to me that it is not based on boxing skills alone.

he has alot of losses because he took risks and faced difficult opposition. floyd fans have no notion of this logic.

[ferocity]

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.

Bull****, his personality was part of his superstar fame but the way he fought was a big part of his superstart status. Cause when it comes down to it, he is a boxer and performed for the crowd by going for the ko 99 percent of the time.

[Easy-E]

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....

From my experience many Mexican fans warmed up to Oscar later in his career, e****ially with the Mosley, Hopkins, Mayorga and Mayweather fights.

[ztrac79]

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

I understand what your saying, but that's what separates people who actually keep up with boxing from the general public who just sees a win or loss. Are you saying that you actually hold Muhammad Ali's loss against Trevor Berbick against him............Surely not. He was a mere shell of himself

[El Jesus]

From my experience many Mexican fans warmed up to Oscar later in his career, e****ially with the Mosley, Hopkins, Mayorga and Mayweather fights.

na man, the hate will never cease, since the fight with JCC. just watch the vargas fight if you want an idea of how much they cant stand him.

[nmuburner22]

Oscars not the biggest star anymore.

[-Hyperion-]

From my experience many Mexican fans warmed up to Oscar later in his career, e****ially with the Mosley, Hopkins, Mayorga and Mayweather fights.

are we talking mexicans??or mexican-americans???


because like i said, boxing in mexico has been dead since chavez was no longer a force.....although it is gaining some fame back in this year...

[niceguy45]

1992 olympic being mexican-american, winning that medal for his mother who died of cancer, great story of a young kid rising-up

[moy22487]

I understand what your saying, but that's what separates people who actually keep up with boxing from the general public who just sees a win or loss. Are you saying that you actually hold Muhammad Ali's loss against Trevor Berbick against him............Surely not. He was a mere shell of himself

of course not, but the fight did take place, it just means ali was not smart enough to know when to get out of the game.