just watched hopkins/dlh.... who do u think was better?

[Jim Jeffries]

Oscar that fought Hopkins= Knocked out
Oscar that fought Floyd= lost a spilt decision
its obvious

It might be "obvious" if Hopkins = Mayweather, which is just silly.

[kayjay]

Oscar that fought Hopkins= Knocked out
Oscar that fought Floyd= lost a spilt decision
its obvious

How can this decide it? Of course he got a better result against Floyd, but in one case he was fighting the middleweight champ, in the other he was fighting a guy who came into the ring at 149 or whatever

[slicksouthpaw16]

It might be "obvious" if Hopkins = Mayweather, which is just silly.

you know what i mean. Oscar looked better against Floyd because he lost a split decision, he was knocked out by Hopkins so how did he look better in that fight? its obvious. that too complicated?

[slicksouthpaw16]

It might be "obvious" if Hopkins = Mayweather, which is just silly.

How can this decide it? Of course he got a better result against Floyd, but in one case he was fighting the middleweight champ, in the other he was fighting a guy who came into the ring at 149 or whatever

id rather lose a split decision than be knocked out.

[deh707]

you know what i mean. Oscar looked better against Floyd because he lost a split decision, he was knocked out by Hopkins so how did he look better in that fight? its obvious. that too complicated?

well, let's put it this way:

pound for pound, ignoring the middleweight/light-middleweight difference, and ignoring the result of the hopkins and mayweather fights:

which oscar would have had a better chance at beating floyd?

1. the 2004 oscar that fought bhop
2. the may 2007 oscar that lost to mayweather via split decision.

i dont know, it just seemed to me that the 154 may 2007 oscar seemed flatfooted, compared to the 160 2004 oscar.

[Sweet Pete]

i think the middleweight oscar that fought hopkins in 2004-09-18, was better.

he was on his toes, jabbing circles pretty good.

Well, he was fighting a totally different challenge, so it's hard to determine. The Oscar of that time was better though, despite not looking it because he was fighting at MW.

[warp1432]

I think Oscar landed better shots against Floyd and was more effective.

I had it 6-2 for Hopkins at the end of the fight, but watching it again it'd probably be more so 5-3, there was really close round in there (3?) that I could have given to either guy.

It's hard to say really.