“Fighting Words” – Oscar De La Hoya: The World Awaits… Again

[-Antonio-]

It's kind of a joke it's taking him this long to be honest. He shouldnt even have Hatton on his radar.

"But Hatton is a huge draw" they will say. Hatton got knocked out and he fights two divisions lower, forget about money.

[NachoMan]

It's obvious you don't know how to score a fight very well. The fight wasn't even that close, 8-4 is fine and 7-5 is pushing it a bit. May didn't even leave second gear, I mean the motha****a took rounds off. Who takes rounds off in the biggest fight of your life?

Ahh, so Floyd doesn't lose rounds, he takes them off. Got it.

[pelonxsoldier28]

You picked DLH to win...the bolded could be said about you too after reading some of your pre-fight predictions for "The World Awaits".

yes it could be, but i'm talking about now, after i've viewed the fight many more times. but this started from someone saying i could'nt score a fight for ****, or something or other. myself an active fighter knows what's a hit, and what's scoreable, and what's made to look like a hit. imo there are diffrent ways to scoreing a fight, a fighter that is a fan of the sport will most deff score a fight much diff then a fight fan that does'nt fight. so sorry if i hurt anyones feelings but that's how i see it, from a fighters perspective

[RightHandLead]

I still don't see why the world awaits a guy who loses everytime he's on the big stage. Do we like seeing Oscar lose?

[pelonxsoldier28]

I still don't see why the world awaits a guy who loses everytime he's on the big stage. Do we like seeing Oscar lose?

in the beginning i never liked oscar, especially after the whitiker fight, i was hoping he would lose. and for what he did to an ageing julio cesar chavez. but i've come to think he is a good fighter, but past his prime he is and should hang them up, make way for the cottos and williams

[RightHandLead]

in the beginning i never liked oscar, especially after the whitiker fight, i was hoping he would lose. and for what he did to an ageing julio cesar chavez. but i've come to think he is a good fighter, but past his prime he is and should hang them up, make way for the cottos and williams

I agree with you. But I'll admit that I've always held a grudge against him for getting the nod against Whittaker. Even if you thought Oscar won, the margins shouldn't have been that wide. After the Trinidad loss, I'll admit that he became more determined, but then I lost some more respect for him when he got the gift against Sturm. I feel like his name has carried him further than his accomplishments. Tremendously talented- but does he really eserve all this fanfare whenever he's gonna fight?

[Chase8400]

Mayweather - DLH was a very close fight.

DLH has only ever lost in close fights to p4p #1 fighters. You guys need to show some respect. He's going to come back strong this year.

Acually, he did lose to Hopkins pretty decisively. Sorry to bust your bubble. But, I got your point. He should have won a few fights that he lost by decision.

[benjaminz_grant]

Fighting Words

I really dont see what all the hype is about DLH, he only beat 2 washed up fighters Vargas and Mayorga after Trinidad had brutally KO'd both of them. He got a "gift" against Felix Sturm, Whitaker and barely beat Quartey.

[ztrac79]

Oscar's limited stamina will make it hard for him to beat Cotto or some of the other top welterweights.

[toyboy33]

He gets a SD against the P4P champ, so he should retire.

I hope Oscar fights again.

Even before that fight, I was past wanting to see Oscar in the ring. Now I just want someone to retire his ass to promoting.