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

[lcheezy]

de la hoya

like i said earlier.i'm sick of that coward de la hoya.i only want to fight the little guys. why don't he fight clottey or cintron so one of them can knock his head off.

[SkillspayBills]

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

Grasping at straws I see. When did I say he doesn't lose rounds? If you DON'T throw punches and just lay on the ropes and allow someone to wail punches on you while smiling it's obvious you are taking the round off and allowing him sap his energy. IT WAS STRATEGY.

[SkillspayBills]

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?

You sound jealous my friend. It isn't Oscar's fault the judges gave him the nod in bouts that he may or may not have won. He just get's in the ring and performs, you should be mad at the judges. Not him.

[benjaminz_grant]

Fighting words

We wont see Oscar fight again, he's too busy trying to figure out what mini-skirts, fishnet pantyhose, heels and wigs that he wants to wear.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

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

Jus cuz u fight doesn't make ur POV better or more accurate than any other person who follows the sport. The criteria for scoring includes clean effective punching, effective aggression, and defense to name a few. Do not score what u want to happen but wat actually happens, dont mean to pick on u but I find this perspective alot on several boxing forums and even wit actual fight judges. And as a fighter how could u not appreciate wat was happening in the PBF Delahoya match(PBF mostly). One guy had a strategy and executed it 2 perfection with a great chance of being KO'd. For those that say PBF ran for the fite, I say BS. If he wasnt on the ropes he was in the center toe 2 toe with the bigger and stronger opponent. And I do recall the bigger man being wobbled at least twice. 8-4 PBF all day! the man is the best fighter of this era!

[SkillspayBills]

There are a few rounds he was thoroughly dominated in. When your guy gets dominated, don't look at it as taking rounds off. In the second for instance, Mayweather was helpless. He adjusted after the round, but during it he was helpless.

I just finished watching that round again. It was an Oscar round but he did nothing significant in it other than land a few jabs at the start of the round. "Helpless" is a rather strong word for a round where someone basically landed no punches in.

[pelonxsoldier28]

Jus cuz u fight doesn't make ur POV better or more accurate than any other person who follows the sport. The criteria for scoring includes clean effective punching, effective aggression, and defense to name a few. Do not score what u want to happen but wat actually happens, dont mean to pick on u but I find this perspective alot on several boxing forums and even wit actual fight judges. And as a fighter how could u not appreciate wat was happening in the PBF Delahoya match(PBF mostly). One guy had a strategy and executed it 2 perfection with a great chance of being KO'd. For those that say PBF ran for the fite, I say BS. If he wasnt on the ropes he was in the center toe 2 toe with the bigger and stronger opponent. And I do recall the bigger man being wobbled at least twice. 8-4 PBF all day! the man is the best fighter of this era!

I NEVER SAID MY POINT OF VIEW WAS BETTER, JUST DIFFRENT.

[RightHandLead]

You sound jealous my friend. It isn't Oscar's fault the judges gave him the nod in bouts that he may or may not have won. He just get's in the ring and performs, you should be mad at the judges. Not him.

Not jealous. Just annoyed by the unnecesary fanfare that the guy recieves every time he's contemplating a next fight. I feel like he's assuming that I am rapt, waiting for his every word.

[Slotff]

I'd pick de la Hoya over Cotto. Cotto is a fantastic fighter, but de la Hoya is fresh off a razor thin controversail loss to the greatest fighter alive. Cotto has been rocked by lighter punchers in Ricardo Torres, DeMarcus Corley, Paulie Malignaggi, Shane Mosley and Zab Judah. I think Oscar will impress BIG TIME and stop Cotto in 7 or 8.

[Del Coqui]

The Oscar I saw vs Mayweather loses to Cotto, Margo, Williams, Mayweather and in a rematch vs Shane. I can understand why he's trying to pick on smaller guys at this point of his career, even Pacquiao? Hmmm, sounds too familiar, but I guess that if it makes sense... Please Oscar, sign the fight with Cotto, should be a good fight btw.