I have removed the ones that were speaking the fanboy in you, the ones that are left were good wins but lets not forget most people thought oscar was given gifts against whitaker and quartey. so that leaves us with grandads in chavez and camacho, and a tito trinidad leftover.
if we take the fanboy wins of off Mayweathers career (gatti, Baldomir, judah) what does he have left at welter and above?
including the losses Oscar has still had a better career.
john john molina= best days were at 130, gave Oscar hell
whittaker= best days were at 135, gave Oscar hell.
jorge paez= overrated former 126lb, shot fighter
Jesse James Leija= undersized. Beat no 135lbers to earn shot
Genaro Hernandez= 130lb champ, had nose broken by Mosley prior
Rafael Ruelas= good, devastating win for Oscar
Julio Cesar Chavez= SHOT, & already cut before fight started
Hector Camacho= Totally shot. Equally destroyed by Chavez at 140, 5 years earlier
Ike Quartey= Rusty, timid fighter....almost KO'd by JL Lopez in last fight before facing Oscar. Did not have one single fight between (Oct' 97- Feb '99)
Ricardo Mayorga= Human punching bag...already obliterated & shattered by trinidad
Vargas= Shattered by Trinidad
Chavez was the same age Oscar was when he fought Mayweather...
So Mayweather shouldn't get credit for DLH?
Chavez had also been in almost a hundred fights and had recently lost to Frankie Randall. It should still count but it's not much, not as big as the DLH win for Mayweather.
Chavez had also been in almost a hundred fights and had recently lost to Frankie Randall. It should still count but it's not much, not as big as the DLH win for Mayweather.
Most of Chavez' fights were the equivalent of an amatuer background, the same as his son is doing. I'll guarantee you one thing, without looking, Chavez was a hell of a lot more active leading up to the DLH fight then DLH was leading up to Mayweather.
Chavez was the same age Oscar was when he fought Mayweather...
So Mayweather shouldn't get credit for DLH?
I really don't give Floyd much credit for beating Oscar....not just because of where Oscar was at that point, but because he should have beaten him more convincingly than he did. Oscar always had trouble with speedy boxers, & Floyd should have done more in there.
That aside, do not compare where Chavez was to Oscar...Chavez had way more fights, a more taxing style, & also came into that first fight with his eyebrow already cut.
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