Does De La Hoya Have Any Chance Against Mayweather In A Rematch?

[Addison]

After Having reviewed the first fight again I'm hard pressed to imagine a scenario in which De La Hoya can win the rematch if it takes place. Before I watched the fight again today, I recall something of a reasonably close fight. I thought there might be a possibility of Oscar winning. Why else do it, right? I was 65-35 in favor of Floyd. Now I'm about 90-10 in favor of Floyd.

I personally, see virtually no possible way Oscar can win. It seems like a genuine waste of time, Floyd Sr. onboard or not.. Floyd caught Oscar cleanly dozens and dozens of times. Oscar caught Floyd cleanly about 3 times.

I watched this fight again looking for a reason to not think of the rematch as a joke. I'm now firmly convinced it is a complete ****ing sham.


I'd love to hear I'm wrong.. Does Oscar have a chance or what?

[2501]

theres always a chance. DLH is a smart dude. if he can get his jab going and EFFECTIVELY cut off the ring, his chances will increase, but all this would depend on stamina. the strange thing about that is that Floyd doesnt fight at a high pace or intensity so the fact that DLH lost steam in their first fightis quite strange. Regardless, he will go in this the underdog just like in the first fight.

[Addison]

theres always a chance. DLH is a smart dude. if he can get his jab going and EFFECTIVELY cut off the ring, his chances will increase, but all this would depend on stamina. the strange thing about that is that Floyd doesnt fight at a high pace or intensity so the fact that DLH lost steam in their first fightis quite strange. Regardless, he will go in this the underdog just like in the first fight.

Oscar talked about that this month in The Ring. He says it's a psychological problem. He says he's trying to overcome it.

[tyson]

After Having reviewed the first fight again I'm hard pressed to imagine a scenario in which De La Hoya can win the rematch if it takes place. Before I watched the fight again today, I recall something of a reasonably close fight. I thought there might be a possibility of Oscar winning. Why else do it, right? I was 65-35 in favor of Floyd. Now I'm about 90-10 in favor of Floyd.

I personally, see virtually no possible way Oscar can win. It seems like a genuine waste of time, Floyd Sr. onboard or not.. Floyd caught Oscar cleanly dozens and dozens of times. Oscar caught Floyd cleanly about 3 times.

I watched this fight again looking for a reason to not think of the rematch as a joke. I'm now firmly convinced it is a complete ****ing sham.


I'd love to hear I'm wrong.. Does Oscar have a chance or what?

Depends entirely on Oscar's mentality I think.
Last time out, he fought like he was scared of being knocked out.
He needs to fight with some bad intentions and act like he is the stronger, bigger man.

Last time he stalked forward without any real force in him, if you feel me?

Why press forward when you're going to throw pitty-pat flurries on such an elusive target?

DLH doesn't know how to fight physically, it's almost laughable to watch him stalk an opponent not knowing what to do

I'd be interested to see how the fight turns out if DLH refused to come forward. Maybe he could pull a Barrera?!
Floyd has a high chin when he punches. With a cool head and those fast hands, Hoya might actually be able to counter Floyd just enough to put doubts in his head.
Then Oscar could win a close, even more boring decision.

[2501]

Oscar talked about that this month in The Ring. He says it's a psychological problem. He says he's trying to overcome it.

well, cross dressing is also a psychological issue and well, you know.

[Addison]

Depends entirely on Oscar's mentality I think.
Last time out, he fought like he was scared of being knocked out.
He needs to fight with some bad intentions and act like he is the stronger, bigger man.

Last time he stalked forward without any real force in him, if you feel me?

Why press forward when you're going to throw pitty-pat flurries on such an elusive target?

DLH doesn't know how to fight physically, it's almost laughable to watch him stalk an opponent not knowing what to do

I'd be interested to see how the fight turns out if DLH refused to come forward. Maybe he could pull a Barrera?!
Floyd has a high chin when he punches. With a cool head and those fast hands, Hoya might actually be able to counter Floyd just enough to put doubts in his head.
Then Oscar could win a close, even more boring decision.

It was blatant, Tys. I agree.

Oscar looked extremely lost at different points.. Waaay to much of the time.

[Kobe Bryant]

I would love to see an Oscar attack with a consistent jab. He can still win on the cards with activity. Floyd was very minimal in attack throughout the first half of this fight. And a victory was for the taking. But often times later in the fight Oscar was just there and posing no offensive threat for almost 20-30 seconds of a round.

[Silencers]

I never count DLH out, but he I don't think he has a big chance. The only way for him to win IMO, is to keep pumping his jab and he needs to work on his stamina down the stretch.

[GodOfWar]

No he can't, he is afraid of getting countered and dropped like ricky hatton style.

[Fox McCloud]

Oscar talked about that this month in The Ring. He says it's a psychological problem. He says he's trying to overcome it.

That might have been a good thing to work out earlier in his career, like after the Trinidad fight.

De La Hoya has the left hook. That can KO Floyd IMO.

Floyd is a great boxer, and great boxers have a walk in the park when they are literally defending against only one punch. Just like they said about Mosley in the first De La Hoya fight in round 12. He knew Oscar needed a KO, and he knew it would come from his left hand. It's easy to watch out for that one hand if you are an elite fighter.

I don't see how the **** Oscar can win this fight.