De La Hoya Overrated...

[-Antonio-]

Hey I was front row at that fight and it was a draw. The fans who all saw the fight thought it was a draw. And the ref did some hocus pocus to save Cotto from a ko.
I still think Cotto will beat oSCAR

I still fail to see how Cotto was anywhere close to being KO'ed, but whatever.

Mosley pointed at the wet spot too btw. So you can blame him for the hocus pocus.

[xcaret]

I still fail to see how Cotto was anywhere close to being KO'ed, but whatever.

Mosley pointed at the wet spot too btw. So you can blame him for the hocus pocus.

i used to love that movie when i was a kid

[QUISQUEYA]

He would beat Cotto in his prime.

He may beat Cotto NOW.

[IwatchBoxing]

Hey I was front row at that fight and it was a draw. The fans who all saw the fight thought it was a draw. And the ref did some hocus pocus to save Cotto from a ko.
I still think Cotto will beat oSCAR

I havent seen it live because I stopped watching boxing fore a year but its right there on youtube let me bring'em out so you can tell me which rounds you gave to Mosley.

[Scott9945]

In this decade De La Hoya has done two notable things: 1.) He has become the most popular boxer of his era, transcending the sport as we know it; a boxer and a business mogul. 2.) He has lost nearly every major fight in which he has faced a top opponent.

Del La Hoya is not the fighter he used to be or maybe ever was. It is possible that his immense popularity coupled with a few signature wins have led both the boxing media and general public to rank him higher than his abilities would suggest. Since 1999, he has suffered defeat at the hands of FLoyd Mayweather, Felix Trinidad, twice by Shane Mosley, was KO'd by Hopkins, and we can consider his fight with the previously undefeated Felix Sturm a loss as well, because it seemed as though the only reason The Golden Boy was given that fight was due to the impeding super-fight with Hopkins, which was scheduled for the coming months (maybe it was a "tune up fight")

Last but not least, I found it very interesting to watch The Golden Boy's selection process for his opponent in his most recent fight. He seemed to be searching for small, quick, intelligent boxers to simulate a fight between his upcoming adversary (Mayweather). After tossing around many names, he narrowed it down to three, one of them being the junior welterweight IBF champion, Paulie Malignaggi. Now that got me excited. Malignaggi would have with out a doubt been a perfect simulation of Mayweather's style. Such a close simulation in fact, it would have been too close to the real thing and The Golden Boy would have found a big L next to his name after the final bell.

Of course Oscar's intelligence and business savvy prevailed once again, and now instead of watching a truly great fight (Malignaggi vs. De La Hoya) with a chance of a De La Hoya loss that would create the possiblity for Mayweather to have take on a different fighter (say Miguel Cotto), we are now subjected to two fights that (I think it is safe to say) you and I could have done without.


Excerpt from my piece on The Final Bell (http://finalbell.blogspot.com)

KillerJoe Boborelli

F-G.W.

I agree with all of that, except IMO Forbes was a better prep for the Mayweather rematch than Paulie would have been. Forbes has been trained by Mayweathers for almost his entire career. I also don't see Paulie beating Oscar at 150 lbs.

[IwatchBoxing]

Most of the time Cottos fading away from Mosleys punches they dont land effectively.

[-Hyperion-]

hee lost to trinidada and shane 2????please....

[2501]

I never once saw Cotto in trouble or close to being KO'd like he was against Judah or Torres. This is one of the few fights were Cotto has had to show his versatility. I had him up by one point.

[Evil_Meat]

De La Hoya isnt even good enough to beat Sugar Shane right now, and Cotto dominated him. Hes talented but never excelled.

yeah mosley was dominated losing 113-115 while walking him down for all of the later rounds.

[xcaret]

I never once saw Cotto in trouble or close to being KO'd like he was against Judah or Torres. This is one of the few fights were Cotto has had to show his versatility. I had him up by one point.

you for got chop chop corley

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