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Oscar is too big. Malignaggi would be hurt by his punches similar to how Forbes was.
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It would have been closer on the scorecards but DLH would have won.Comment
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I actually just wrote a whole article on De La Hoya and this was at the end...
I found it very interesting to watch The Golden Boy's selection process for his opponent in this fight. He seemed to be searching for small, quick, intelligent boxers to simulate a fight between his upcoming adversary. 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.
If you want to read the full thing read it
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