ODe La Hoya Sparred With IVAN CALDERON

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Doug Fischer, in reply to a letter sent to him by one of his readers, said that the diminutive 108-lbs. IVAN CALDERON sparred with Oscar De La Hoya at the start of the latter's preparations for the Floyd Mayweather fight last year.

The sparring session was first revealed a few weeks ago by Pacquiao's coach, Freddie Roach, who said, Calderon did well against the Golden Boy. Roach handled De La Hoya's training for the Mayweather fight.

Fischer, who covered Calderon's latest appearance against Cazares for TV, said, the sparring session was confirmed by Calderon himself.

Asked for his assessment of De La Hoya based on the sparring session, Calderon reportedly said, "He has problems with quick and mobile southpaws."

Link to Doug Fischer: http://www.maxboxing.com/Fischer/Fischer090108.asp

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[alt-mellow]

old news.. he has also sparred with shane mosley...!!!

[grayfist]

old news.. he has also sparred with shane mosley...!!!

Calderon is 5 feet, Mosley is 5'9, Oscar De La Hoya 5'10.5.

Calderon fights at 108 lbs., Mosley at 146 lbs. (vs. Cotto) to 153 lbs. (vs. Fernando Vargas), De La Hoya last fought at 150 lbs. (or, 151 Lbs, to be exact).

I'm sorry but I cannot see how a sparring session between De La Hoya and Calderon can be the same as one between Mosley and Oscar.

Until Fischer had the rumor confirmed by Calderon himself, it was mostly treated as a claim made by Roach that did not have confirmation. The confirmation came only a couple of days ago, when Fischer spoke to Calderon. Fischer revealed the confirmation only a few hours ago. That cannot be old news. Moreover, Calderon's assessment has not been known before. At best, it was merely rumored, not news. As news, it cannot be old.

[ingrando]

So What??

You dumbasses must have no boxing background whatsoever! You are supposed to spar with all sizes of opponents, the small guys are good for working on your speed, and the big guys for you to take a punch, so what? are yall gonna bash Oscar for sparring sessions now?? if yall dont know **** about boxing just stay the **** out! go watch that ***** ass MMA/UFC ***git ****. This is BOXING not that ***g roll in the ground twisting arm ****.

[Eaner0919]

Margarito wraps up camp with smaller quicker foes quite often as well

[rabn21]

You dumbasses must have no boxing background whatsoever! You are supposed to spar with all sizes of opponents, the small guys are good for working on your speed, and the big guys for you to take a punch, so what? are yall gonna bash Oscar for sparring sessions now?? if yall dont know **** about boxing just stay the **** out! go watch that ***** ass MMA/UFC ***git ****. This is BOXING not that ***g roll in the ground twisting arm ****.

a bit harsh with the last statement but true should spar with varying sizes, shapes and styles.

as long as DLH doesnt fight calderon next I don't think this should even be news

[-Antonio-]

Yeah it isnt out of the norm to spar with smaller guys. It is suspct if you actually have problems with one. Calderon is nothing like Pacquiao though, and I'm sure Oscar was pulling his punches to go a long with the head gear and 16 ounce gloves.

[Ray*]

He alway spar with Calderon for speed, This is old news.

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Asked for his assessment of De La Hoya based on the sparring session, Calderon reportedly said, "He has problems with quick and mobile southpaws." Ivan Calderon

Go find me a fighter that doesn't....Lefty

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You dumbasses must have no boxing background whatsoever! You are supposed to spar with all sizes of opponents, the small guys are good for working on your speed, and the big guys for you to take a punch, so what? are yall gonna bash Oscar for sparring sessions now?? if yall dont know **** about boxing just stay the **** out! go watch that ***** ass MMA/UFC ***git ****. This is BOXING not that ***g roll in the ground twisting arm ****.

To begin with, there is nothing that I have ever written in this thread that can be construed as bashing Oscar.

As for boxing background and your command for me to, "stay the f___ out", you may want to check the date that I became member of this site (2004) and stack that up against your few days of membership just to see if you have earned the right to boot me out of here.

I have been talking boxing fsince I registered (albeit, not as frequently as I would have liked to have done) and before that, for decades prior to the birth of BoxingScene and internet sites like it.

My original post had two purposes:

1. To state that Doug Fischer, a highly respected boxing journalist, got confirmation from no less than Calderon that the rumored sparring session truly occured.

2. To report what Doug Fischer said was Calderon's assessment of that sparring session, i.e., De La Hoya has "problems with quick and mobile southpaws".

Nowhere in my posts did it say that bigger fighters do not spar with SMALLER ones. It is, however, remarkable that a Middleweight should choose to spar with the SMALLEST. And, given that De La Hoya has the well-earned reputation of being among the few who are shoo-ins in the Hall of FAme, it is even more remarkable that he should have "problems" with a 108 lbs., 5-foot fighter who is not even in most P4P lists. One would have expected De La Hoya to have a walk in the park.