Julio Cesar Chavez Bashes Oscar De La Hoya

[The Slickster]

I see Chavez and others being VERY jealous of DELAHOYA.
These guys should be proud that one of their own has made it and is doing positive things.
Do I think this fight with Manny is a good one?
Hell no!
But to constantly criticise Oscar like this is a bush league tactic if you ask me.
Chavez....work on your son who needs MUCHO help if he ever hopes to follow in your footsteps.
Put your effort there instead of always criticising Oscar.
If you dont like the man or what he does....DONT WATCH THE FIGHT.
Simple.
I see these guys as being jealous of Oscar....he grew up poor like everyone else but went out a earned what he got and made himself a household product.
He is not a thug or criminal or bad person like some others out there so you have to respect and individual who came from where he was to where he is.

[Pullcounter]

http://www.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/11001324

Chavez can't hide his contempt for De La Hoya
Sep. 29, 2008
By Norm Frauenheim
Special to CBSSports.com

Julio Cesar Chavez came to endorse a Phoenix law firm. He wound up condemning Oscar De La Hoya.

Chavez, his dark eyes flashing contempt like sparks off flint, ripped De La Hoya during a news conference at Central Boxing near downtown Phoenix for his old rival's fight against Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand.

Chavez is baffled by De La Hoya's decision to fight the smaller Pacquiao in a welterweight bout he mocked as an off-the-scale mismatch.

Yes, Chavez said, Pacquiao, a former junior flyweight, has a chance against the former middleweight "only if De La Hoya doesn't have hands."

The only hands necessary, perhaps, will be the many needed to count the money De La Hoya-Pacquiao is expected to generate. Chavez mentioned dinero during his rhetorical assault Wednesday just as brokers, Vegas casinos, various other high-rollers and maybe even a few regular fans bought enough tickets for a live gate that will reportedly approach $17 million, boxing's second-biggest ever.

There is a many-sided temptation, perhaps cynical, to say that Chavez's undisguised contempt is rooted in frustration that still smolders from two losses to De La Hoya so long ago. The Chavez pride, like the scars from 115 fights that crisscross his forehead and frame his eyes, will always be there.

It just won't let him forget, especially when De La Hoya's box-office punch might be the only punch he still has. Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach says De La Hoya can't pull "the trigger" any more. But he still has a key to the vault, which is one Chavez never had for long, despite his undiminished hold on the Mexican imagination as the proud face of that country's rich ring tradition.

In Chavez's dismissive tone, there is unmistakable anger that De La Hoya is trespassing on turf he sees as his own. In part, De La Hoya, a Mexican-American and a U.S. gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics, has talked about the December bout as a chance to avenge all the losses Mexicans have suffered at the quick, powerful hands of Pacquiao, a Filipino whose growing collection of nicknames includes Mexicutioner.

"Por favor," Chavez said in a mocking plea that needed no translation after he was introduced alongside his feared and familiar pose on fight-like posters for Al**** & Associates, a downtown Phoenix firm.

If De La Hoya wins hands down or with no hands at all, it won't make any difference in Mexico, says Chavez, who believes Pacquiao's go-for-broke style makes the Filipino more popular with Mexican fans anyway.

"If he thinks beating Pacquiao will make Mexicans love him, he's crazy," said Chavez, whose Scottsdale-based company, Julio Cesar Chavez Enterprises, is planning to open a Phoenix entertainment complex that will include a sports bar.

Despite Chavez's often rocky rivalry with De La Hoya, he is not alone in his opinion of the Pacquiao bout. As intriguing as it is to some, it's a spectacle that offends the traditionalist in others.

"It is abusive to all Mexicans," said Chavez, who also called Juan Manuel Marquez's split-decision over Pacquiao in March "a fraud" and said De La Hoya should be fighting Antonio Margarito, who might be headed for a date with Sugar Shane Mosley after Mosley beat Ricardo Mayorga on Saturday night in Carson, Calif.

The fight will have a Mutt-and-Jeff, David-and-Goliath look, especially when De La Hoya and Pacquiao pose at the weigh-in. If there is one of those predictable stare-downs, Pacquiao will need a step-ladder to look De La Hoya straight in the eye. Without one, he's liable to suffer a crick in his neck from having to look up, up and up. De La Hoya is listed at 5-10½ or four inches taller than a tape that generously puts Pacquiao at 5-6½.

The weight -- 147 pounds -- also figures to be problematic at opening bell, more than 24 hours after the weigh-in. Pacquiao, who last fought at 135, figures to be a pound or two or three under. De La Hoya, who had a lot of success at junior middleweight (154), figures to be several pounds heavier than the mandated weight.

Por favor, grumbled Chavez, who also continued to lobby for a De La Hoya fight against his son next year if Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. can get past Matt Vanda on Nov.1 in a rematch of a bout that Mexican fans booed after the young Chavez escaped with a decision last July in Hermosillo.

"It's like if I fought Mike Tyson," said Chavez, who lost as a welterweight to De La Hoya in 1998 and as a junior-welterweight to him in 1996. "I just don't know what's in this for De La Hoya. He already has money. He has prestige. I don't know what he's thinking."

Think dinero, Julio. A lot more dinero.

this got nothing to do with JCC's wounded pride, all he's doing is telling the truth. DLH/Pac is a mismatch.

[ml2niceguy]

lol get him chavez! haha

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

I see Chavez and others being VERY jealous of DELAHOYA.
These guys should be proud that one of their own has made it and is doing positive things.
Do I think this fight with Manny is a good one?
Hell no!
But to constantly criticise Oscar like this is a bush league tactic if you ask me.
Chavez....work on your son who needs MUCHO help if he ever hopes to follow in your footsteps.
Put your effort there instead of always criticising Oscar.
If you dont like the man or what he does....DONT WATCH THE FIGHT.
Simple.
I see these guys as being jealous of Oscar....he grew up poor like everyone else but went out a earned what he got and made himself a household product.
He is not a thug or criminal or bad person like some others out there so you have to respect and individual who came from where he was to where he is.

I love both of these fighters but I have to agree that I am perplexed at this decision to fight Manny Pacquiao. I mean why do it? DLH doesn't need the money, the man is going to make more money out fo the ring than he is in it.

Nothing can be taken away from either man as far as their legacy is concerned but I do think that DLH should fight someone else. I even think that a DLH Cotto fight would be much better for the sport of boxing. Margarito would be the mroe natural choice but I think that will never happen.

To be honest, I would have loved to see DLH vs Trinidad one last time.

[Picozo]

Oscar is a joke for seeking a fight with a featherweight. It would be different if it was Pacquiao that was wanting to fight Oscar and Manny was leaping through hoops in trying to push for the fight. But no, it was Oscar, who just short of beggin on his knees, was doing everything in his boxing power to make this fight happen. Shame on him.

Hey!! That's and idea...have DLH box Pac on his knees.

[Picozo]

I see Chavez and others being VERY jealous of DELAHOYA.
These guys should be proud that one of their own has made it and is doing positive things.
Do I think this fight with Manny is a good one?
Hell no!
But to constantly criticise Oscar like this is a bush league tactic if you ask me.
Chavez....work on your son who needs MUCHO help if he ever hopes to follow in your footsteps.
Put your effort there instead of always criticising Oscar.
If you dont like the man or what he does....DONT WATCH THE FIGHT.
Simple.
I see these guys as being jealous of Oscar....he grew up poor like everyone else but went out a earned what he got and made himself a household product.
He is not a thug or criminal or bad person like some others out there so you have to respect and individual who came from where he was to where he is.

You know you have a point and I have to say I agree with all except with DLH being a bad person. Let me ask how far will DLH take this joke he is making of boxing? All because he earned what? He is making a mockery of the very sport that made him what he is. When DLH said he was going into promoting because he wanted to bring lustre back to boxing, that boxing was corrupt (his very own words). How quick money changes people. Oscar might give handouts in ELA or wherever but it pales in comparison to what boxing has done for him and what he is really doing to boxing.

[Corizz]

I am a Mexican-American born in Los Angeles and i think this fight is bull****. Why would you want to fight a guy who is alot smaller then you are? Julio is right. Any Mexican that knows actual boxing isnt to thrilled about this. I know i am not.

[nickphilli]

oscar de la hoya is a better fighter than chavez ever was, he is a more skilled boxer and can sell a fight..just because oscar is still successful at 35 (a year older than chavez was when oscar beat him to a pulp) chavez automatically tries to bring him down..chavez jr. doesnt deserve a shot at oscar, second who the hell is chavez to speak for the mexican fans? he was a good fighter in his day, but the fact is he's still bitter that a better mexican/american fighter beat him and has become more successful than him

[Picozo]

I am a Mexican-American born in Los Angeles and i think this fight is bull****. Why would you want to fight a guy who is alot smaller then you are? Julio is right. Any Mexican that knows actual boxing isnt to thrilled about this. I know i am not.

I'm telling you and everybody else. This fight does nothing for boxing and lots for DLH's bank account. He will continue to make a mockery of the very sport that made him who he is. Sad!

[MetalVomit]

Interestingly enough, De La Hoya bashed Chavez as well. Twice.