So who is gonna replace Oscar as Boxing's shining star?

[dondi330]

Joan Guzman!

[extracurRICular]

Love him or hate him the guy was the only real boxer who had cross over appeal to a mainstream audience over the last 15 years.

Is there anyone left that has a remote chance of keeping boxing in the mainstream or is boxing doomed to obscurity?

I want to throw this out there....How about Vic O???

Think about it....he seems to have all the passion and hunger and skill that Vargas showed early on.....but he seems to have the even temper charisma and looks (not so much the looks) that DLH had....he has the whole Mexican American thing going on and the ****ty humble background....

Im saying Victor Ortiz could be the next big thing ala DLH....

[pigdestroyer]

i always thought it was floyd that was gonna take oscar's place in stardom.

[Dragon Punch]

If he keeps winning he can be very popular but nowhere near as popular as Oscar.

Yeah, Ortiz definatley has some stardust about him - but not on the scale of Oscar. He's very exciting, personable, speaks well and is decent looking kid ~(no ****) I just hope GBP don't make a mess of bringing him through.

[pistol whip]

Yeah, Ortiz definatley has some stardust about him - but not on the scale of Oscar. He's very exciting, personable, speaks well and is decent looking kid ~(no ****) I just hope GBP don't make a mess of bringing him through.

Yeah i really like the guy but 50,000 people just are not gonna watch him fight in a giant football stadium like they did for oscar.

[Reggie Miller]

Pacquiao........

[Guest]

Since we don't have any Gold medalist golden boy Olympics, we'd probably need someone who could cross over like Tyson did.

A bad ass ko artist at heavy would get everyone talking in the U.S. if he took some risks and was promoted right.

Promoters definitely don't wanna lose their cash cows, so they tend to make fights when they have to.

[pistol whip]

i always thought it was floyd that was gonna take oscar's place in stardom.

You can't be popular and be 100% douche bag at the same time.

[Rockin']

A Delahoya or Ray Leonard dont come around that often and even when they do some are still hating. These kind of fighters cant be made or bred, they are ones who catch the publics eye and become the crossovers that keep boxing in the general publics mind.

Proper handling and proper exposure help as do the gold medals but there is so much more that goes into it. Chavez was a cross over as was hearns and Roy Jones. But they never had the personal appeal or charisma that it takes to become a leonard or delahoya. Takes more than just some sizzlin' dukes to be like these guys...................Rockin'

[Spray_resistant]

Love him or hate him the guy was the only real boxer who had cross over appeal to a mainstream audience over the last 15 years.

Is there anyone left that has a remote chance of keeping boxing in the mainstream or is boxing doomed to obscurity?

C'mon the guy have been a part time fighter for the past five years, but I guess now that Oscar is gone boxing is doomed forever because the only thing keeping it going was his mainstream appeal and charismatic nature.....not actual fights no.