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

[P.WILL]

eventually someone will come up.....they always do

[Madvillain]

We won't have another fighter like Oscar De La Hoya for a looooong time.

Obviously. It's not like another Sugar Ray Leonard came along right after he retired, my guess is in the next 4-6 years another superstar will rise up.

[extracurRICular]

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.

Woooooooow wait a minute dawgy....I can appriciate DLH and wut he means to the sport but boxing is doomed??? that is a bit much don't you think? that borders on ridiculus....come on now....

[NakiFan]

Amir Khan.

[The Noose]

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?

Shouldnt that be "So who is gonna replace Oscar as the pretty face, media darling, who never delivered in his biggest fights and made millions doing it?"

No one hopefully.

We need another Tyson. Either a KO artist or a controversial animal.
Floyd is just a loud mouth who is too skillful and defensive to be appealing to the public.

If only Hatton was American, had more skills, a better chin and didnt have the face of an old ladies arse!

OR

If only Pac was a heavyweight and wasnt so Asian.

[Spray_resistant]

Woooooooow wait a minute dawgy....I can appriciate DLH and wut he means to the sport but boxing is doomed??? that is a bit much don't you think? that borders on ridiculus....come on now....

Yeah I know it's absurd as is the premise of this thread, I was being sarcastic. He was a great fighter but people are acting like the sport is doomed because he is not fighting anymore and we don't have his "star power" anymore to be a beckon of light used to attract casual fans.....someone else will come along, probably sooner than later.

[extracurRICular]

:wank:

Amir Khan.

MASSIVE FAILURE

[Da Hammer]

i was gonna say Pac but the fact that he isn't american hurts his appeal here in the US and well they say he only wants 2 or 3 more fights before retiring. I think Victor Ortiz has a chance although not as popular as Oscar. Ortiz has just about everything DLH has, Golden Boy just needs to bring up right not rushing him!

[Sparked_1985]

How about Danny Jacobs?

He seems to have it all, and seems like a good guy. I like how he gave one of this opponents a little pep-talk after he bashed-him-to-oblivion. Shows of class like that appeal to people.

Obviously it's early, but that one action showed me he has promise. Obviously, he has to keep knocking people out though I think.

[Chunk..]

Kell 'Mother****er!' Brook.