"Mayweather has as much a chance against De La Hoya as Eric Morel has against him!

[Michael Hall]

That's a quote from Larry Merchant during the telecast of Mayweather vs. Sosa.

[MoneyM.]

That's why DLH avoided Mayweather until he could make him move up to 154, and weigh in at 167 on fight night.

[dwidsid3d]

lets be real here,Mayweather fought a 35 year old Oscar and managed a split decision,Thats just the facts.

[BoxingHistory]

lets be real here,Mayweather fought a 35 year old Oscar and managed a split decision,Thats just the facts.

Punchstats Total Punches
De La Hoya Mayweather
Landed 122 207
Thrown 587 481
Pct. 21% 43%

Power Punches De La Hoya Mayweather
Landed 82 138
Thrown 341 241
Pct. 24% 57%

2007-05-05 : Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Oscar De La Hoya by SD in round 12 of 12
Location: MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Well by looking at the stats and watching the fight...it didn't look like a split decision to me. It looked like a boxing clinic being put on. That's the facts.

[bojangles1987]

That was in 2003 before the second Mosley fight. If Mayweather had fought De La Hoya then, he would have been beaten quite decisively.

[liam_48@msn.com]

That was in 2003 before the second Mosley fight. If Mayweather had fought De La Hoya then, he would have been beaten quite decisively.

what makes you so certain? Mosley beat De la hoya, then why not Mayweather?

[Easy-E]

Well before the fight, DLH was the slight favorite and he was gonna KO Floyd. Post fight, he was old, past it, and people tried to harp on the SD.
Anyone with a brain who watched that fight knows DLH won.

Also, imagine if Floyd fights Mosley and wins. Will the 38 year old Mosley be past it then as well?
I imagine he will be.

[bojangles1987]

what makes you so certain? Mosley beat De la hoya, then why not Mayweather?

Mosley is a completely different fighter then Mayweather, don't understand the comparison there. All the things De La Hoya did well against Mayweather when he was past it, in 2003 he would have done even better and much more consistently against Mayweather who was still at 140 then.

[razor.thin]

that wasnt a 35 year old shot oscar.

[FLY TY]

That was in 2003 before the second Mosley fight. If Mayweather had fought De La Hoya then, he would have been beaten quite decisively.

that wasnt a 35 year old shot oscar.

Well before the fight, DLH was the slight favorite and he was gonna KO Floyd. Post fight, he was old, past it, and people tried to harp on the SD.
Anyone with a brain who watched that fight knows DLH won.

Also, imagine if Floyd fights Mosley and wins. Will the 38 year old Mosley be past it then as well?
I imagine he will be.

exactly why i don't care much whether or not he fights mosley after he whoops manny's ass....

the same ones that want that fight so bad, will be the same ones saying shane was an "old, 39 year old fighter," after he gets beaten....