Oscar Da La Hoya's new career move!

[Mikie]

Since DLH's move to welterweight seems almost apparent, who does fight first?

[pinaldino]

Since DLH's move to welterweight seems almost apparent, who does fight first?

he should fight vernon forrest

[Mikie]

he should fight vernon forrest

Now, there is a name that has not surfaced in awhile because of injury! Great pick! You deserve karma for that one!

[marvdave]

I would think a Spinks fight makes the most sense. Get all the belts right away with the least amount of risk. I can't see Spinks doing much against Oscar. One fight, three belts. Oscar the business genious strikes again. He'll make moving down in weights acceptable, when before it was considered bad.

[Bombardier]

I would think a Spinks fight makes the most sense. Get all the belts right away with the least amount of risk. I can't see Spinks doing much against Oscar. One fight, three belts. Oscar the business genious strikes again. He'll make moving down in weights acceptable, when before it was considered bad.

If he could do that it would be brilliant. One name that was bouncing around for a bit was Mayorga. That fight could be awesome, and DLH could probably take it. He might use that as a tune-up if he wants to go for the titles.

[guru]

the only guy at 147 i'd give a chance against oscar is forrest....

BTW, does mean oscar is conceding he can't beat wright???

[T-Hop]

To answer your question, I'm thinking a Spinks fight would be the most obvious choice, so he should just go for it.

But what I want to know, do any of you feel that, yeah, it was a good business move, but it's kind of a cop-out? I really like Oscar, naturally, I'm female , but I kinda wish he'd be more hard-core.
I just dislike it when boxers do this.

What do you guys think? I am really anti-business, so maybe I'm just thinking goofy. Oh well, I wished and wish the best for Oscar.

[Mikie]

To answer your question, I'm thinking a Spinks fight would be the most obvious choice, so he should just go for it.

But what I want to know, do any of you feel that, yeah, it was a good business move, but it's kind of a cop-out? I really like Oscar, naturally, I'm female , but I kinda wish he'd be more hard-core.
I just dislike it when boxers do this.

What do you guys think? I am really anti-business, so maybe I'm just thinking goofy. Oh well, I wished and wish the best for Oscar.

Honestly, I believe that he could not sustain the same success in the bigger weight division than he did at the lower weight divisions!

[Bombardier]

To answer your question, I'm thinking a Spinks fight would be the most obvious choice, so he should just go for it.

But what I want to know, do any of you feel that, yeah, it was a good business move, but it's kind of a cop-out? I really like Oscar, naturally, I'm female , but I kinda wish he'd be more hard-core.
I just dislike it when boxers do this.

What do you guys think? I am really anti-business, so maybe I'm just thinking goofy. Oh well, I wished and wish the best for Oscar.

I'm no fan of Oscar, really, but I'd disagree that a move down in weight class was really a business move. The man has proved time and again that he will take risks and take on the big fighter for glory and for the challenge, not for cash. That's what really made his fight against Hopkins so great: it was too men more intersted in legacy than cash fighting for the honour of having beaten the other one.

Hopkins could take on tomato cans and still get big gates by this point. I think he wants to drop down and rack up some Ws to end his career on a good note.

[T-Hop]

Agreed.
However in my fantasy world, ANY boxer, not just DLH, would tough it out and say "hey I suck at this division. I'm going to make myself un-suck."
I love my fantasy world.