Jose Benavidez will be more popular than Oscar De La Hoya!

[Gorilla Dogs]

I tell u this. Oscar wasnt respected by many mexicans from mexico. But Benavidez is getting alot of respect. He will be the next oscar IN POPULARITY. This dude is the face of boxing ..... in 5 years or so

[futureofboxing]

I hope so I think he is going to be great for the sport of boxing.

[roxy]

Thats a tall order!!

Oscar turned as the only American gold medalist from the olympic games and was a media darling. He was a good talker, with looks and personality. He also could fight as a young lightweight. I doubt Benavidez will meet the kind of competition Oscar did in his first 17 fights.

[Shabba Rank$]

Oscar was thrown at the wolves very early in his career.

I don't think Benavidez can live up to what De La Hoya did.

And I want to see Benavidez's chin get tested before I say anything more.

[ADozenArrows]

His handlers will have to handle him carefully. He could end up being another Fernando Vargas. Seems like a nice kid, but Oscar was an Olympic gold medalist and came up in an era when people were still excited about boxing. Tough shoes to fill.

[aristotlemoses]

In this day and age it seems very hard to get people excited about a new fighter. He will have to work a lot harder I feel.

[onechance87]

Oscar was thrown at the wolves very early in his career.

I don't think Benavidez can live up to what De La Hoya did.

And I want to see Benavidez's chin get tested before I say anything more.

Exactly bro,Oscar was champion by his 12th fight.Oscar had alot of
female fans,Had a rock chin,And was exicting to watch.Just the other
day my friend asked when was oscar fighting again.I was like wtf.
He could come back and still make millions.

[Mr. Fantastic]

I very highly doubt it.

[Alex_Hayden]

Oscar was thrown at the wolves very early in his career.

I was thinking the same thing.

One of the things that made Oscar so successful was the fact that he was able to rise to the challenges that he was faced with early on. You rarely saw him on the canvas and you never saw him give up. He was solid mentally in the ring for the most part.

Fighters nowadays are spoiled and soft mentally. They don't grow/try to improve, and they give up pretty quick on themselves.

Jose is getting a ass load of hype, people are eating it up like crazy with him having done absolutely nothing yet. So obviously if he rises to the challenges that await him he'll be pretty big in boxing given how much people are high off him already.

[Shabba Rank$]

I was thinking the same thing.

One of the things that made Oscar so successful was the fact that he was able to rise to the challenges that he was faced with early on. You rarely saw him on the canvas and you never saw him give up. He was solid mentally in the ring for the most part.

Fighters nowadays are spoiled and soft mentally. They don't grow/try to improve, and they give up pretty quick on themselves.

Jose is getting a ass load of hype, people are eating it up like crazy with him having done absolutely nothing yet. So obviously if he rises to the challenges that await him he'll be pretty big in boxing given how much people are high off him already.

Exactly.

I want to add that I want to see Benavidez's mental toughness.

Will he rise from controversy? Or will he fall because of it...