duran vs de la hoya @ 140

**mic573** · 11-15-2005, 04:03 PM

I said it before in another thread. Duran beats Delahoya at 135, 140, 147, 154 and 160. The only thing Delahoya has over Duran is speed. Duran breaks him down and stops him late.

**scap** · 11-15-2005, 04:09 PM

Really really tough to say in my view but keep in mind I am a Oscar Ball Licker.

Too me Oscar would do what he did to almost everyone he fought in the first half of the fight which would be too dominate...

BUT...

As we all no Oscar aint the same fighter down the stretch as he is coming out of the first turn...Duran would never let up and eventually start to wear down the Golden Boy...

I can see the fight ending up in either mans favor but in order for Oscar to win he must be able to hold on and for Duran to win he must make Oscar start to wilt about round 8 or 9.

Great match!

My love for Oscar forbids me from making a prediction.

**dino** · 11-15-2005, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by mic573

I said it before in another thread. Duran beats Delahoya at 135, 140, 147, 154 and 160. The only thing Delahoya has over Duran is speed. Duran breaks him down and stops him late.

duran stops de la hoya? but trinidad couldnt do it and he hits harder and is taller..i doubt it

**mic573** · 11-15-2005, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by dino

duran stops de la hoya? but trinidad couldnt do it and he hits harder and is taller..i doubt it

Yes Duran stops Delahoya. Duran hit pretty damn hard and was more accurate then Tito which is saying something because Tito is very accurate. Plus his boxing skills are highly underrated as well as his defense. At 140 he would make Oscar fight and stop him late.

**baya** · 11-15-2005, 04:20 PM

if you can cut off the ring while fighting sugary ray - and make him fight your fight and not give him room to breathe. better believe that he makes dlh fight his fight, duran stops him. maybe early.

**scap** · 11-15-2005, 04:25 PM

Duran is much more relentless than Tito and he is relentless in a very effective way.

Mayorga is relentless but often times you can watch him come forward repeatedly getting very little done.

Duran was the opposite, he was an attacking animal that was too me not quite as accurate as Tito was but he was so much more effective with his agression.

I could easily see a scenario where Duran stops Oscar late...but the Ball Licker in me also envisions a scenario where Duran is tattered for 8 rounds and Oscar is able to coast towards the end...

Duran would not have let Oscar box like Tito did....therefore Oscar would have had to sit down on his punches and stand and fight...

Oscar at 135-140-147 was real accurate...he would have ahd no trouble bouncing shot after shot off of Roberto's face...but again the home stretch is something that Oscar has never been able to master.

**shortright** · 11-15-2005, 04:28 PM

durans a level above hoya, hoya cant even beat mosley

**Super_Lightweight** · 11-15-2005, 04:34 PM

hmm

DLH did beat Mosley in the rematch. DLH COULD have beaten him the 1st time around but he tried to slug with him because he felt he was bigger, but juiced up Mosley had some crazy speed and thump so DLH made a mistake.

DLH at 140 could beat Duran, because Duran would have taken a good deal of abuse in the 1st half of the fight leading him to not be so fresh in the later half. Not to mention DLH has very good size at 140.

Still tough to pick though...

**shortright** · 11-15-2005, 04:38 PM

duran is a killer body puncher and hopkins showed he dont like it to the body, plus oscar fades late and thats not good when facing a great pressure fighter like duran

duran vs de la hoya @ 140