Is Oscar De La Hoya underrated?

[Roman Moreno]

Oscar maybe won 4 rounds against Floyd, that is being generous.

How they called that fight a SD, was amazing to me.

Even Kellerman criticized the decision right after.

When I heard Split Decision, I thought to myself "damn, they robbed Floyd."

While hearing the scores I was getting very upset because I knew they were just robbing Floyd. I calmed down when I heard "And new"

[The Gambler1981]

bingo

notice how all of them to a person mention only the fights Oscar's had above 140 acting like anything below didn't exist?

140 and below Oscar was a beast a fighter who utilized his height and power

147 and above it caught with him and while there were more marquee match ups his performances weren't ideally the best

I don't see how anyone can call post 140lb DLH underrated at all

Oscar was a killer 140 or below but he was wasteful and did not accomplish very much for all the advantages he had~

Most guys get shit for beating up on guys that are midgets in comparision and you want Oscar to get praised for that very thing.

He beat the **** out of smaller guys good for him, when he fought guys of similar size he was much less impressive. To me that speaks volumes~

[RIZO24]

Everyone in this thread except for Mak and IronDan has to be fairly new to the sport. That's the only explanation for such comments.

People dont argue with this dude. He is the Encyclopedia of boxing and has been a boxing fan since he was a toddler!!Oh and he is a Tito and Pacquiao nutthugger to the max!! Right JRosales13, thats why you lost your original Account and thus use an AlT.. lMAO

[IronDanHamza]

I know people don't take me serious about this subject. But, it is one thing to think Oscar won the fight. I'm OK with that, what I don't understand the word robbery connected to it or that Oscar won 8 clear rounds. He really didn't. I thought he won 5 clear rounds and then there were 2 or 3 swing rounds that could have went either way. You could have given all of them to Oscar and that's how you could have Oscar winning or you could have given all of them to Tito and have Tito winning or a draw or whatever. But, a robbery? 8 clear rounds?

I also don't get Oscar being such an ATG fighter. Good fighter? No doubt, HOF'er? Has to be first ballot IMO. As soon as he is in the ballot he needs to get a check next to his name. Fun fact about Oscar, never fought a guy with a losing record. From his first pro debut, to his last fight no one had a losing record. And, that's pretty cool IMO. Every greater fighter that you can think of, SRL, Hearns, Hagler, Roy, Mayweather etc etc at one point in time fought a guy with a losing record at least once. So Oscar talented fighter, good fighter was brought up very well by a great machine like Top Rank.

However, not as great as most make him out to be. He just isn't. And, a prime Floyd beats any version of Oscar. Just too much skill and smarts from Floyd to lose to Oscar. Anything Oscar could do Floyd could possibly do it better. I don't see how any version of Oscar could beat a prime Floyd. And, with Pac, meh I don't know who would win. But, I think Pac gives him hell. A prime Oscar would not have an easy time with a prime Pac. Even if he wins it would be close competitive maybe even questionable.

Agreed.

I scored the fight for Oscar but it wasn't a robbery IMO. I think it's easier to score the fight for Oscar than it is for Tito but I can see how it can be scored for him.

[LoadedWraps]

People dont argue with this dude. He is the Encyclopedia of boxing and has been a boxing fan since he was a toddler!!Oh and he is a Tito and Pacquiao nutthugger to the max!! Right JRosales13, thats why you lost your original Account and thus use an AlT.. lMAO

is that really jro? I was wondering what happened to him...

[Mr. Fantastic]

Oscar is an ATG. The same people that hate on him turn around and favor a boxer for the same shit.

No matter how great you are no one would of gone through Oscar's resume undefeated.

[IronDanHamza]

is that really jro? I was wondering what happened to him...

It is, yes.

[LoadedWraps]

Oscar is an ATG. The same people that hate on him turn around and favor a boxer for the same shit.

No matter how great you are no one would of gone through Oscar's resume undefeated.

This.

It is, yes.

That's hella funny. Thanks man.

[RIZO24]

is that really jro? I was wondering what happened to him...

Yeah thats the annoying know it all! If you dont agree with him you dont know anything about boxing or you are a new fan to boxing..LMAO

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A very well deserved statue outside of the Staples Center, you earned it Oskie!!!