Would a prime De La Hoya have beaten Mayweather?

[-Kev-]

I think it would have always been close. First fight I scored 7-5 Mayweather. Maybe prime vs prime it would have been disputed draw or MD, SD for either guy.

[Francis M.]

Not sure, Floyd just knows how to win. Looked like Floyd could have done a lot more in the first fight if he wanted to.

[R_Walken]

Oscar would never beat Floyd unless he got a gift decision which wouldn't surprise me because he almost got one when they fought.

[-Kev-]

A lot like Oscar and Pernell??? so you pick Oscar via Robbery?

I've seen that fight twice and I really don't see how it was a robbery. I thought DLH won on activity and the few punches he landed at least he was throwing. Pernell did excellent defensively, but where was his offense? He was content with just making DLH miss and clowning around the ring. I thought DLH deservedly got the W because he was the one making the fight and throwing punches, while he did miss quite often, Pernell didn't exactly throw anything or make Oscar pay for missing.

If we talk about Dirrell-Froch, a similar fight, where Dirrell made Froch miss and made him pay in return and landed punches but Froch was coming forward and throwing, then we're looking at a robbery.

[-Kev-]

A prime Oscar.. probably would put the sort of whooping on Floyd that the boxing world deserves to see.

Don't forget he was a deceptively powerful in his prime and I wouldn't be surprised if he even stopped FMJ

Oscar never in his life put a whooping on any defensive/slick fighters he fought like Hopkins, Whitaker, Forbes, and less defensive but still above average defense like Mosley, Quartey, Trinidad. When you put a brawler/less defensive fighter in front of DLH like Chavez, Vargas, Mayorga, Gatti, Leija, Ruelas yeah we see a whooping, but DLH would never whoop some one like Floyd.

[Zano-24]

At 154 or 147? At 147 I would put my chips on Mayweather. At 154 then...

[Check_hooks]

Oscar was past prime when he fought him and still won but got robbed

Floyd Sr himself thought that Oscar won

[RubenSonny]

I've seen that fight twice and I really don't see how it was a robbery. I thought DLH won on activity and the few punches he landed at least he was throwing. Pernell did excellent defensively, but where was his offense? He was content with just making DLH miss and clowning around the ring. I thought DLH deservedly got the W because he was the one making the fight and throwing punches, while he did miss quite often, Pernell didn't exactly throw anything or make Oscar pay for missing.

If we talk about Dirrell-Froch, a similar fight, where Dirrell made Froch miss and made him pay in return and landed punches but Froch was coming forward and throwing, then we're looking at a robbery.

Didn't he make him pay when RuPaul tried to go southpaw and got dropped?

[LoadedWraps]

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Without question. Not many people in history could beat a prime DLH, he was near perfection.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Didn't he make him pay when RuPaul tried to go southpaw and got dropped?

Lol... Yeah he dropped oscar with a beautiful counter, but that was his only offensive moment in the fight... The fight reminds me a lot of Taylor-Hopkins with Hopkins making him miss a lot but not having much offensive