Would a prime De La Hoya have beaten Mayweather?

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At 154, De La Hoya might edge out Mayweather.

At 147 it's harder to tell.

[RubenSonny]

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

He was also deducted a point for not getting cut and I still had it for Pea - he got screwed.

[01samuelc]

Close fight with the nod going to oscar.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

He was also deducted a point for not getting cut and I still had it for Pea - he got screwed.

Who got deducted the point... I don't remember that.. You honestly think that it was a robbery instead of just a super close fight..

[-Kev-]

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

Before watching the fight I already had the "robbery" posts in my head, and how Whitaker should have won. At the end of the fight, I laughed. I rewatched it to see it with a different mindset, give Whitaker the benefit of the doubt, unfortunately his offense was nearly non-existent and very difficult to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Donaire knocked down Rigondeaux, that doesn't tell the story of the rest of his night offensively. Although DLH was nothing like Rigo, I am just using it as a light example.

[GOD-FR33]

Whitaker won.........

Whitaker won that fight. The knock down did it. Outside of that, he used veteran tactics to nullify Oscar's superior youth and size. He had just enough of vintage Whitaker to win that one, but barely. LoL.

[toshmurph]

I would think so, he almost beat him past his prime.

Thing with Floyd, he seems to have gotten better with age and picks his opponents better also.

Not a huge Oscar fan, but he wasn't scared of anybody. Fought a lot of little guys, but he also fought everybody he was supposed to. Floyd won't risk his 0

I suppose you're one of the guys who thought De La Hoya vs Mayweather was close!?

Now I'm not sure the outcome of a hypothetical match prime vs prime at 147 but I know for damn sure Oscar wasn't close whatsoever in their actual fight! He likes to say he showed the blueprint but all I seen was him winging it and missing 80% of his punches

[GOD-FR33]

Yes.........

Prime Oscar beats Floyd. You could use their encounter to decide that. Oscar had about 8 solid rounds in him that night and was still able to be ahead a round when Floyd swept 9-12. HE was able to think with Floyd, but he fought a stationary fight. Prime Oscar would dart in and out with lightening fast combos and bounce on his toes. He knew how to win on the cards and that's what he would've done. His superior jab, movement in and out, combination punching, and SIZE wins him the fight.

[mikinoki]

hell no.Floyd is one of the all time greats and ducks but nobodys perfect...

[Big_L]

i think a lot of great welterweights would have beaten floyd. that's not a knock on floyd. he was just at his best at lower weights.

guerrero, ortiz, marquez, baldomir, etc. simply don't compare to oscar, tito, quartey, forrest, etc.