Who else thinks Bhops KO of Oscar DLH was a dive?

[boliodogs]

I don't think it was a dive. I do think Oscar could have easily beat the ten count but chose to stay down and pound on the canvas with his fist rather than get up an take a beating from Hopkins. The whole world may disagree with me but that is what I believe.

[2Shotz]

It always seemed a bit shady. Seemed shady that might and it seems shady now. There is just something about DLH that you can tell when he is bull****ting (and he seems to bull**** a lot).

Having written this, I still have a lot of respect for both DLH and Hopkins as fighters. But that fight was a business arrangement.

[CokeCider]

Another thing is even Bhop himself was even surprised.

[M Bison]

No. You can clearly hear the pain in his voice after the body shot.

Lmao, I'm surprised I've never came across this before.

[M Bison]

Another thing is even Bhop himself was even surprised.

I'm not sure... You have a point though!

The last legitimate stoppage Bhop had since that was the fight with Trinidad I believe and even at that I can't think of a stage where Oscar looked like he seemed so hurt.

Ever since that stoppage it has been the last KO/TKO Bhop has had in his career so 10years since Bhop was capable of getting a stoppage and I don't think we could consider ODLH being to beat up in that one.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I always thought it was a dive by oscar..

Seemed like they agreed to go easy, especially hopkins, let oscar pitter patter and steal rounds early, and then let hopkins stop him...

If hopkins wanted to, he could have murdered oscar in about 6 rounds or less.. The size advantage was absurd..

And then the next week it is was rumored that hopkins was joining GBP, and sure enough a month or so later, he was in business with oscar..


Im not 100% sure it was a dive, but i always felt it was, plus i swear watching it live, hopkins says in his corner, "this is my round" and then oscar drops to the canvas with the body shot, and seemed to be overacting..
Body shots are brutal, and if you have never been hit with one, its pure pain..... So maybe oscar did get hurt, or maybe he took the easy way out, but i always had my doubts about that fight

[M Bison]

I always thought it was a dive by oscar..

Seemed like they agreed to go easy, especially hopkins, let oscar pitter patter and steal rounds early, and then let hopkins stop him...

If hopkins wanted to, he could have murdered oscar in about 6 rounds or less.. The size advantage was absurd..

And then the next week it is was rumored that hopkins was joining GBP, and sure enough a month or so later, he was in business with oscar..


Im not 100% sure it was a dive, but i always felt it was, plus i swear watching it live, hopkins says in his corner, "this is my round" and then oscar drops to the canvas with the body shot, and seemed to be overacting..
Body shots are brutal, and if you have never been hit with one, its pure pain..... So maybe oscar did get hurt, or maybe he took the easy way out, but i always had my doubts about that fight

I'm not so sure Bhop would of massacred ODLH but I think the fight could and should of looked a lot different.
I'd fancy Bhop to win it but definitely not by a stoppage.

[HarvardBlue]

Yeah and he also took a dive against Pacquiao after he felt he was robbed against Mayweather. He knew that if Pacquiao beat him it would elevate his status, therefore leading to the rivalry and Cold War we have today. It was all part of puppet master De la Hoya's plan.

Sounds about as dumb as taking a dive against Hopkins because he knew they were going to be partners...

[Zano-24]

I don't think it was a dive. I do think he quit though. He really did look like he was hurt bad and shots to the liver will def put you down for awhile. Its one of the worse pains to feel in boxing. What would Oscar gain from taking a dive to Hopkins?

[jas]

It was legit