Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: If I Was 28, I Would've KO'd Mayweather!

[Sugar Adam Ali]

he doesn't have too

He earned his spot to call the shots....Bob Arum held him back and fights with ODLH, and Cotto would have happened much sooner


He didn't want ODLH his cash cow to lose to a youngster

at 130 when Mayweather was all humble but was elusive and knocking people no one wanted to fight him

After he beat Corrales, Larry Merchant said to his face Naseem Hamed wouldn't want to step in the ring with him after a performance like that

Back in 2002 Mayweather said he was gonna prove he is the best fighter from 154 down and he has.

I agree with all of that except for "he doesn't need to"

When your the face of boxing like Floyd is and how oscar, Tyson, Holyfield, Leonard, Ali, etc.. You take all the big fights
Oscar fought Tito, Shane, Vargas
Leonard fought Duran, hearns Benitez
Ali fought Frazier, foreman, norton

Floyd hasn't done that

[bigjavi973]

Everytime you write this I'm going to ask you to do the same with Pac

Even tho at a catchweight.... My boy cotto but we all know he don't want the rematch.

[bigjavi973]

he doesn't have too

He earned his spot to call the shots....Bob Arum held him back and fights with ODLH, and Cotto would have happened much sooner


He didn't want ODLH his cash cow to lose to a youngster

at 130 when Mayweather was all humble but was elusive and knocking people no one wanted to fight him

After he beat Corrales, Larry Merchant said to his face Naseem Hamed wouldn't want to step in the ring with him after a performance like that

Back in 2002 Mayweather said he was gonna prove he is the best fighter from 154 down and he has.

Floydie had his chance at cotto at 147. Oh wait he retired. "I'm gonna retire from boxing. Boxings not gonna retire me."

[Larry the boss]

prime floyd will duck prime oscar...............................just saying.........

Floyd was openly chasing Oscar since he was at 135

[Larry the boss]

Floydie had his chance at cotto at 147. Oh wait he retired. "I'm gonna retire from boxing. Boxings not gonna retire me."

Yea and Cotto ducked Floyd at 140

[Build That Wall]

No Oscar, you wouldn't have.

[bigjavi973]

Yea and Cotto ducked Floyd at 140

"He's a little too green. He needs a couple of mores fights."- FMJ
He fought henry bruseles instead.

A couple of more fights and floydie moved up weight.

[LouIE G]

I disagree. Floyd Mayweather's lead left hook is his bread and butter. Ive never seen De la Hoya knock his opponent down five times with his left hook ala Diego Corrales like Mayweather did. Mayweather's jab is and always been quicker and more accurate than De la Hoya's. Mayweather is the most accurate puncher in the sport. De la Hoya has never been that.

De la hoya knocked guys sensless with his left hook, like paez,jimmy bredahl,ruelas, vargas, mayorga, castillejo amongst others... floyds left hook was never really a factor at 147 with exeptions of jmm and hatton....though floyd knocked down corrales 5x oscar was laying dudes out with his left hooks...apples to apples de la hoya had a better left hook imo. And was a better finisher as well!

[RightJabLikeZab]

Couldn't hit a past prime coked out pernell at age 24 and gets a gift decision but knocks out Floyd at 28 haha.

[Kagami Taiga]

Who knows what would have happened. What I do know is that Floyd wanted to fight Oscar at that time and Oscar wasn't interested. So why even talk about it.