Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: I Feel Nobody Can Beat Me at 154-Pounds

[aboutfkntime]

I'm guessing I'm in minority here, but I think Oscar would beat most light middleweights, and 42 isn't too old, altho not technically young. Of course a GGG would be very difficult to beat, but not impossible. What happens when past prime is you throw less punches, maybe a bit slower, more economical with punches, but you can still win. A great fighter like Oscar may just have a bit more left, but we won't know unless he returns.

What happens is you lose your sharpness/timing, and training at the highest level is that much harder at an older age..... the result of that happening will drop you down levels.

Very few fighters have long lay-offs and come back the same.

[aboutfkntime]

Pacquiao showed Oscar didn't have the ability to compete at the championship level 7 years ago. Being 7 years older makes Oscar worse, not better. Hopkins stays in shape and takes care of himself and he is a freak of nature. No other fighter in history has competed as well at the highest level as Hopkins does now at age 50. Oscar thinks because Hopkins kicks ass at age 50 that he can easily do the same at age 42. Oscar is wrong. Most fighters are not like Hopkins. No matter how hard they train they go over the hill at about at age 30 and further over the hill every year after that. Oscar is like most fighters and was done at 35 just like Leonard was done at 35. If Oscar comes back I think it will be a disaster for him. If he fights a Lara he will be humiliated. If he fights a GGG he will be squashed like a bug. He is very rich, a very good promoter and he is in the hall of fame. I think he should stay retired but it's his choice.

And more importantly, he has remained active.

" they dont come back "
~ Emmanuel Steward

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

I think Oscar is bluffing, he has zero intention of coming back. 42 years old, soon to be 43, been out of boxing for 7 years...

He's not coming back and it's a non story.

[Dle]

Yes we know oscar.... Now put the pipe down.

[JonDP]

It's a genius move. He will grab all the headlines in the world and make a bunch more money in the process win or lose. I say go for it champ.