Comments Thread For: De La Hoya on Mayweather: Fans Want Drama, Not a Runner

[ruedboy]

Why do yall say this? Floyd literally moved up chasing Oscar and Mosley..even left Top Rank just to get the fight

I think you have to understand the sport to realize both Oscar and Mosely were both shells of what they had been when Floyd fought them. Not Floyd's fault but just the facts.
In 2000, Oscar fought Mosely at 147. Floyd was still at 135. Now if Floyd had moved up to fight Oscar then, that would've been impressive. lol
Seriously, Floyd and Oscar are from different eras they overlap but one guy's on the way up and the other's on the way down.

[ironmt]

It is well documented how he chased Oscar for years man..he even left Top Rank cause they would not guarantee him the fight..you cant say he waited for Oscar to get old

Who do you think would have won If they fought years earlier?

[Larry the boss]

Who do you think would have won If they fought years earlier?

Floyd is just clearly the more talented fighter

[Larry the boss]

I think you have to understand the sport to realize both Oscar and Mosely were both shells of what they had been when Floyd fought them. Not Floyd's fault but just the facts.
In 2000, Oscar fought Mosely at 147. Floyd was still at 135. Now if Floyd had moved up to fight Oscar then, that would've been impressive. lol
Seriously, Floyd and Oscar are from different eras they overlap but one guy's on the way up and the other's on the way down.

Thats not Floyds fault..he had been chasing them and it is well documented..but both were still world champs when he fought them and Mosley was even p4p #3

[bluebeam]

DLH won many major fights in his career. He was P4P for at least 10 years or so.

You have to remember that Floyd couldn't get the top guys to fight him when he was high risk low reward. There are many many fights that Mayweather missed. DLH not so much the case. I seriously can't think of anyone DLH ducked other than Cotto when he was already well over the hill.

winky Wright
margarito after he stopped cotto
Forrest


3 people off the top of my head

[ruedboy]

Thats not Floyds fault..he had been chasing them and it is well documented..but both were still world champs when he fought them and Mosley was even p4p #3

To say "Floyd was chasing them", doesn't mean anything. You might believe it, it might even be true, but how would anybody prove it? It's just he said, he said, which is a waste of time.
If you think Oscar and Mosely were the same fighters who fought Floyd as when they fought each other in 2000, you're entitled to your opinion, but you might want to check that fight out if you haven't seen it (great fight).

[HanzGruber]

Oscar is one salty kunt

[Mr.Fantastic]

Thats not Floyds fault..he had been chasing them and it is well documented..but both were still world champs when he fought them and Mosley was even p4p #3

So you give Floyd credit for beating Mosley who wasn't in his prime and a 16 month layoff but not Oscar beating Whitaker who was a top 2/3 P4P when Oscar fought him? Stay bias my friend lol.

[elfag]

Im trying to figure out which Floyd fights where he supposedly ran? Could of swore he stood right in front of Canelo. Was right in front of Mosely and Cotto beating them up. Maidana, Ghost, Marquez, Ortiz and Oscar, I didn't see Floyd run, he stood there and hit them at will while all them had trouble hitting Floyd. I guess its called running because they can't hit FLoyd when he's right in front of them. The only fight that was luck luster was maybe the Manny fight. Lets be real, its worse to take punches and a schooling for 12 rounds than an early KO.

he stood on the ropes against DLH and DLH was missing every shot of 5 punch arm punch flurries.

Im sure DLH needs to do a line every time he thinks about all those punches he missed with Mayweather right in front of him

[Mr.Fantastic]

winky Wright
margarito after he stopped cotto
Forrest


3 people off the top of my head

Winky was offered 5 mil and priced himself out. He didn't fight Forrest because Mosley won and went on to fight Forrest after DLH.