Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Believes He'd Beat Conor McGregor in Two Rounds

[Eff Pandas]

DeLa-Mac 2018!!!! Make it happen.

[Eff Pandas]

Have you seen any photos of him recently? He's looking as rough as sandpaper! Put it this way, Mayweather hasn't aged a lot and looks almost identical to how he did 7-8-10 years ago only major difference is physically he's not as muscular as he was back then. Oscar looks totally different. He looked great for most of his career, I guess he's just one of those guys who needed boxing and now after it's over he's bored and not enjoying life nearly as much. Sugar Ray Leonard went through that too. His promotional company has got worse too since getting rid of Schaefer.

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Not getting on him but he looked great back then and now every photo I see of him he's looking rough and worse for wear. Hopefully he's not still having issues. I'm not a fan of him but he did give a lot of entertaining fights to the sport and fans.

I think you picked a rather flattering "now" pick. I've seen him look much worse in recent times then that pick. But all and all I think he doesn't look like a guy who's struggled with addiction as much as he has. For the most part Oscar just looks older to the degree he should & gained a few pounds.

[JK1700]

I think you picked a rather flattering "now" pick. I've seen him look much worse in recent times then that pick. But all and all I think he doesn't look like a guy who's struggled with addiction as much as he has. For the most part Oscar just looks older to the degree he should & gained a few pounds.

LOL you've seen pictures where he looked worse? I thought I picked the worst one. I mean of course a lot of it is just natural aging but I think he's going through the same thing SRL went through where it's like he just doesn't enjoy life nearly as much now he isn't boxing. That was his whole life, his everything.

[Eff Pandas]

LOL you've seen pictures where he looked worse? I thought I picked the worst one. I mean of course a lot of it is just natural aging but I think he's going through the same thing SRL went through where it's like he just doesn't enjoy life nearly as much now he isn't boxing. That was his whole life, his everything.

I think its common for athletes in general to feel like Oscar & SRL felt.

I mean think about it you're put out to pasture as a athlete when most men are just starting to get somewhere or are just really starting their life. And you're "retired" at 30 something & deemed too old to do the thing you spent your life doing. And you spent the last 20 years doing that sport so you don't have any skills really except ones related to that sport.

I can understand how athletes struggle like they do in retirement & why they stick around wayyyyyy past their fresh by date.

And sh^t man I bet the % of cats with too much money & too much time on their hands that end up with drugs being a problem in their life is a high f#cking %, athlete or not.

[JK1700]

I think its common for athletes in general to feel like Oscar & SRL felt.

I mean think about it you're put out to pasture as a athlete when most men are just starting to get somewhere or are just really starting their life. And you're "retired" at 30 something & deemed too old to do the thing you spent your life doing. And you spent the last 20 years doing that sport so you don't have any skills really except ones related to that sport.

I can understand how athletes struggle like they do in retirement & why they stick around wayyyyyy past their fresh by date.

And sh^t man I bet the % of cats with too much money & too much time on their hands that end up with drugs being a problem in their life is a high f#cking %, athlete or not.

Exactly, and especially for those unique guys like those two who were literally the "Golden Boy" of their era. Oscar's promotional company seemed to be doing good for a while, but you see him talking more about Mayweather than his own fighters (a clear sign that he misses the limelight). It must suck to be in that position though, you worked for 20+ years to be the #1 guy then all you can do is watch others who are at the top, and then you see they're making more money than you did, it's gotta hurt. A lot of them come back just because that's all they want to do.

Oh for sure it happens to a lot of them, because it's like, you faced challenges for years and overcome them, then you've got tons of money and no challenges left. Some people would love to be in that position, but then there's others who just can't take it. There's nothing that compares to the adrenaline of being in the ring.

[Eff Pandas]

Exactly, and especially for those unique guys like those two who were literally the "Golden Boy" of their era. Oscar's promotional company seemed to be doing good for a while, but you see him talking more about Mayweather than his own fighters (a clear sign that he misses the limelight). It must suck to be in that position though, you worked for 20+ years to be the #1 guy then all you can do is watch others who are at the top, and then you see they're making more money than you did, it's gotta hurt. A lot of them come back just because that's all they want to do.

Yep. That sh^t is so more complex than people wanna act like. People just know there regular life & can't even fathom what it must be like to be SRL or ODLH or Floyd & what their daily existence must be like.

Oh for sure it happens to a lot of them, because it's like, you faced challenges for years and overcome them, then you've got tons of money and no challenges left. Some people would love to be in that position, but then there's others who just can't take it. There's nothing that compares to the adrenaline of being in the ring.

Yea I mean think about doing something as competitive as professional boxing on the level Oscar was at. You're the best. You make all the money. You do virtually everything a guy can do in boxing. You're career has been a f#cking movie script. Then you get old. You start to lose more. You retire. Now wtf are you supposed to do when you are a highly competitive guy with a giant bank account & not a real f#cking thing to do for the next 50 something years. Holy f#ck man I think thats a time bomb for lotsa mfers.

[alexguiness]

Fishnets had another blueprint?