Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: If I Was 28, 29 - I'd Have KO'd Mayweather's Ass!

[James Hunt]

So it was fishnets who sent Floyd into retirement.

[Johnny_Roa]

You were only 34 when you fought Floyd, yet you waited until GGG was 35 to make the Canelo fight. I happen to agree that prime Oscar beats Floyd, I mean, that's obvious seeing as how past prime Oscar fought Floyd even at worse, but you can't make comments like this without exposing that the Canelo-GGG fight is also a farce. Should have happened 4 years ago. Even BHop has admitted on multiple occasions that GGG is old. In fact he admitted GGG was old like 3 years ago, so just imagine how past his prime he is now.

Promoters don't care about their fighters fighting the best at their best.
It's all about the $.
The fight is happening now because they deemed it worthy of making the most cash. whether is a good fight now or a bad one is an entirely different subject. One that they do not take into account.

[Reloaded]

Well, delahoya at his prime at 147 is no cake walk for any atg stylewise.
Saying mayweather beats him there or vice versa as a forgone conclusion is BS. Cause we’ll never really know.
At 34 Oscar managed to win 4 rounds. And was hangin in there in some.
He has the height, the speed, the jab, the reach, the power and the chin to make what he’s saying right now possible during his prime. And he’s entitled to think that.

The real fight is not 147, that's not Floyds prime weight he was just that good to give guys like Oscar 20lbs, the real fight is 135 with no 20 lb weight advantage.

[Mindgames]

Shame he didnt tell me he was past hes prime before their fight. I might not have paid for it.

[RomanReigns]

Floyd did fight ODLH on his down-slide that is undebatable, the fact ODLH had lost several times and went to 160 got KOed by Bhop and should have lost to Sturm and then he jumped down to 154 all so quickly I mean its blatantly obviously he was past his best.

I've been saying this for a long time, Floyd picked his moments he never fought guys at the utter total prime peak there is only 2-3 guys you could mention, but they're not names worth really mentioning when trying to claim ATG status.

Stop changing history.. It was Dela Hoya who challenged Floyd to moved up at 154. And he picked the ring size, gloves, and he still failed to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[M Bison]

At what age was Floyd no longer in his prime? Floyd turned 34 in 2011.

Late 30's the moment he struggled to beat Maidana he looked god awful in both fights and he looked trash in the Pacquiao fight as well, barely mounting any offence it was the most boring lacklustre performance of his career.

Fact is DLH wasn't fight Floyd when Floyd had lost, Floyd never pushed himself to get into that position although he had a very hard time with an older past prime Hoya.

[Boxing Goat]

I tend to agree he would have beaten Floyd.
Pretty Boy wanted none of that until Oscar showed weakness.

[Drew Bundini Br]

GTFOH!!! DELA HATER loss damn near all of his big fights! Check his record. Also when he was 28 or 29 FLOYD was concurring the 135lb div and was much smaller. GTFOH!!

[M Bison]

Stop changing history.. It was Dela Hoya who challenged Floyd to moved up at 154. And he picked the ring size, gloves, and he still failed to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Ever the capitalist, If only Floyd had the balls to fight Pacquiao when the hype was at its highest, unfortunately Floyd the great pretender choose to wait it out thus diminishing his win over Pacquiao.
Just like Rocky Marciano's best win, choose to wait it out instead of fighting the main man at his greatest, act of an opportunist who doesn't want to test themselves.

[Drew Bundini Br]

The real fight is not 147, that's not Floyds prime weight he was just that good to give guys like Oscar 20lbs, the real fight is 135 with no 20 lb weight advantage.

True indeed.