Oscar De La Hoya was hugely overrated

[Death_Adder]

Change my mind?

Always came up short against legitimate world level compeititors and got his ass beat 6 times.

When you take into account his many gift decisions his L's would be double figures.

His biggest achievement was sharing a ring with TBE.

How can anyone take you seriously when you have gay as s soccer players in your avatar and sig.

Oscar beat Gayweather's black ass.

[boliodogs]

Oscar was very popular in the USA and in the USA many thought he beat Trinidad. In Puerto Rico there was no doubt Trinidad won and I agree. I think Oscar was overrated by many. I think he was good but not great.

[bigsmoothh]

i don't think he's overrated at all if anything oscar fought almost everyone. the only guy i believe oscar avoided was the lopez kid, dude had scary punching power.

[Blond Beast]

You obviously want him to win. But he didn't and that isn't a knock on him. I agree he isn't over rated.

To back u up, I saw Oscar turn pro and I always wanted him to lose. Mostly because he was “The Golden Boy” and had the most going for him. But if any fighter gets no more and no less credit as a fighter it’s Oscar. If anything it’s his impact on the sport that is underrated. It’s prizefighting and he made everyone the money.

[kidbazooka]

i don't think he's overrated at all if anything oscar fought almost everyone. the only guy i believe oscar avoided was the lopez kid, dude had scary punching power.

Ah yea I could tell you kno your boxing.

Jose Luis Lopez was a brutal puncher with a titanium chin but unfortunately for him his discipline was horrible but man he could have been a great one, and to my knowledge he is the only fighter Oscar ducked and Oscar even said it himself that Lopez would be the last guy he fights if chooses between him, Tito, Whitaker and quartey

Most folks here have no idea who maestrito Lopez was.

[FinitoxDinamita]

I think it’s the opposite. Over time he became underrated for some reason but I had him beating Tito and Mosley in their rematch. Vargas ending was epic. A fight that doesnt get enough mention was Quarter but Oscar really proved himself in that fight. That was a great victory.

Oscar is one of the greatest LWs ever and he would murder these guys today at 135-140.. imagine if he was mixing up with today’s WWs too he would *** some sht up.

[kidbazooka]

I think it’s the opposite. Over time he became underrated for some reason but I had him beating Tito and Mosley in their rematch. Vargas ending was epic. A fight that doesnt get enough mention was Quarter but Oscar really proved himself in that fight. That was a great victory.

Oscar is one of the greatest LWs ever and he would murder these guys today at 135-140.. imagine if he was mixing up with today’s WWs too he would *** some sht up.

I agree 100%

Oscar has become underrated either because of his out of the ring problems or because these new fans don’t really know the sport most of these so called fans have barely been following the sport a few yrs.

[pasawayako]

if a past prime oscar who beat floyd is overrated then floyd must be extremely overrated. lmao.

[The Big Dunn]

Yes, all good points. Oscar was taking on one tough opponent after another. Never ducked an opponent. A prime Floyd chose to "retire" rather than give Oscar a rematch.

Yes he did. He ducked Floyd. This post right here illustrates the unbelievable hypocrisy of posters that don’t like Floyd.

In every thread guys like this complain that Floyd waited to fight guys that called him out. fishnets does the exact same thing relative to Floyd and you offer no criticism. How is that possible?

Rolling pin dela 8ball made Floyd wait until the fight was financially viable. If you have no issue with that then you shouldn’t have one when Floyd does it.

Had prime odh fought Floyd he very well may have lost given how close the sweet pea fight was, one many feel he lost.

[bigsmoothh]

Ah yea I could tell you kno your boxing.

Jose Luis Lopez was a brutal puncher with a titanium chin but unfortunately for him his discipline was horrible but man he could have been a great one, and to my knowledge he is the only fighter Oscar ducked and Oscar even said it himself that Lopez would be the last guy he fights if chooses between him, Tito, Whitaker and quartey

Most folks here have no idea who maestrito Lopez was.

yori boy campas did a interview a few years back and mentioned lopez punching power. campas said he felt lopez punches hurt him more than trinidads punch. campas said lopez was probably the heaviest handed guy he ever fought with too.