Was De La Hoya Really That Skilled?

[IronDanHamza]

Not particularly

[kidbazooka]

Not particularly

Noob alert!!!!!!

[TheMyspaceDayz]

Would you give up 2 of the biggest paydays in your life just to save your reputation and a little portion of your legacy?

You would sell your soul for a 4th and 5th home? I’d rather chill with just 3 homes and reminisce about my legacy all day.

[IronDanHamza]

Noob alert!!!!!!

Yeah mate, brand new to Boxing me

[Ca$ual Fan]

You would sell your soul for a 4th and 5th home? I’d rather chill with just 3 homes and reminisce about my legacy all day.

As per leverage, how much of his legacy did he lose compared to the money that he made for those?

[TheMyspaceDayz]

As per leverage, how much of his legacy did he lose compared to the money that he made for those?

I was speaking generally. You would take a few losses for some extra dollars that you probably wouldn’t even notice?

After a certain dollar amount your bank account becomes like the temperature below minus 40. It might get colder but it still feels minus 40 because your brain can’t tell the difference beyond that.

[Luilun]

Would you give up 2 of the biggest paydays in your life just to save your reputation and a little portion of your legacy?

He didn’t need them he’s promoting and yes to save embarrassment. Money to him will always be flowing in due to Golden Boy. Floyd needed Oscar more than Oscar needed him he was already at the end of his career. I think he was just passing the torch to Floyd because his dad helped him out. Had Floyd never fought Oscar he doesn’t become the next PPV Star. He would have had to fight Mosley and Pacquaio while they were juicing even though Floyd did it himself

[Idunnoshet]

Oscar was for real, he was an aggressive boxer puncher that went nip and tuck with the very best of his era from 135 to 160..

Oscar is no easy fight for anybody in history his size, on his best night beating anyone his size in history would not surprise me either, elite level fighter.

Good post.
Oscar gets Alot of shet from the New boxing fans that were too young to watch him in his prime and just know him from GBP , getting annihilated by Pac and his extracurricular activities.
Oscar had the Skills , power , speed and heart of a HOFer.

Anybody trying to come on here saying he took a dive against Hopkins must've never took a liver shot from a boxer in their life.

[F l i c k e r]

Yes.

End of discussion.

[TheFrog]

He was a very skilled fighter but he had a couple of pretty bad habits. As he got older his skills started to degrade and expose those habits more.

His jab really was quite something though. Very few guys could spear their jab out like Oscar. Pretty rare.