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    Default Oscar De la Hoya appreciation thread

    Getting real sick and tired of the endless stick ODLH is taking from various fight forums.

    If i may get away from the whole goldenboy entity and chat about oscar the fighter. The guy has been a world class entertainer for over a decade and has always done his upmost to give the fans what they want both inside and outside the ring.

    I`ll always remember ODLH for the great memories - His destructions of chavez, camacho, gatti and vargas. The way he never gave up against sugar shane despite all the odds, The war with trinidad, even at 34 he made the greatest p4p fighter look 2nd best for a good 8-9 rounds.

    whatever happens from now on in oscar deserves to be recognised for his acheivements in the ring and in my eyes will go down as one of the all time great warriors!!

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    Default Re: Oscar De la Hoya appreciation thread

    It seem to have become generally excepted that mayweather practically owned Oscar,wich didn't happen.

    Far from being an all-out slugfest the first fight was a little tactical but exiting non the less. I think the re-match is deserving,dont know how anyone else sees different.
    "It wasn't the night of the jab"

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    I give Oscar props for the many things he has acheived.. Has been a very exciting fighter, and won some really great bouts... Nothing he does from here on in will make me forgot that stuff... But I do understand why some people's opinions of him have changed of late..

    Still, it's well worth appreciating what he's done in the ring, for himself, for boxing, and for fans..

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    Default Re: Oscar De la Hoya appreciation thread

    I'll copy and paste what i said in the other thread regarding Mayweather vs Oscar 2.


    You know what makes me laugh and i have said this time and time again, people were saying it was a massive risk for Floyd Mayweather Jr to step up and fight ODLH who weighed almost 1 stone heavier on fight night. When the fight was over most people enjoyed it and see it as a close fight, i personally didn't see it that way but quite a few people did want to see a rematch. Now its considered a "Joke fight" i just don't understand people sometimes i really don't, yes there is better match ups for Mayweather to take but this still isn't a bad fight, and to be honest with you i can't see how you wouldn't want to watch this fight, the skill level in this fight is very high standard and i can't see how any true boxing fan wouldn't be intrigued by that but thats just my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    I'll copy and paste what i said in the other thread regarding Mayweather vs Oscar 2.


    You know what makes me laugh and i have said this time and time again, people were saying it was a massive risk for Floyd Mayweather Jr to step up and fight ODLH who weighed almost 1 stone heavier on fight night. When the fight was over most people enjoyed it and see it as a close fight, i personally didn't see it that way but quite a few people did want to see a rematch. Now its considered a "Joke fight" i just don't understand people sometimes i really don't, yes there is better match ups for Mayweather to take but this still isn't a bad fight, and to be honest with you i can't see how you wouldn't want to watch this fight, the skill level in this fight is very high standard and i can't see how any true boxing fan wouldn't be intrigued by that but thats just my opinion.
    Ice it's a shit fight and you know it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leftylee View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    I'll copy and paste what i said in the other thread regarding Mayweather vs Oscar 2.


    You know what makes me laugh and i have said this time and time again, people were saying it was a massive risk for Floyd Mayweather Jr to step up and fight ODLH who weighed almost 1 stone heavier on fight night. When the fight was over most people enjoyed it and see it as a close fight, i personally didn't see it that way but quite a few people did want to see a rematch. Now its considered a "Joke fight" i just don't understand people sometimes i really don't, yes there is better match ups for Mayweather to take but this still isn't a bad fight, and to be honest with you i can't see how you wouldn't want to watch this fight, the skill level in this fight is very high standard and i can't see how any true boxing fan wouldn't be intrigued by that but thats just my opinion.
    Ice it's a shit fight and you know it.
    No thats called "your opinion" like thats my opinion. But your Mayweather hater anyway, at least i give Hatton credit even when i hate his fighting style.

    But if you think its crap fight try and debate those points i made.

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    Default Re: Oscar De la Hoya appreciation thread

    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    I'll copy and paste what i said in the other thread regarding Mayweather vs Oscar 2.


    You know what makes me laugh and i have said this time and time again, people were saying it was a massive risk for Floyd Mayweather Jr to step up and fight ODLH who weighed almost 1 stone heavier on fight night. When the fight was over most people enjoyed it and see it as a close fight, i personally didn't see it that way but quite a few people did want to see a rematch. Now its considered a "Joke fight" i just don't understand people sometimes i really don't, yes there is better match ups for Mayweather to take but this still isn't a bad fight, and to be honest with you i can't see how you wouldn't want to watch this fight, the skill level in this fight is very high standard and i can't see how any true boxing fan wouldn't be intrigued by that but thats just my opinion.

    I guess i'm one of the few who agree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ICB View Post
    I'll copy and paste what i said in the other thread regarding Mayweather vs Oscar 2.


    You know what makes me laugh and i have said this time and time again, people were saying it was a massive risk for Floyd Mayweather Jr to step up and fight ODLH who weighed almost 1 stone heavier on fight night. When the fight was over most people enjoyed it and see it as a close fight, i personally didn't see it that way but quite a few people did want to see a rematch. Now its considered a "Joke fight" i just don't understand people sometimes i really don't, yes there is better match ups for Mayweather to take but this still isn't a bad fight, and to be honest with you i can't see how you wouldn't want to watch this fight, the skill level in this fight is very high standard and i can't see how any true boxing fan wouldn't be intrigued by that but thats just my opinion.
    I get your point and you formulate it very well. It seems like a lot of people consider Mayweather-DLH I a joke fight in hindsight which at the end of the day is merely stupid. There _were_ a lot of questionmarks beforehand - weight, height, Oscar's power, ringsize, gloves etc - that made this a fight worth waiting for. That extra amount of uncertainty, where a fight might genuinely go both ways - well, it was there. I had Mayweather as a clear winner on points going into the fight (also afterwards btw), but a lot of people believed different, and even I could acknowledge that with everything set to favour him, Oscar *might* just do the job. He couldn't, but that should be testament to Mayweather's qualitites, not merely confirm him as a fraud.

    However, for a rematch the question marks aren't really there. Floyd can hang in there with 12 rounds, even at 154. Floyd can move around ODLH for 12 rounds without getting caught big time. Floyd is willing to do that, no matter what he says beforehand about knocking him out. In short, the surprises that we thought we might just be in for, well they seem very, very unlikely now. Add to all this that Oscar is not getting any younger, and probably not any hungrier either. The best we can hope for IMO is Floyd becoming sloppy, but I really would rather see him be serious on other challenges instead.

    As for calling it a joke fight - even for a sporting point of view, Oscar is probably among the top 10 best opponents for Floyd, but it just seem so pointless anyway.

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    Default Re: Oscar De la Hoya appreciation thread

    The rematch is disappointing. Even though DLH did better than expected in the first time and made it fairly close and competitive, I don't think it was the type of fight that warrants a rematch.

    As everyone else, I'd rather see Mayweather-Cotto, but even if Mayweather wanted Cotto, I think we'd end up with Cotto-DLH (and we'd miss out on Cotto-Margarito). As it is, I think we'll still get PBF and Cotto should they both win their next fights.

    It's easy to criticize Floyd for going after this rematch, but honestly, the list of guys who would turn down this type of money for a DLH rematch is very short.

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    Default Re: Oscar De la Hoya appreciation thread

    Personally i put odlh in the same leagues of all of the so called greats.
    He was correct me if iam wrong six weight world champion.

    The odlh mayweather fight was a close but personally i think odlh won first 2 rounds mayweather was quick and accurate but from then on de la hoya was parrying alot of shots and for the first time in mayweathers career he couldnt sneak his way off the ropes, defesively mayweather is unquestionably the best in the world but everyone no's mayweather was uncomfortable with odlh's jab and if he kept that jab going in the last three rounds he would have won in my opinion he won anyway

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