OSCAR v FLOYD could be bad for boxing if it's a poor fight.

And it will be imo.....
A chess match awaits is how i see this fight going and i wouldn't be at all suprised if it's a draw followed by a massive money making rematch ;)
I was just thinking what the backlash could possibly be if this fight is as sh*t as i anticipate,after all the mega hype this fight is getting at present,if it's a poor showing then imo this will utimately lose the fight game a sh*tload of potential future viewers who will (And let's be honest here) more than likely jump ship[ and f*ck off to UFC,Pride or MMA.
Obviously the staunch pugilist lovers amongst us will watch boxing till we die but i just feel for the younger generation the superfights i grew up with are so few and far between that they will lose interest sooner or later,boxing has and is in the process of correcting this fact with some great fight's lined up for this year in it's defence and i feel that is a direct response to the b*llshit politics that hinders such potential classics time and time again and the growing popularity of UFC etc.
We have a big UFC night in April @ Manchester's MEN arena where Hatton used to live and where Calzaghe beat Lacy which is apparantley already pretty much sold out and when you consider that Lacy/Calzaghe was nowhere near even 3/4's full and that is our elite end of the fight game it certainly makes me wonder anyway.
Bilbo touched on this in another thread and it is a reality that cannot be ignored.
I've got loads of mates who were Massive fight fans and now follow UFC etc.
Let's hope im wrong and Oscar and Floyd deliver in style :-\

I can see it being a fight that stops and starts.

I'd guess after every three minutes

Dunno :-\

I actually think this fight will almost live up to the hype.

To be fair to De La Hoya, this man has never been in a dull fight, even the Trinidad one was ok and there's no way that Oscar will run like a girl in this one, plus Mayweather's boxing skills are greater than Felix so he won't be nullified for several rounds.

Plus whenever Floyd has had to step up to the plate and deliver he really does it in style. Apart from a cautious win over Baldimor, which was understandable considering the golden egg awaiting him if he won Floyd.

But he delivered in style against Hernandez, Chavez, N'dou, Gatti etc.

I think it will be a great fight.

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I actually think this fight will almost live up to the hype.

To be fair to De La Hoya, this man has never been in a dull fight, even the Trinidad one was ok and there's no way that Oscar will run like a girl in this one, plus Mayweather's boxing skills are greater than Felix so he won't be nullified for several rounds.

Plus whenever Floyd has had to step up to the plate and deliver he really does it in style. Apart from a cautious win over Baldimor, which was understandable considering the golden egg awaiting him if he won Floyd.

But he delivered in style against Hernandez, Chavez, N'dou, Gatti etc.

I think it will be a great fight.

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CC, Baggins. I too agree that this may very well be a fight that lives up to its hype. The clash of styles, the variables at play such as Oscar's layoffs but size advantages, PBF's stepping into unknown weight territory again and his undoubted skills. Oscar being such a huge name and PBF being the P4P darling....

All adds up to an intriguing contest by my book...

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I actually think this fight will almost live up to the hype.

To be fair to De La Hoya, this man has never been in a dull fight, even the Trinidad one was ok and there's no way that Oscar will run like a girl in this one, plus Mayweather's boxing skills are greater than Felix so he won't be nullified for several rounds.

Plus whenever Floyd has had to step up to the plate and deliver he really does it in style. Apart from a cautious win over Baldimor, which was understandable considering the golden egg awaiting him if he won Floyd.

But he delivered in style against Hernandez, Chavez, N'dou, Gatti etc.

I think it will be a great fight.

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yea agreed, one fight I think was boring though was vs Hopkins , except the ending was quite weird/cool

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I actually think this fight will almost live up to the hype.

To be fair to De La Hoya, this man has never been in a dull fight, even the Trinidad one was ok and there's no way that Oscar will run like a girl in this one, plus Mayweather's boxing skills are greater than Felix so he won't be nullified for several rounds.

Plus whenever Floyd has had to step up to the plate and deliver he really does it in style. Apart from a cautious win over Baldimor, which was understandable considering the golden egg awaiting him if he won Floyd.

But he delivered in style against Hernandez, Chavez, N'dou, Gatti etc.

I think it will be a great fight.

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yea agreed, one fight I think was boring though was vs Hopkins , except the ending was quite weird/cool

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The Hopkins fight wasnt fun to watch, but Oscar was never really in that fight for me. And i didnt really think he had much of a chance. Hopkins controlled things from the start. There was no way Oscar was gonna swing and knock Hopkins clean out, and of course Oscar had to be defensively minded because of Hopkins lead right. This fight has all the tangents and questions about it though...can the speed/ skills of Floyd negate the power punching (and skills!!) of Oscar?...

With Oscar holding those size and strength advantages and not inconsiderable skills, this one should remain compelling...I think Floyd wins this one though...

Floyd will do 'enough' then scoot around the ring and drag out a victory.
No other way he can win this imo.
Just can't help feeling that it's the way this will pan out :-\

I mean look at ODLH vs. Tito the boxing media kept saying it was SRL vs. Hearns allover again yet the fight was nothing like that....

For the most part I know a lot of people were disappointed at how the fight turned out.

Hatton v Castillo will eclipse it for true fight fans imo 8)

True fight fans want to see this fight.I enjoyed the PBF Baldo fight because floyd put on a boxing clinic.Its a game of hit and not be hit.The Baldo complainers wanted to see a Brawl or WWE match.As for the hype around this fight...its ONLY to sell tickets and make money.

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Hatton v Castillo will eclipse it for true fight fans imo 8)

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Calm down, everyone's a little too hyped up about Hatton vs Castillo. I think that it will end up being the complete opposite. People are pretty much expecting ODLH vs PBF to be a boring chessmatch but it will be more exciting than we think. People are expecting Hatton vs Castillo to be a classic slugfest but it will be more of a clinchfest.

I'm saying this off of history: if anyone has truly watched PBF's career since he first won the title from Genaro Hernandez, he's had probably only two televised fights that could be considered "boring": the Baldomir fight (because he wanted to get to ODLH and obviously coasted the last half of the fight) and the second JLC fight (which I thought was good). On the biggest stages, PBF has been in good and entertaining fights; against Hernandez in his first championship match, against Corrales in a match he was picked to lose, against Gatti for the 140 belt and against Judah for his first 147 belt. In all the big stages, Floyd has been good to watch.

ODLH is always pretty much in good fights. He's not a brawler but he's active so the fights always keep a good pace. Outside of him running for dear life on the biggest night of his life, he's been a great fighter to watch.

These two fighters will come together and give a great performance. I'm very confident in this fact. And the best man will win.

On the other hand...

Ever since the Tszyu fight (which was frustrating to watch because of the wrestling and which was made to seem exciting due to the hometown crowd), Hatton has been a clinching robot. The only reason the Collazo fight was any good was because Luis finally stopped letting Hatton clinch all night and started fighting. The Urango fight was good until Ricky got touched on the stomach then coasted the rest of the match by hugging and holding.

Castillo has been so inactive it's amazing. He hasn't looked legitimately good since the first Corrales fight. He's pretty much still weight drained at 140 and he looked very sluggish in the ring against Ngodjo. Ever since Corrales, he's pretty much fought down to the level of the competition. What really worried me is that when the Hatton fight was on the line Castillo didn't really step up his intensity against Ngodjo at all and Ngodjo won some of the late rounds and almost took that fight. If Castillo didn't raise his level of intensity for a shot at a couple million, what makes you think he'll do it when he's already got the check in his hand? When his style collides with Hatton, we are gonna see Castillo fight until Hatton decides to start clinching again and Hatton will win another frustrating decision.

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I'd guess after every three minutes

Dunno :-\

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But he delivered in style against Hernandez, Chavez, N'dou, Gatti etc.

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Not quite known as boxers though, this could be a stinker but it has the potential to be a great fight.

It will be awful if there's open scoring, but for proper fans who like a good tactical battle, that matched with the occassion and unpredictability it should be an amazing event.