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Yep, Forbes not being one of them as well as Cotto and Margarito. Easy wins for Mayweather.Quote:
I'll be happy to see the Delahoya vs. Mayweather rematch, but there's a few guys out there that I would much rather see Mayweather fight (and no, Steve Forbes isn't one of them)
Right my take on this fight is that it shouldnt happen. De La hoya can easily beat the majority of the fighters out there and at 154 apart from Floyd ( I dont count him a 154 fighter now though ) I think he can take anybody. Why doesnt he go for Winky Wright or Vernon Forrest or Shane Mosley? This fight does not make sense in my eyes, its good for Forbes in that he gets some good money, but say if he COULD win, where on earth would it take him? Anybody from 140-154 would beat him IMO.
But De La Hoya has some justifying to do for this fight, I dont think I could forgive him unless he pulled off a Floyd Mayweather win.
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Originally Posted by Chino
Personally, I'd rather see Mayweather put on a boxing clinic against Cotto en-route to a 11th round TKO rather than a rematch with Delahoya, but you can't blame PBF for taking what will likely be the 2nd highest grossing fight in history. Plus, I'm guessing that Mayweather is getting a much larger cut of the $$$ this time.
I would honestly rather see him fight Margarito than Delahoya, as well. We all know that Margarito has yet to beat a top fighter (and he's lost to a few sub-par fighters) and he's not very skilled (good)
Yes, he looked great against Golden Johnson. Big Deal, so would Alfonso Gomez. But, if Margarito comes out and destroys Zab, then goes on to beat Williams, Cotto, or Cintron, then that has the potential to be a very big fight. The problem with that, of course, is that Margarito has to get past Zab first.
He won't.
Both Mayweather and DLH will come out as winners, just like the first fight. Man! I wish they exchanged more punches like they did on round 12. Of course, Mayweather being smart, wouldn't try it. It's more of a risk for Mayweather to exchange punches with Oscar than the other way around. I may be the only one who enjoyed that fight. I was tense just watching who would get closer, who would exchange, etc. Both are GREAT boxers.Quote:
Personally, I'd rather see Mayweather put on a boxing clinic against Cotto en-route to a 11th round TKO rather than a rematch with Delahoya, but you can't blame PBF for taking what will likely be the 2nd highest grossing fight in history. Plus, I'm guessing that Mayweather is getting a much larger cut of the $$$ this time.
Looking forward to that fight. As for Cotto, I wouldn't want him to get a boxing clinic from Mayweather. I rather see Cotto face Williams or Cotto vs Margarito.Quote:
if Margarito comes out and destroys Zab, then goes on to beat Williams, Cotto, or Cintron, then that has the potential to be a very big fight. The problem with that, of course, is that Margarito has to get past Zab first.
He won't.
I agree that this is kind of a dumb fight and that Forbes is way too small for Oscar, but those arguing that Oscar is just out for easy money here and that he can't expect people to buy this fight, etc., need to get their facts straight. I'm no big Oscar fan, but everything I've seen out of GBP has said that Oscar's next fight will be a "tune-up" and won't be PPV.
I also agree with those who have pegged the most intriguing aspect of this as whether it portends PBF/DLH II will take place at Welter.
Ha. That's pretty good. CcQuote:
Originally Posted by frozensolid_702
Amat bro,it's the fact that Oscar is billing this as some type of gift to the fans first and second, he's calling up a small guy to 150,nearly 2 weight jump, and Forbes isn't exactly big. Why couldn't he take on a WW like Collazo etc?
And I think people are just annoyed because there are so many big fights out there and this guy has to come along and blow his own horn and expect everyone to come running.
This is something I don't understand. First, people say De La Hoya has NOTHING to offer in the ring, he can get beaten easily by anybody pretty much, etc. Then you have someone like Forbes to face him and people start crying about it asking for a bigger fight.Quote:
And I think people are just annoyed because there are so many big fights out there
Are you ODLH? Don't you have a small WW fight to be hyping up? Anyway all I am asking for is a decent opposition like Collozo, Simms, Ouma, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chino
I hope Forbes can box his way to a UD over a weight-drained and uninspired ODH, but I doubt it happens; Forbes is just too small. Though I bet even if Forbes won, PBF-ODH II would still go through.
Finally! The much anticipated mega-fight between De la Hoya and Forbes is ON!!! Whew!! What TOOK the matchmakers so long? Where's the fight taking place? Gotta get some tickets, before they're all sold out. Hah! Who said 2007 would be hard to top?
LOL CC#300 ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by TitoFan
CC back.Quote:
Originally Posted by MAYWEATHER P4P#1
Piled it on too thick, huh?
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