Has There Been Any Boxer Who Has Fought As Many Quality Opponents As Oscar ??

Felix Sturm
Shane Mosley x2
Bernard Hopkins
Luis Ramon Campas
Felix Trinidad
Oba Carr
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Ike Quartey
Arturo Gatti
Javier Castillejo
Julio Cesar Chavez x2
Fernando Vargas
Pernell Whitaker
Troy Dorsey
Jeff Mayweather
Jimmy Bredahl
John John Molina
Jorge Paez
Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Jesse James Leija
Rafael Ruelas
Genaro Hernandez
Wilfredo Rivera
Hector Camacho
Ricardo Mayorga

That is an incredible list of opposition.

Yup he's certainly fought the best.

The one other person who can match him opp in my opinion is Evander Holyfield.

That dude fought everybody too.

Yeah I've always thought Oscars list of opposition is one of the best ever.

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Yup he's certainly fought the best.

The one other person who can match him opp in my opinion is Evander Holyfield.

That dude fought everybody too.

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Yeah Holyfield. Lewis too come to think of it.

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Yup he's certainly fought the best.

The one other person who can match him opp in my opinion is Evander Holyfield.

That dude fought everybody too.

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Yeah Holyfield. Lewis too come to think of it.

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Nah not Lewis, he never got to fight Bowe or Foreman and Tyson was a shell by the time he got to him.

Not Lennox's fault as they didn't want to face him but Holyfield literally fought every great and good heavyweight in his era.

Just think Holyfield fought Tyson twice, Lewis twice, Bowe three times, Foreman, Holmes, Moorer and Byrd.

That's an impressive resume. Even more so had he won some of them ::** :P

Believe it or not Ali fought alot of the big names.

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Believe it or not Ali fought alot of the big names.

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Yup but he's no longer fighting. If he was then Big George and Sugar Ray would up there too.

Roberto Duran comes to mind.

Marvin Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard x3
Thomas Hearns
Esteban De Jesus x3
Carlos Palomino
Lou Bizzarro
Ken Buchanan
Wilfred Benitez
Davey Moore
Robbie Simms
Hector Camacho x2
William Joppy
Jorge Fernando Castro x2
Vinny Pazienza x2
Iran Barkley
Pipino Cuevas
Kirkland Laing
Edwin Viruet x2

It's very hard to think of someone with more quality opponents.

Whether you like Oscar or not, he deserves everyone's respect for his quality of opposition. He could've used his popularity two ways, he could've used it to avoid all the tough guys (because he could still make big $$$ even against bad opponents) or he could've used it to lure all the biggest and best names to fight him. He chose the latter.

I've never been an Oscar fan, the running in the Tito fight was horrible, and I think he got some gift decisions (especially early in his career), but I'll always respect him.

Muhammad Ali Ray Robinson
Archie Moore Sammy Angott
Floyd Patterson Marty Servo
Sonny Liston Fritzie Zivic
Jerry Quarry Jake LaMotta
Joe Frazier Henry Armstrong
Larry Holmes Tommy Bell
Ron Lyle Artie Levine
Ken Norton Jimmy Doyle
Bob Foster Kid Gavilan
Jimmy Ellis Bobo Olsen
Zora Folley Randy Turpin
George Foreman Rocky Graziano
Oscar Bonavena Joey Maxim
George Chuvalo Gene Fullmer
Carmen Basilio
Joey Archer

Archie Moore...
Willie Pastrano..Muhammad Ali...Yvon Durelle..Floyd Patterson..Rocky Marciano..Joey Maxim..Jimmy Bivins..Ezzard Charles..Charley Burley..

Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

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Really? You think they fought better guys than Oscar?

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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You can look at anyone's Wins/Losses break it down question it and say its overrated. But its situations in a boxers career that also adds to a boxer's greatness like Robinson coming back and destroying Turpin after being told he only has 1 more round left. Robinson dominating the Welterweight division etc.

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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I agree. I always considered Leonard to be one of boxings most overrated fighters

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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I agree you can for certain question Leonard's opposition, he only fought Hagler with a smaller ring, plus only a 12 round fight instead of 15 round fight. Plus he only fought Hagler when he thought Hagler was shot. But still Leonard deserves huge credit for the win considering he had not fought in 3 years.

Same with the Hearns rematch Leonard only fought Hearns after seeing Barkley KO Hearns, everyone thought Hearns was a shot fighter and so did Leonard so he thought he see a good opportunity when Hearns was on the slide but boy was he wrong.

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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I agree you can for certain question Leonard's opposition, he only fought Hagler with a smaller ring, plus only a 12 round fight instead of 15 round fight. Plus he only fought Hagler when he thought Hagler was shot. But still Leonard deserves huge credit for the win considering he had not fought in 3 years.

Same with the Hearns rematch Leonard only fought Hearns after seeing Barkley KO Hearns, everyone thought Hearns was a shot fighter and so did Leonard so he thought he see a good opportunity when Hearns was on the slide but boy was he wrong.

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But he didn't win. Leonard fought scared the whole fight. It was smoke and mirrors all night for Leonard and the judges fell for it. He stoled it. I had Hagler winning by 4 rounds. Anybody with any boxing knowledge can see Leonard didn't really want to fight. And he didn't deserve the win. So I give Leonard no credit at all for this so-called "win".

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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Um that wasn't a gift decision against Hagler, first of all Hagler screwed up the first few rounds then LEonard outlanded him in other rounds... just because Leonard can't hit as hard doesn't mean his punches shouldn't have been counted.

People say Lamotta was so great, but he lost like 31 times, and what you said where Leonard's best wins against arguably the best middleweight ever, possibly the hardest hitting best outside fighting welterweight ever, and Duran who was IMO a tougher opponent when he fought at welterweight because he had great timing and used a lot more defense than at lightweight where he couldnt' take the same type of punches and he was a lot easier to hit. Benitez is one of the top ten best defensive fighters ever.

Lamotta, Olson, Basilio, Fullmer, Graziano, etc, etc. were all tough guys, but thats pretty much all they had.

Robinson did fight Turpin, Gavilan, Armstrong(who was way past his prime compared to Whitaker). But do they really compare to Duran, Hearns, and Hagler? I think not. Gavilan lost 30 of his 100 fights, and some of them were against ridiculous guys and he retired when he was 34.

I don't know why Tommy Bell is mentioned he was not a great at all.

Did Leonard fight a whole slew of legends, no but he did face some of the best legends we've ever seen and beat them all, but after seeing everybody Oscar fought I realize neither of these guys had enough fights against the greats to match up with oscar close to as much as guys like Ali and Duran did.

So Robinson did fight some guys I consider really good in fights we never saw, but he also fought a lot of guys who matched almost the exact same

If your not counting Leonard against norris then don't count RObinson against Joey ARcher who was able to floor RObinson despite only having 8 ko's in 45 wins and he lost his next 3 which forced him to retire

And I do anything to argue? Kahn your still acting like a 12 year old, grow up. Did I say 12? I meant 6 year old.

Ice Cold I don't see how you have Hagler winning by four rounds, sure Leonard ran away, what do you expect he was fighting Hagler at Hagler's weight, but he outlanded Hagler by abit, he made Hagler miss a lot, he hit Hagler with flurries of punches while Hagler would land one or two to the body.

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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I agree you can for certain question Leonard's opposition, he only fought Hagler with a smaller ring, plus only a 12 round fight instead of 15 round fight. Plus he only fought Hagler when he thought Hagler was shot. But still Leonard deserves huge credit for the win considering he had not fought in 3 years.

Same with the Hearns rematch Leonard only fought Hearns after seeing Barkley KO Hearns, everyone thought Hearns was a shot fighter and so did Leonard so he thought he see a good opportunity when Hearns was on the slide but boy was he wrong.

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But he didn't win. Leonard fought scared the whole fight. It was smoke and mirrors all night for Leonard and the judges fell for it. He stoled it. I had Hagler winning by 4 rounds. Anybody with any boxing knowledge can see Leonard didn't really want to fight. And he didn't deserve the win. So I give Leonard no credit at all for this so-called "win".

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I gave Leonard the 1st 4 rounds Hagler tried to box with Leonard and gave away the 1st 4 rounds IMO. Hagler come back strong in the middle rounds and started to work on the inside effectively, if i remember right i gave Leonard one of the later rounds and the 12th round making it a draw. I think Hagler only has himself to blame because he was too over confident in the 1st 4 rounds and he gave those crucial rounds away which made a big difference. I think if Hagler would of started off fast he could of possibly stopped Leonard late in the fight.

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Originally Posted by Taeth

Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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Um that wasn't a gift decision against Hagler, first of all Hagler screwed up the first few rounds then LEonard outlanded him in other rounds... just because Leonard can't hit as hard doesn't mean his punches shouldn't have been counted.

People say Lamotta was so great, but he lost like 31 times, and what you said where Leonard's best wins against arguably the best middleweight ever, possibly the hardest hitting best outside fighting welterweight ever, and Duran who was IMO a tougher opponent when he fought at welterweight because he had great timing and used a lot more defense than at lightweight where he couldnt' take the same type of punches and he was a lot easier to hit. Benitez is one of the top ten best defensive fighters ever.

Lamotta, Olson, Basilio, Fullmer, Graziano, etc, etc. were all tough guys, but thats pretty much all they had.

Robinson did fight Turpin, Gavilan, Armstrong(who was way past his prime compared to Whitaker). But do they really compare to Duran, Hearns, and Hagler? I think not. Gavilan lost 30 of his 100 fights, and some of them were against ridiculous guys and he retired when he was 34.

I don't know why Tommy Bell is mentioned he was not a great at all.

Did Leonard fight a whole slew of legends, no but he did face some of the best legends we've ever seen and beat them all, but after seeing everybody Oscar fought I realize neither of these guys had enough fights against the greats to match up with oscar close to as much as guys like Ali and Duran did.

So Robinson did fight some guys I consider really good in fights we never saw, but he also fought a lot of guys who matched almost the exact same

If your not counting Leonard against norris then don't count RObinson against Joey ARcher who was able to floor RObinson despite only having 8 ko's in 45 wins and he lost his next 3 which forced him to retire

And I do anything to argue? Kahn your still acting like a 12 year old, grow up. Did I say 12? I meant 6 year old.

Ice Cold I don't see how you have Hagler winning by four rounds, sure Leonard ran away, what do you expect he was fighting Hagler at Hagler's weight, but he outlanded Hagler by abit, he made Hagler miss a lot, he hit Hagler with flurries of punches while Hagler would land one or two to the body.

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I never had Hagler winning by 4 rounds that was VD's scorecard. I had the fight even.

I thought this thread was about great opponents? Not wins, losses or draws?

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Muhammad Ali, Leonard, Duran all did

I still think that Robinson's opposition was overrated... say waht you may but guys like Turpin just fought him at the right time, and IMO there are few guys who would have beaten everybody he fought.

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Anything to argue...and DLH opp was not caught at the right time?...Pernell was at his best right?....Chavez as well ::**

Leonard's best wins are Duran, Hearns, Hagler and Benitez....Duran was at his best during the LW years...he was given a gift against Hagler...LaLonde was and OK opp...we wont even count Norris and Camacho because Ray was embaressed in those fights...they were long past his best days.....

So please how do you question Robinsons comp but not Leonards?

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Um that wasn't a gift decision against Hagler, first of all Hagler screwed up the first few rounds then LEonard outlanded him in other rounds... just because Leonard can't hit as hard doesn't mean his punches shouldn't have been counted.

People say Lamotta was so great, but he lost like 31 times, and what you said where Leonard's best wins against arguably the best middleweight ever, possibly the hardest hitting best outside fighting welterweight ever, and Duran who was IMO a tougher opponent when he fought at welterweight because he had great timing and used a lot more defense than at lightweight where he couldnt' take the same type of punches and he was a lot easier to hit. Benitez is one of the top ten best defensive fighters ever.

Lamotta, Olson, Basilio, Fullmer, Graziano, etc, etc. were all tough guys, but thats pretty much all they had.

Robinson did fight Turpin, Gavilan, Armstrong(who was way past his prime compared to Whitaker). But do they really compare to Duran, Hearns, and Hagler? I think not. Gavilan lost 30 of his 100 fights, and some of them were against ridiculous guys and he retired when he was 34.

I don't know why Tommy Bell is mentioned he was not a great at all.

Did Leonard fight a whole slew of legends, no but he did face some of the best legends we've ever seen and beat them all, but after seeing everybody Oscar fought I realize neither of these guys had enough fights against the greats to match up with oscar close to as much as guys like Ali and Duran did.

So Robinson did fight some guys I consider really good in fights we never saw, but he also fought a lot of guys who matched almost the exact same

If your not counting Leonard against norris then don't count RObinson against Joey ARcher who was able to floor RObinson despite only having 8 ko's in 45 wins and he lost his next 3 which forced him to retire

And I do anything to argue? Kahn your still acting like a 12 year old, grow up. Did I say 12? I meant 6 year old.

Ice Cold I don't see how you have Hagler winning by four rounds, sure Leonard ran away, what do you expect he was fighting Hagler at Hagler's weight, but he outlanded Hagler by abit, he made Hagler miss a lot, he hit Hagler with flurries of punches while Hagler would land one or two to the body.

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Again when ever someone does not agree with you or you are caught out there..you want to ensue an arguement....

I originaly had something nasty and well deserved posted but I decided it just isn't worth it...There are plenty of other postershere that can actually debate a topic...so best of luck to ya ;)

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I thought this thread was about great opponents? Not wins, losses or draws?

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The thread title says quality opponents not great. Learn to read fucking faggot

Ali,Ray robinson,Henery Armstrong off the top oif my head.

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It's very hard to think of someone with more quality opponents.

Whether you like Oscar or not, he deserves everyone's respect for his quality of opposition. He could've used his popularity two ways, he could've used it to avoid all the tough guys (because he could still make big $$$ even against bad opponents) or he could've used it to lure all the biggest and best names to fight him. He chose the latter.

I've never been an Oscar fan, the running in the Tito fight was horrible, and I think he got some gift decisions (especially early in his career), but I'll always respect him.

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Word for word,echoes my opinion on Oscar. CC in 24,excellent post.

VD,why was SRL over rated?Just asking.I thought he beat Hagler. I didn't see running.If that was running then so were many other great boxers out there. I aw a man come of a long ass lay off and fight a dominant worl cha,pion and beat him for his title. 12 rounds or not,Halger old or not,for SRL to come back from a long ass layoff and box that way was amazing imo.

It is pointless trying to look at all this through a microscope. Simple fact is very few fighters can match Oscar's resume. If Oscar had recorded a W against each of those fighters, it would be very hard not to have him as a top 5 ATG.

Oscar without a doubt takes the top spot of the who's who of boxing

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It's very hard to think of someone with more quality opponents.

Whether you like Oscar or not, he deserves everyone's respect for his quality of opposition. He could've used his popularity two ways, he could've used it to avoid all the tough guys (because he could still make big $$$ even against bad opponents) or he could've used it to lure all the biggest and best names to fight him. He chose the latter.

I've never been an Oscar fan, the running in the Tito fight was horrible, and I think he got some gift decisions (especially early in his career), but I'll always respect him.

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Word for word,echoes my opinion on Oscar. CC in 24,excellent post.

VD,why was SRL over rated?Just asking.I thought he beat Hagler. I didn't see running.If that was running then so were many other great boxers out there. I aw a man come of a long a** lay off and fight a dominant worl cha,pion and beat him for his title. 12 rounds or not,Halger old or not,for SRL to come back from a long a** layoff and box that way was amazing imo.

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spot on pal have a :coolclick:! I think Leonard edged it but only JUST.....no matter if Hagler was slightly past it or watever, Leonard had just come back from a LONG layoff and stepped striaght into a fight with perhaps the best middle of all time so surely Leonard was at more of a disadvantage then Hagler would of been?
Thing is if you look at it like he fought him at this time, he fought him when he looked poor in his last fight, he fought him when he was old then EVERY and i repeat EVERY record will have floors. Say what you like about SRL....win/lose/draw.....the thread was about quality opposition and Duran x 3, Hearns x 2, Hagler, Benitez, LaLonde at lightheavy was very good opposition.

Well Oscar has been working with the best since like his 14th pro fight or something crazy like that. That's why it always gets me when people say Oscar has lost every big fight hes been inin. He's definitely been a symbol of something that is right with boxing for the last 15 or so years. Even if Pernell or Chavez were old at the time, there were still a lot of people who wanted those fights made.

Fact is just about every single fight he's been in in in the last 10 years has been against someone who deserved to be in the ring with him.

For the love of god SRL won the fight live with it Khan god. Just joking have a CC on me SRL still the best though.

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It's very hard to think of someone with more quality opponents.

Whether you like Oscar or not, he deserves everyone's respect for his quality of opposition. He could've used his popularity two ways, he could've used it to avoid all the tough guys (because he could still make big $$$ even against bad opponents) or he could've used it to lure all the biggest and best names to fight him. He chose the latter.

I've never been an Oscar fan, the running in the Tito fight was horrible, and I think he got some gift decisions (especially early in his career), but I'll always respect him.

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I respect Oscar's boxing skills. I mean, he has enough skill not to get KO'd brutally. But I always feel cheated when Oscar fights. I mean, despite the impressive resume, he probably holds the distinction of having the most lackluster performances despite the quality of opposition.

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Originally Posted by SweetPea

It's very hard to think of someone with more quality opponents.

Whether you like Oscar or not, he deserves everyone's respect for his quality of opposition. He could've used his popularity two ways, he could've used it to avoid all the tough guys (because he could still make big $$$ even against bad opponents) or he could've used it to lure all the biggest and best names to fight him. He chose the latter.

I've never been an Oscar fan, the running in the Tito fight was horrible, and I think he got some gift decisions (especially early in his career), but I'll always respect him.

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I respect Oscar's boxing skills. I mean, he has enough skill not to get KO'd brutally. But I always feel cheated when Oscar fights. I mean, despite the impressive resume, he probably holds the distinction of having the most lackluster performances despite the quality of opposition.

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I disagree what was wrong with his performances against.

Julio Cesar Chavez x2,
Ike Quartey
Fernando Vargas
Jeff Mayweather
Rafael Ruelas
Jorge Paez
Jesse James Leija
Oba Carr
Hector Camacho
Shane Mosley x2
Arturo Gatti
Ricardo Mayorga
Genaro Hernandez

Oscar did have a few off performances, but so does every boxer. But the boxers i just mentioned were all good quality opponents and Oscar performed well in pretty much all of those fights.

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Originally Posted by SweetPea

It's very hard to think of someone with more quality opponents.

Whether you like Oscar or not, he deserves everyone's respect for his quality of opposition. He could've used his popularity two ways, he could've used it to avoid all the tough guys (because he could still make big $$$ even against bad opponents) or he could've used it to lure all the biggest and best names to fight him. He chose the latter.

I've never been an Oscar fan, the running in the Tito fight was horrible, and I think he got some gift decisions (especially early in his career), but I'll always respect him.

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I respect Oscar's boxing skills. I mean, he has enough skill not to get KO'd brutally. But I always feel cheated when Oscar fights. I mean, despite the impressive resume, he probably holds the distinction of having the most lackluster performances despite the quality of opposition.

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I disagree what was wrong with his performances against.

Julio Cesar Chavez x2,
Ike Quartey
Fernando Vargas
Jeff Mayweather
Rafael Ruelas
Jorge Paez
Jesse James Leija
Oba Carr
Hector Camacho
Shane Mosley x2
Arturo Gatti
Ricardo Mayorga
Genaro Hernandez

Oscar did have a few off performances, but so does every boxer. But the boxers i just mentioned were all good quality opponents and Oscar performed well in pretty much all of those fights.

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I would still include the Trinidad fight because he put on a clinic against Tito for the first 9 rounds.

Not sure if you should include Jeff Mayweather in Oscars quality opponents. Fairly good, but not really noteworthy IMO. I also think Oscar's card is top 3 or 4 . You can make an argument for Sugar Ray Robinson, Leonard, Oscar, Duran and maybe Ali for the top spot. I'd go with this:

1. Robinson
2. Oscar
3. Leonard

how abuout Felix Trinidada's opponents

Winky Wright
B- HOp Only with this 2 I say Tito is a brave MOFO
William Joppy
Fernando Vargas
David Reid
Oscar De La Hoya
Hugo Pineda
Pernell Whitaker
Rodney Moore
Roger Turner
Oba Carr
Luis Ramon Campas
Hector Camacho
Maurice Blocker

Does Mayorga count?

ARCHIE MOORE
RAY ROBINSON
ROBERTO DURAN
HENRY ARMSTRONG
GEORGE FOREMAN
EZZARD CHARLES
JOE WALCOTT

How do some people not consider the people SRL fought as good as Oscar or just right there with him.

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how abuout Felix Trinidada's opponents

Winky Wright
B- HOp Only with this 2 I say Tito is a brave MOFO
William Joppy
Fernando Vargas
David Reid
Oscar De La Hoya
Hugo Pineda
Pernell Whitaker
Rodney Moore
Roger Turner
Oba Carr
Luis Ramon Campas
Hector Camacho
Maurice Blocker

Does Mayorga count?

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When you add Roy Jones in there next week I'd say Tito is up there in top notch opposition with anybody. As long as we are not counting what period of their prime they fought eachother.

I just wish he had faced Quartey and Mosley as well. But maybe I'm asking too much of the man.

odlh probaly this era of boxing is the best

but some others like joe louis and mike mccallum also face good opponents

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Originally Posted by Headson

odlh probaly this era of boxing is the best

but some others like joe louis and mike mccallum also face good opponents

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Good call on Mcallum
Julian Jackson
Donald Curry
Sumbu Kalambay x 2
Herol Graham
Steve Collins
Michael Watson
James Toney x 3
Jeff Harding
Fabrice Tiozzo
Roy Jones

[/quote]I would still include the Trinidad fight because he put on a clinic against Tito for the first 9 rounds.
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That wasn't a clinic; that was a pitty-pat fest where Oscar would win the last ten seconds of many of those rounds. The strategy was: Don't get KO'd.