Its on now ! May 3rd. IMO this is a great waste of a fight for De La Hoya and he will easily beat Forbes. I hope this is only one of his weaker fights and all 3 are not weak compared with this one.
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Its on now ! May 3rd. IMO this is a great waste of a fight for De La Hoya and he will easily beat Forbes. I hope this is only one of his weaker fights and all 3 are not weak compared with this one.
Hmm I guess he thought Ricky Hatton was not small enough :-\
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What a jackass. It's at a catch weight of 150!! Forbes is small!! Margarito was free for a fight.Does he expect us to thank him for giving us this freebie? Listen,there was a time when Oscar was not only calling the shots but fighting tough fights too. No-one can deny that.However,as he's become more of a promoter,he is nothing but an "event" now.
One year since his last fight, he needs tomget a tune up. What better than drawing a small guy way out of his weight....
It's just like blooding the hounds.
Forbes could give De La Hoya all kinds of trouble and fighting at 150lbs perhaps this means De La Hoya vs Mayweather wil be at 147lbs
Why is he fighting Forbes ??? I was hoping he was gonna fight someone decent that was in his weight class or around it.
I pray that Forbes pulls a Baldomir type upset so we don't have to see De La Hoya Vs Mayweather 2
ODLH is picking on little guys now ;D
i understand people not likeing delahoya but im kinda neutral on this subject. look, if he really wants to comeback and be seriouse he has to stay active and right now that activity has to start with a win.
That's what I'm hoping. 'Maybe' they realised gym fitness and fight fitness is harder to maintain when you're older so it's a tuneup???Quote:
Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Source on this?
Lucky Forbes.
...Forbes is not in my top 10 of fighters ODH needs to fight.....not really even in the top 20.
Good for Steve but it's a pathetic fight to be honest
I wouldnt count forbes our just yet. This fight will likely go the distance. Forbes has never been stopped. There is a first time for everything but at 150 Oscar will not have much on his punches imo. If Forbes can stay busy throwing a lot of punches and get underneath Oscar punches, in and out he can win a decision, though it would have to be decisive. Oscar does have more advantages especially being the much bigger guy, but Forbes is a good solid fighter with good skills.
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Originally Posted by SweetPea
the only possible chance Forbes has on winning this fight is by having a high punch output and somehow keeping Oscar off of him by keeping on moving.. I think he could land about 15 flush shots on Oscar's jaw and he still wouldn't knock him down.. Steve is slick and pretty fast but severely undersized in this fight IMO.
;) Im agree , is the same as Cotto , Gomez isnt in the top 10 of fighters and Top Rank going put him fight with Cotto.... And about ODH im keep saying , if he still doing this he going taking all the CREDIBILITY of boxing down. He like now an easy fight and all the most of fans not going pay for see these kind pf fights.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
He offered the fight to Nonito Doinare but he could not get out of his April contract to fight Hussein :-\
Good for stevie bad for us. Oscar wanted mora but mora refused .......said something about he wasn't interested in REAL fights.
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Originally Posted by Mar
Actually he said that the new Contender season is going to be taped soon and if he enters training camp he would lose his seat next to Leonard....and they could not find anyone able to pretend to be a good fighter
Oscar is such a sham!! Making the most money with the least amount of risk is the norm these days. I know Oscar has earned that, but the more he does it the more respect I lose for him as a PERSON. He owes a lot more to the fans who have consistently supported him by watching and paying for his boring as hell fights.
Dam guys get off De La Hoya's case.Do you really care who he fights a tune-up against.
Im thinking an upset win for Stevie and im hoping it comes off i wish Oscar would just retire and concentrate on promoting.
Folks, what do you expect? This is a tune-up fight! He's not going to fight a real threat who might ruin the big payday with PBF. You folks expected him to fight Margarito in a tune-up?
Yeah thats his problem . Even though Oscar was a superfeather too Forbes was a natural at that weight and we saw in teh contender final he had to adjust his style against bigger men and it didnt work . He also lost to Hopkins ( dodgy decision ) so I cant see him beating Oscar .Quote:
Originally Posted by RP33
Not surprised Oscar went with Forbes cuz he is well known from TV reality exposure . I wonder if Forbes has any tricks up his sleeves cuz it looks fairly straight forward this fight does.
Just read its NOT final yet, but still in the works... Also just read Roy Jones wants to fight him at 156, Tito must have hit him with harder shots than it looked, I doubt Roy could even make 160.
I don't see what all the crap is about. People give him shit for making a fight with the #1 P4P when he did not deserve it. People give him shit because he wanted to fight Cotto or Hatton for a title when you felt he should wait in line like the rest after his loss and not keep the WW division on hold. Now you give him shit for taking a gimmy in a free event.
I frankly could'nt care less who he fights. If he wants a tune up, let him have his damn tune up.
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Originally Posted by Mar
Forbes has ALOT of SD's.
Wow. People are harsh.
I know Steve Forbes isn't stellar but he's a pretty good fighter and is De La Hoya not allowed one single fight where he doesn't have to train hard. I could see if Mayweather was making this match but Oscar has the best resume of anyy fighter in boxing today as far as difficulty goes. He should be allowed to fight a Steve Forbes here or there, especially just to keep busy. Everybody else does.
I'm no Oscar apologist but come on, this isn't that bad. I wouldn't even call it bad.
Delahoya vs. Forbes is pretty bad, but it could be a lot worse.
Imagine..................
Oscar Delahoya vs. Alfonso Gomez :o
Doesn't get much worse than that.
I wish he had Cotto or Margarito for a tune-up actually ;) . Two slow, straight forward, robotic fighters would be the right candidates to exchange punches with Oscar and feel his speed and power.Quote:
You folks expected him to fight Margarito in a tune-up?
Like I have said before, he can't even blink without people complaining about it.Quote:
I don't see what all the crap is about. People give him S*** for making a fight with the #1 P4P when he did not deserve it. People give him S*** because he wanted to fight Cotto or Hatton for a title when you felt he should wait in line like the rest after his loss and not keep the WW division on hold. Now you give him S*** for taking a gimmy in a free event.
I frankly could'nt care less who he fights. If he wants a tune up, let him have his damn tune up.
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I could see if Mayweather was making this match but Oscar has the best resume of anyy fighter in boxing today as far as difficulty goes. He should be allowed to fight a Steve Forbes here or there, especially just to keep busy. Everybody else does.
Chino I hope you are kidding about wishing to fight Cotto or Margarito. If you aren't you are a very stupid person or at least very ignorant as far as boxing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chino
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Chino I hope you are kidding about wishing to fight Cotto or Margarito. If you aren't you are a very stupid person or at least very ignorant as far as boxing.
Relax there a little bit bud, it's not like you are their relatives to get sentimental about it.
You would have to be kidding if you think Cotto or Margarito have a chance to win a round against Mayweather or Oscar. Cotto and Margarito, two guys who have shown a robotic, straight forward, slow, predictable styles who's resume are NOTHING comparable to Oscar. Still both of them have been rocked a couple of times by class B boxers.
Well I guess we disagree. I think that Cotto and Margarito WOULD win some rounds against both fighters. I don't mean to be deprecatory but you seem like the very essence of ignorance.
so its a tune up fight with forbes? why does DLH even need a tune up fight? i hope it turns out be DLH - STURM all over again
*sigh* like I said, relax a little bit and instead of getting all dramatic and sentimental about it using insults try to tell me why you think I am wrong. It's called a debate, don't forget.Quote:
I think that Cotto and Margarito WOULD win some rounds against both fighters. I don't mean to be deprecatory but you seem like the very essence of ignorance.
Here's why I think they don't stand a chance against Mayweather and Cotto. I have said it before and I am not the only one. Cotto and Margarito ARE SLOW. It would be interesting if you think they are faster than Mayweather and De la Hoya. Both Oscar and Mayweather have shown no problem against slow fighters, think about Baldomir, Mayorga, or Gatti. Their style is taylored made for Mayweather and De La Hoya. They would be getting punches from all angles.
You do think Margarito and Cotto can be the ones to dominate and destroy Mayweather? Well, why do you think so? ::**
For the people that complain because Oscar is making money. Shouldn't all fighters just start doing it for free? :)
Right now, yes Cotto and Margarito would beat DLH.
DLH ain't the huge puncher people make him out to be. And I don't think he could outwork and outpoint neither of these two.
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Originally Posted by ssevony
Forbes isn't a bad fighter by any means, and nobody who saw it can count the loss/robbery against Demetrius Hopkins against him because Forbes clearly won the fight.
However, Forbes is way too small for Oscar and I think that this is a fight designed by GBP to make Oscar look real good again.
As for the Strum vs. Delahoya debacle, I wouldn't mind seeing Forbes beat Delahoya the same way that Strum did, but this time I would like to see the guy that actually won the fight get the decision.
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)