ODLH said , that he have the ability to fight with Cotto....!!

Yesterday ODLH was emphatic in say , that in 2008 will be his last year in the active boxing and emphasized that does not discard the possibility to close the year of a fight with the Champion Miguel Cotto......

He commented; " I really want come out with my hands up like a Champion , first I'm thinking in Forbes in May , then in Mayweather in Sept. and in December obviously i have to fight against the Best of the Worlds and Miguel Cotto is in this category "..........;D

" I does not discard Cotto , but I'm focus on Forbes right now , obviously i think that i have the skills and talent for fight Cotto , would be a great spectacular fight "..........

" Although , i don't thinking in that fight , i have my mind in Forbes , the only sure is that in December will be my last fight against a bigger opponent , i know what my body and my mind can do yet , i know what i have to do everyday and that is why I'm motivate for the Passion that i feel in this sport "................
" I'm prepared for the time of retirement , you have to be intelligent and preparing for the future. I'm the ones that think that if the boxer return to the Ring for any other reason that isn't by the money , he will lying ".......

Well lets see how ODLH approach to end of the year........

And what if Margarito happens to beat Cotto? Will Oscar then try for him? Some seem to think a Cotto win over Tony is a foregone conclusion.

And heaven forbid Forbes whoops his tail; then what? A fight with Jason Litzau??;D

I'll say it about any fighter the approaches the game plan I'll fight A and after i beat him fight B and after him fight C.

That is setting yourself up for disaster. However slim the chances are Forbes still has a chance of beating ODLH, then what would Cotto's camp say well ODLH didn't look very good and got beat by a guy who is naturally 135-140 pounds lets sign the contract!!

I will give this as advice to ALL fighters focus only on the fight ahead of you.

Milly must have decided it's ok Oscar to fight other PR fighters afterall:rolleyes:

He is just hyping his crap fight. He would be pissing blood for a week if he fought Cotto.

I don't know, I doubt De La Hoya who stepped in the ring with middleweights is scared of Cotto. I think that would be a great fight and possibly a great set up to Cotto - Mayweather.

Say by some chance De La Hoya and Mayweather draw a second time around. Not likely I know but as long as we are talking hypothetical situations then it's fair game. I think that would work in everyone's interest because they don't have to rematch after that and what if De La Hoya chases Cotto? He is training in Puerto Rico, guarantee he would go for something like that.

Oscar's best days are behind him at Welter. If he drew against Mayweather he would fight him again, after all he lost to him and there fighting again, all it would do is give him another excuse to fight him for a third time. Oscar will go out in December against a Forbes type fighter, after he looses to Mayweather.

We'll see ODLH would give Cotto all he could handle if not more... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley, and look how that fight turned out... It would be a graet fight between Cotto and Oscar, and I am way more interested for that then COtto fighting a joke like Margarito.

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We'll see ODLH would give Cotto all he could handle if not more... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley, and look how that fight turned out... It would be a graet fight between Cotto and Oscar, and I am way more interested for that then COtto fighting a joke like Margarito.

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Remember those words in July...you'll be eating them;)

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We'll see ODLH would give Cotto all he could handle if not more... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley, and look how that fight turned out... It would be a graet fight between Cotto and Oscar, and I am way more interested for that then COtto fighting a joke like Margarito.

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Wow. That's awfully judgemental, don't you think? Remind me - when was the last time you were in the ring with a joke like Margarito?

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We'll see ODLH would give Cotto all he could handle if not more... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley, and look how that fight turned out... It would be a graet fight between Cotto and Oscar, and I am way more interested for that then COtto fighting a joke like Margarito.

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You serious? Margarito is a destroyer and if you can't outbox him you are pretty much in for the worst night of your life. Win or lose.

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He is just hyping his crap fight. He would be pissing blood for a week if he fought Cotto.

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Either that or Cotto will be doing the spaghetti leg dance like he did against Torres and other journeymen:rolleyes:.

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He is just hyping his crap fight. He would be pissing blood for a week if he fought Cotto.

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Either that or Cotto will be doing the spaghetti leg dance like he did against Torres and other journeymen:rolleyes:.

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;D Cmon Chino that is past my friend , you better then any know that , he improved his defense , speed , boxing , lateral movement , his Jabs , still improving others skills and when the time goes by he is getting much better than expect and Devastator........;D

Isn't that true?..........;D

Well , Cotto in an interview yesterday commented about ODLH interest in fight with him and he said;
" If Oscar want fight with me , he have to make the approaches with my Company , but now im focus in Margarito "........
" We always emphatisize our interest in fight with the Biggest Names in the WW Div..".........
" In this moment we are focus in Margarito , in whish we are certainly sure that we going to have the victory , if Oscar want to face me , has to talk and make the approaches with Arum and my Company , we are here and we would prepare hard for face with the Best "..........;D

That was his commentes about the Oscar interst ...............:cool:

I remember in 2000, Oscar had this big plan that he was going to fight 4 times and score 4 KOs. He said it over and over again. Only problem was, in fight #2 he ran into a guy named Shane Mosley.

Fortunately for Oscar, Steve Forbes is no Shane Mosley.

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We'll see ODLH would give Cotto all he could handle if not more... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley, and look how that fight turned out... It would be a graet fight between Cotto and Oscar, and I am way more interested for that then COtto fighting a joke like Margarito.

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Are you kidding? DLH is not better than Mosley at this point. Mosley still has more speed than Oscar and he's been far more active keeping him sharper than DLH is.

He does have the ability to fight Cotto... The ability to get his ass kicked by him;D

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We'll see ODLH would give Cotto all he could handle if not more... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley, and look how that fight turned out... It would be a graet fight between Cotto and Oscar, and I am way more interested for that then COtto fighting a joke like Margarito.

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This is one of the worst posts I've seen from you... Although you are correct Oscar Cotto would be entertaining, dismissing Margarito as a Joke is in essense .... a joke.

I also thing that Mosley and DLH are pretty much at the same level at this point. So DLH fought Floyd... Mosley could have fought Floyd too but DLH was the bigger name.

DLHs jab is the key to any fight. ANYONE at this point in there career will have trouble with Cotto. Defense is wayyy better then just a year or two ago. Jab is wayyyy crisper then just a year or two ago and he's not weight drained...

Cotto beats Oscar...:cool:

Who is Oscar trying to fool? We all know his wife has forbid him to fight any Puerto Ricans.

Oscar thinks he can beat cotto at what ? Wait are we still talking about boxing ??!!

I know it's popular to bash Oscar on this forum...but some of you are kidding yourselves if you think Cotto would have an easy time with Oscar. Oscar, even at this stage of his career, is a better technical fighter, stronger puncher, and even faster than Cotto. The only thing Cotto would have going for him would be his youth...which could turn out to be a big deal. And yes, Cotto has improved...BUT...i'm still not sold on his chin against a great puncher and his defense can still be porous. Cotto has developed a great jab...but Oscar has an equally good if not better jab. Cotto is a great champion...no doubt. But the best fighter he has faced so far is a 36 year old Shane Mosely....who in my opinion fought Cotto to a draw. Also not sure why some of you point all your venom at Oscar. You don't think Cotto wants to fight Oscar?! I guarantee Cotto would want to fight Oscar over Floyd or anyone else...because if some you haven't figured this out yet...a fight against Oscar=$$$$$ and publicity.

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I'll say it about any fighter the approaches the game plan I'll fight A and after i beat him fight B and after him fight C.

That is setting yourself up for disaster. However slim the chances are Forbes still has a chance of beating ODLH, then what would Cotto's camp say well ODLH didn't look very good and got beat by a guy who is naturally 135-140 pounds lets sign the contract!!

I will give this as advice to ALL fighters focus only on the fight ahead of you.

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Yeah but if Margarito beats Cotto and Forbes beats Oscar then what? :)

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I'll say it about any fighter the approaches the game plan I'll fight A and after i beat him fight B and after him fight C.

That is setting yourself up for disaster. However slim the chances are Forbes still has a chance of beating ODLH, then what would Cotto's camp say well ODLH didn't look very good and got beat by a guy who is naturally 135-140 pounds lets sign the contract!!

I will give this as advice to ALL fighters focus only on the fight ahead of you.

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Yeah but if Margarito beats Cotto and Forbes beats Oscar then what? :)

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.....i'd have to explain to my kids why all these pigs are flying around !!! Good point though nothing is certain especially when someone is being so disrespected and overlooked like forbes is. I wouldn't be surprised if they have floyd's picture on the poster bigger than forbes's

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And what if Margarito happens to beat Cotto? Will Oscar then try for him? Some seem to think a Cotto win over Tony is a foregone conclusion.

And heaven forbid Forbes whoops his tail; then what? A fight with Jason Litzau??;D

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I for one do not think Cotto will have a walk in the park against Margarito. I also think that if Cotto loses to Margarito, both Oscar and Floyd will definitely not fight Cotto. They will use Cotto's loss as an excuse not to fight Cotto EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER DARED TO STEP IN THE RING WITH MARGARITO. I really respect Cotto, a man who truly takes on all comers that are put in front of him, as he likes to say in his post fight interviews.

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I'll say it about any fighter the approaches the game plan I'll fight A and after i beat him fight B and after him fight C.

That is setting yourself up for disaster. However slim the chances are Forbes still has a chance of beating ODLH, then what would Cotto's camp say well ODLH didn't look very good and got beat by a guy who is naturally 135-140 pounds lets sign the contract!!

I will give this as advice to ALL fighters focus only on the fight ahead of you.

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Yeah but if Margarito beats Cotto and Forbes beats Oscar then what? :)[/quote

ODLH signs them both and makes $50Mil from the Margarito V Forbes fight.

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... AT this stage OScar is a way better fight than the current Mosley...

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Based on what? Sorry… most boxing fans would disagree with you.

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a joke like Margarito.

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IMO, you lose credibility with posts like this.

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He is just hyping his crap fight. He would be pissing blood for a week if he fought Cotto.

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Either that or Cotto will be doing the spaghetti leg dance like he did against Torres and other journeymen .

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Not even you, Chino… in your blind fanaticism of Oscar, actually believe that would actually happen. ;)

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I know it's popular to bash Oscar on this forum...

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Guilty as charged.

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...but some of you are kidding yourselves if you think Cotto would have an easy time with Oscar.

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I can’t stand Oscar and am a huge Cotto fan, but my objectiveness tells me that Cotto would not have a “walk in the park” against Oscar. First of all, Oscar is a seasoned pro. Second, although diminished by time, Oscar still possesses great skills. But believe me, there would only be two possible results from this fight. A KO victory by Cotto, or…. Who am I kidding? Ok… only one possible result.

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Oscar, even at this stage of his career, is a better technical fighter, stronger puncher, and even faster than Cotto.

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Here’s where we part ways. I don’t agree with any of that. Faster? Maybe a few years ago. Technically? Maybe a few years ago. Stronger puncher? You’re joking, right?

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Also not sure why some of you point all your venom at Oscar.

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I’ve never liked the guy. I respect his skills, and his career. But I cringe whenever people want to glorify him beyond reason. There’s been tons of fighters with better records, better skills, better opponents, etc. That he’s made boxing popular with his TV personality and his cross-cultural appeal? I’ll grant you that. And that’s one of the things that make him tolerable to me. But I’ve always seen behind the façade. But hey… that’s what makes us boxing fans all different, I guess.

I give Oscar a shot against Cotto. Especially if the fight happened at 154.

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I give Oscar a shot against Cotto. Especially if the fight happened at 154.

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If that happen , i guarantee you that Oscar would want to fight in 150 pnd like with Forbes , he has difficult in make that weight 147 pnd. , now he had problem for make the weight , he said in an interview that wasnt easy for him to get and keep that weight of 150 pnd.....

And Cotto probably will stay close between 147 and 150 , if they agree to fight........