Can Floyd beat a 135 version of Oscar De La Hoya?

[FinitoElDinamita]

LW Oscar was a fuckin beast with all kinds of advantages..

Who wins?

[Scott22]

I would go with Oscar

[Beanflicker]

Meh Mayweather was at his prime at 130-135. Oscar started at 135 but really was at his best at WW when he stopped killing and draining himself to make the 135 limit.

Floyd was just way too fast and skilled for him at that weight.

[Master]

Oscar was a very skilled and hard puncher at the lower weights. He was not a deadly puncher at welterweight but had a good left hook. It would have been very interesting.

[Ron Swanson]

Oscar was bigger than Floyd, significantly. The larger they are when they fight advantage Oscar, the smaller you go advantage Floyd.

[p4pking]

Exactly, I think however past it he may have been, Oscar already held the best advantages he could have ever hoped to when they did fight. At 135 Mayweather was simply a hell of a lot better imo.

[fan johnny]

Is there really any question here? When they fought Oscar past the curve headed down hill.

[Max Power]

It's a tough fight to call. Floyd is very very good but at that time Oscar was tops too.

I'd say Oscar could have done it, he'd have among the best chances of it imo.

Prime Oscar was an absolute machine.

[Max Power]

Exactly, I think however past it he may have been, Oscar already held the best advantages he could have ever hoped to when they did fight. At 135 Mayweather was simply a hell of a lot better imo.

This is what's difficult for me to give Oscar the nod. Sure he didn't fight Prime Oscar and the Oscar he did fight did well enough against him but Floyd was also even better at his optimal weight so kind of levels it out.

[p4pking]

Exactly, I think however past it he may have been, Oscar already held the best advantages he could have ever hoped to when they did fight. At 135 Mayweather was simply a hell of a lot better imo.

This is what's difficult for me to give Oscar the nod. Sure he didn't fight Prime Oscar and the Oscar he did fight did well enough against him but Floyd was also even better at his optimal weight so kind of levels it out.

That's basically my take. As much as Oscar was a bit past it and Floyd wasn't, I think Floyd was at least as much better at the lighter weights than DLH was, if that makes sense. Definitely hard to call though, it would have been a much better fight all around if it could have happened.

[bradlee180]

Oscar was a damn good fighter. I wasn't a fan, but he was good.


At 130, 135, 140, I figured I wouldn't see this guy in any real good scraps, serious fireworks, for like 2 or 3 more years or whatever until he got up to Welter where he belonged.

These guys were just too small for him.




At 147, a prime seasoned 24 year old Oscar was fighting really well at the time of the David Kamau fight in 1997. Kamau was 28 wins(21 KOs), 1 loss at the time.