? D`La Hoya vs Cotto ?...........

[Put Em' Up]

Well you did say "Equal his size" i don't really know how i could have took that any other way. ODLH has moved up all the way up from Super Featherweight fighting bigger men than himself, so i think its wrong to call him a bully. I don't think its wrong he hasn't fought a Light Middleweight since 2003, for number of reasons, 1 he has been semi retired. 2 he was fighting Middleweight's so i think we can let him off there can't we ?? 3 there hasn't been a really appealing name at Jr Middleweight.

Like i said to you before who do you expect ODLH to fight at Jr Middleweight ?? of course ODLH is fighting for money but so do all boxers, but there isn't a single fight at Jr Middleweight that appeals to me at all. ODLH has probably only 2 fights left in him so he wants to go out on a high, so he is looking for the biggest names. Which Jr Middleweight division just doesn't have, i can't believe that your having a go at ODLH for wanting to fight the most appealing names.

In all fairness to the moving up from Super Featherweight Oscar was 19 at that time. He was not yet fully grown. Yes he fought in a grown mans sport but the body does not stop maturing until about 24 or 25 years old before it sets in at its full size potential. He was also an inch shorter then.

This si why we rarely see fighters stay in the weight class they started in.

Pacquiao started at 110lbs. Less I think but he was also 17 at that time. Now he is 20+lbs heavier. Having fully matured

Since he has filled out girth wise and grown so you can not really count the Super Featherweight time as moving up. Now if he moved up at 27 or so that would be mighty impressive. In truth you would only count his time moving up from about 140lbs.

Your missing the point thats not what i was implying, i was trying to explain how ODLH has moved through the weight classes fighting bigger men than himself, so i just think its wrong to call him a bully.

Also good post Fenster some rep coming your way.

\Who has Oscar really fought bigger then him? Except for guys at MW. I mean that in a sincere way not to start any type of trouble.

Oscar is 5'10 1/2" about an inch taller then when he started out so he would have been 5' 9 1/2" then.

Jimmy Bredahl 5'8" DLH wins WBO title.

Jorge Paez 5'5", John John Molina 5'7" , Jessie James Leija 5'5" Rafael Ruelas 5'11" (By this time DLH had grown into his frame more and for the fight he was listed at 5' 10") , Julio Cesar Chavez 5' 7 1/2", Pernell Whitiker 5'6", Miguel Angel Gonzalez 5'8", Felix Trinidad and Wilfredo Rivera both 5'11".

Gatti, Mosley all smaller then Oscar. Vargas shorter but stockier. Mayweather and Forbes both smaller. Sturm had him by an inch both weighed the same. Hopkins is the only opponent he ever faced with a visible and genuine size difference though they weighed the same.

Also during Oscars SFW,LW years he held the reach advantage 90% of the time.

Sorry ICB but Oscar did not fight bigger men those years he was always a big man for those division. The tale of the tape does not lie