Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Quote Originally Posted by cockey cockney
Oscar has the better legacy without doubt imo.
Me too... Theres always the arguement, that DLH beat Trinidad's left overs... But he also fought quite a few great fighters than Trinidad didn't, who were certainly as good as anyone Trinidad ever beat, like Quartey, Mosley, Chavez and Hernandez... Oscar fought in more weight divisions and started his career smaller, although he was obviously naturally bigger than a lightweight. Then of course, the real issue is their fight with each other, in which DLH was shown to be a superior boxer, imo. He screwed up in strategy, and that fight set a precident which is hard to argue with, you can't just run the championship rounds, and take the belts.. But it's not as if Tito was beating him up those rounds, he couldn't catch DLH when he was boxing, or when he wasn't... It was Oscar who blew that fight though, and if not for that, this would not even be a question that anyone would raise, imo.
I'll give you Quartey and Mosely, but you can take Chavez off that list. Oscar never fought him at his best. Oscar fought a faded ex champion-twice and didn't always looks so good. And Oscar was a superior boxer, but became known as the Chicken because of his RUNNING, something Trinidad never did. And lets not forget that Oscar took a dive against Hopkins, a prearranged deal that included B-Hop and Oscar working together as promoters.