ODH Vs Mayweather! Does the winner take the better legacy or..........

[Cortez The Killer]

Is this fight a lose lose situation for Mayweather or will his legacy skyrocket if he should beat De La Hoya. De La Hoya may be beyond his prime butt his advantage in size and power makes the fight and even fight. If Floyd beats him will they say Oscar was over the hill and give him very little credit or will it enhance his legacy beyond what he expected it to be. I can tell you this much if Oscar scores a victory people will claim him with the all time greats (Top 10) because of his star power. It seems that everytime Floyd scores a victory people come up with an excuse.

I think there will be a split in the fans.. I for one, should MAyweather win, will consider him perhaps the best ever, or second to RJJ at least. While others will say Oscar wasn't sharp, and Oscar wasn't this or that. There will always be arguments of current great fighters because back in the day guys like Robinson lost fights to other guys which made rivalries, while RJJ in his prime dominated everyone, and except one fight so has Mayweather, and but both proved their superiority emphatically in the next fight. I think people can't appreciate a fighter who is far superior to other fighters, and I don't know why. In other sports Ronaldinho who takes time of alot on the field is hailed as the greatest footballer because he is the best, and in football current players, like Peyton Manning, Marvin Harrison, LeDanian Tomlinson, Tom Brady are all glorified.

Yes, I think it would be safe to say the winner does indeed take the better legacy, as long as their is a decisive win one way or the other... It will be pathetic to hear those who try and discredit Mayweather should he win this fight. Hell, if he wins a decision and doesn't try and KO Oscar you'll proably hear these morons saying the same crap they were after Baldomir.

Everybody makes excuses, turn it around, if Oscar wins, a lot of people, even if they picked Floyd to win, will say that Floyd's a great fighter but he's just too small.

Great points/insight from all you guys, cc's to all! I think it's an important fight for Mayweather to win, and if in fact he does retire it will be impressive with the caliber of fighters he's fought and the fact he still has the "0" in the L column. Oscar is a great/exciting fighter, but he's had some questionable fights and decisions and he's got 4 losses. I think in retrospect whoever wins this fight will be considered to have the greater legacy. However, it'll be easy to make excuses for either fighter: for DLH one would say he was past his prime and for PBF one could say it was his size disadvantage. Down the road people aren't going to be "hating" on any fighter...a good example of that is Ali...in his day he was despised by as many people as admired him, same with PBF in this day. But in the future when they look back they will just see the skill and who he beat.

ODH takes the better legacy regardless of the fight outcome. He's done way more, and always fought a high caliber of fighters.

Mayweather might have beaten plenty of greats from the past, but that doesn't mean he would have a greater legacy. I think Mayweather is great, but I don't think any of his fights are all that memorable.

Floyd had a lot more "exciting" fights in his 130-140 days. I also thought his destruction of Gatti was very memorable.