Quote Originally Posted by GAME
Quote Originally Posted by BoomBoom
I was just looking at his record and what impresses me the most is that he never fought a bum. Never even fought a guy with a losing record. Everyone of them was a good to great fighter. Most fighters that moved up in the pros that fast eventually get schooled by a veteran even with the amateur experience a lot of fighters have trouble adjusting. But Oscar was able to move right along and beat ranked fighters when his career was just starting. He may have 4 losses but i don't think there is any other fighter in history who could've taken Oscars path and had the same success without getting derailed early on.
I agree . Oscars record is very impressive and it would be a fitting end to a great career if he were to beat Floyd .

Chavez 1&2- First time Chavez was no match for Oscar . In the return Oscar beat him at his own game and made the great warrior quit
Whiticker - Close fight but Oscar was moving up from 130 to beat an all time great
Quartey - He got off the floor to win another close battle and almost stopped Ike in the last round
Tito - I scored it 1 round to Tito but many thought Oscar skooled him.
Mosley 1&2 - First time Oscar was outspeeded , but he was much better in the return . I think he had the beating of Shane at 154 but he threw it away late on
Vargas - One of Oscars finest wins over a rival
Hopkins - He put up a good fight but 5 divisions above his natural he just wasnt big enough
Mayorga - Vintage De La Hoya , as good as ever against an opponent that suited his style

People compare Oscar to Leonard but in their biggest fights (Duran - Mosley, lightweights ) ( Hearns - Tito , welterweights ) and ( Hagler - Hopkins , middleweights ) Leonard won all his superfights and Oscar lost them all.
I agree with all of that apart from Oscar being 5 divisions above his natural weight. His natural weight prime was probably welterweight. He started off in the light divisions beating up on smaller men. No way he could make even 147 now .

It would be like saying Amir Khan is a natural lightweight because that is his weight now. In a couple years time he will be at 140, then 147 once he's fully grown. His prime will be at 147 no doubt, same as Oscar