Oscar fought Mayorga instead of Winky because he had been off for 20 months and needed a comeback fight at 154. Also, it's not like Winky was just sitting around, he was at 160 fighting Jermain Taylor for the middleweight title.

Iv just realised you ment after BHOP. I was talking about before BHOP my bad.

Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
How could you ever fault Oscar for fighting Hopkins instead of Winky?? Hopkins was a much bigger challenge and a much bigger fight. Oscar was moving up to 160 to fight a great champ who was closing in on 20 defenses.
Its hard to, given the added major factor of $$$ but still, i think he (and we) knew his chances of a 'W' were slim either way (even more so in hindsight).