What are Steve Forbes Chances?

[amat]

Sturm was much bigger then De La Hoya though. I like Forbes but he is just at such a size advantage and he's not exactly hard to hit. Plus he isn't made to run away anyways. Like Bilbo said, Grady Brewer was able to manhandle him I severely doubt he can withstand De La Hoya unless De La Hoya just completely blows this off which I doubt.

[donnydarkoIRL]

It would be the upset of the decade.

[Macho]

I had never seen Forbes fighting , but if was in SLW and moved up to JMW , i have to say that he maybe not going look good as well , he going feel very heavy........

[med]

I personally don't think he has much of a chance since he's jumping so high in weight without any tune-ups.

But since the two "Contender" fighters (Vera and Bundrage) have scored two huge upset victories, if it were to happen with Forbes, I wouldn't be as surprised.

Do I want Forbes to win? YES! Do I think he is going to win? NO!

Too be honest I was not overly surprised with the two contenders winning. I did actually back Andy Lee to beat Vera but expected it to be his toughest fight, it proved to be the case and I realised after four rounds that Vera was going to cause the upset. As for Bundrage I actually picked him to win as Ouma had increasingly shown an unwillingness to engage and I thought Bundrage had a chance of a close decision win. In this case however you have two proven fighters and anyone who has seen them or checked out boxrec.com knows what they are capable of. So there should be no surprises here. De La Hoya should win after all this guy was hand picked to be decent preperation for Mayweather. De La Hoya won rounds against Mayweather and fought competitively. Forbes would have lost widely to Mayweather so there is your answer. De La Hoya to win 117-111 or by stoppage in Rds 7-10

[killersheep]

It would be the upset of the decade.

I still hold Baldomir vs. Judah to that distinction even if Forbes wins.

Judah was prime when that happened and Baldomir was regarded as little more than a warm body.

At least here ODLH is older and Forbes does bring a fairly high level of skill (relatively of course) to the table.

[XaduBoxer]

I think Forbes chance is close to nil... But I want Forbes to win and not only win but win BIG...

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[:::PSL:::]

30/70

[Dark Lord Al]

Forbes chances are totally the oposite of James Toney = SLIM.

[HattonTheHammer]

If the fight had of been at 147 i think people would of given him half a chance of at least taking it to the scorecards.

But at ODLH`s ideal weight - no chance, de la hoya to have him out of there in the 2nd 3rd of the fight!!!

[Master]

If Forbes wins will he fight Mayweather in September?

[TitoFan]

Oh for crying out loud...

He's a light hitter, who was hand-picked by De la Hoya himself to make himself look good in the start of his (cough) "Farewell Tour". Who besides Mrs. Forbes had ever even heard of Steve Forbes? I have a better chance of winning the Lottery for $10 million.

[SEANIE]

I must confess I've never seen him in action, but what does everyone think his chances are of beating Oscar De La Hoya?

Hes got no chance. way to small hes gonna get more battered than a chip shop fish.