If Oscar wins will he be the first fighter ever to come down from 160?

[Mikkel_K]

Varnon Forrest?...Are you kidding me?...The guy who just lost to Sergio Mora (yes he avenged the loss but it is a point) a guy who is really not thought highly of...(I like the guy but the boxing world has him at not being what he should be).....Forrest who should have been given the L in the Quartey fight...Forrest would be of no real signifigance at this point..

To answer the question from the thread title, Sergio Mora is another who came down from 160 to win a title. Oh well, I assume you mean from 160 to 147 - otherwise ODLH has already done the feat once. However, someone must surely have made that jump as well, at the very least before the Light Middlleweight Division was installed (way back when).

Although he struggled, Roy Jones did btw go from winning a HW title to winning a LHW-title in his next fight, too.

[Lara84]

I think its a ridiculous fight for boxing. Manny started his career at what 112 115 lbs and has been moving up dramatically the last few yrs all the way to 135 for the bigger money and bigger fights. Manny is still a small guy. How long has DLH been at 154 160 lbs? He is so settled into that weight that its just a huge disadvantage for manny to fight DLH. But hes getting his biggest purse ever. I think thats bad for boxing when you have a small guy move up so much in wieght for a "dream" fight. That sounds like a video game. DLH has for the most part fought guys that either move in weight or are past their prime. The times hes fought fighters closer to his level its always been contraversial. Whitaker, Quartey, Trinidad, Felix Sturm. The only credible ko I give him is against Vargas and even then it was a Vargas on steroids. What would have happen if it was the quick and crisp punching Vargas and not a Vargas that seemed to be more ready for body building then a boxing fight? Then there are the Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather fights that he lost. That it seemed like he could do more but just decided not to. Always being so carefull about not getting hit. He fought Hopkins and got ko'd by a body shot that did not seem so hard because right after the referee waived it off DLH started pounding on the canvas. So why didnt he use that energy to get up. DLH made a name by beating up a lot of older guys because they were ex-champs like Jorge Paez, Julio Cesar Chavez, David Kamau, Chicanito Hernandez, Jesse James Lieja, Oba Carr among many others. It should be another easy fight for DLH but I kinda hope that Manny does whoop him bad. If he was a true champ like he claims and wanted to go out beating somebody that is on top then he should fight Margarito or atleast someone closer to his wieght like Vernon Forrest, Cotto, Williams. Why fight a lil guy that DLH doesnt gain anything in beating but loses a lot if he were to lose the fight.If DLH just wants to get that W then fight someone his own size and not pick on a smaller guy that couldnt even carry his power to 135. Why not give a rematch to the German Felix Sturm who obviously beat DLH but thay gave it to him to set up the Hopkins fight. Its funny how he declined a fight with Margarito but now there are rumors that his associate Shane might fight Margarito. So IF Shane beats Margarito will DLH fight Shane again Sounds like nothing but business to make theri own pockets richer. Thats the same type of crap that DLH claimed he would try to rid boxing of. I hope Manny wins but his chances are slim to none.

[DaxxKahn]

I think its a ridiculous fight for boxing. Manny started his career at what 112 115 lbs and has been moving up dramatically the last few yrs all the way to 135 for the bigger money and bigger fights. Manny is still a small guy. How long has DLH been at 154 160 lbs? He is so settled into that weight that its just a huge disadvantage for manny to fight DLH. But hes getting his biggest purse ever. I think thats bad for boxing when you have a small guy move up so much in wieght for a "dream" fight. That sounds like a video game. DLH has for the most part fought guys that either move in weight or are past their prime. The times hes fought fighters closer to his level its always been contraversial. Whitaker, Quartey, Trinidad, Felix Sturm. The only credible ko I give him is against Vargas and even then it was a Vargas on steroids. What would have happen if it was the quick and crisp punching Vargas and not a Vargas that seemed to be more ready for body building then a boxing fight? Then there are the Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather fights that he lost. That it seemed like he could do more but just decided not to. Always being so carefull about not getting hit. He fought Hopkins and got ko'd by a body shot that did not seem so hard because right after the referee waived it off DLH started pounding on the canvas. So why didnt he use that energy to get up. DLH made a name by beating up a lot of older guys because they were ex-champs like Jorge Paez, Julio Cesar Chavez, David Kamau, Chicanito Hernandez, Jesse James Lieja, Oba Carr among many others. It should be another easy fight for DLH but I kinda hope that Manny does whoop him bad. If he was a true champ like he claims and wanted to go out beating somebody that is on top then he should fight Margarito or atleast someone closer to his wieght like Vernon Forrest, Cotto, Williams. Why fight a lil guy that DLH doesnt gain anything in beating but loses a lot if he were to lose the fight.If DLH just wants to get that W then fight someone his own size and not pick on a smaller guy that couldnt even carry his power to 135. Why not give a rematch to the German Felix Sturm who obviously beat DLH but thay gave it to him to set up the Hopkins fight. Its funny how he declined a fight with Margarito but now there are rumors that his associate Shane might fight Margarito. So IF Shane beats Margarito will DLH fight Shane again Sounds like nothing but business to make theri own pockets richer. Thats the same type of crap that DLH claimed he would try to rid boxing of. I hope Manny wins but his chances are slim to none.

Good posting...Welcome to the forum