Im Actually Rooting For DLH

[Master]

So he is training hard, that is what they are paid to do. ODH will have to retire out of embarrassment if he looses and that is really why he is putting in the hard work.

[Trainer Monkey]

So he is training hard, that is what they are paid to do. ODH will have to retire out of embarrassment if he looses and that is really why he is putting in the hard work.

Missing the point,this is the most focused Ive ever seen him,my only concern is that it may be too late in his career. I actually respect his regimen this time,usually I cant even be bothered to watch his fights. He is well and far from a fighter Im a fan of. But this time he's doing everything right for a change.

[C-Lo]

I don't know, I just get so cynical thinking about this fight. Oscar is such a phoney it's really hard to take anything he says seriously. Every single fight he needs to make some great change in his camp which "brings that fire back to his belly..." It's a pile of BS if you ask me, the only deciding factor in this fight is whether Oscar actually goes for it or if he plans to make Manny look good lasting 12 or even lose to him in order to cash in on some future matchup. I still think DLH's left hook is just way to much for Manny to be able to take repeatedly, and there's no reason Oscar shouldn't be able to land unless he has faded immensly for this fight alone. If he approaches this fight like he did Mayorga it SHOULD be a massacre, far as I can envision. Honestly though, I think it's likely he won't. I doubt Oscar really cares much about how people view his legacy anymore or any of that jazz. He is strictly a businessman who fights to better his own promotional company, and in that sense I do have the utmost respect for his savy. As a fan though, I really don't wanna see this turn out to be a sparring session.

Good post!

Oscar fought Mayweather and lost then he fights small Forbes then Mayweather retires so he chases Pac who is a smaller man at 5ft 6inch last fighting at his highest weight 135lbs Oscar is a natural 154lbs fighter as been as far as 160lbs and is 5ft 11inch and if he wins he wants another small man Hatton who is a natural 140lbs fighter and 5ft 6inch he is just after the money and if he beats Pac he won't be P4P#1 Oscar should stop being a bully boy chasing these smaller men for there names and fight Magarito,Cotto or Paul Williams.

I've always loved De La Hoya but I'm really starting to dislike him more and more I hear him spew bullsh*t and pick on smaller people. I understand he's always fought the best but I'm judging him about what he's done lately not what he's done years ago.

I want this clear,I NEVER root for DLH, ever.
But this time out of the gate he's doing everything Id want to see to make me think he's dead serious about this fight.
Dundee is costing him a serious penny alone
Nacho dont work for free either
And theres nothing to do in Big Bear but ski or train

Oscar doesn't exactly have financial problems either. Him paying for Dundee and Nacho's help is like me buying a pack of gum from the corner store.

[Spicoli]

Personally,I just wish the little Drama queen would go away already.Maybe after his carnival act with Pac,lets hope anyway

[mrbig1]

This is one of those fights that I care less about. I wouldn't pay a dollars if they where fighting in my living room.

[ross]

Oscar has a big ego, boxers have to.

It no coincidence in 3 fights he has fought the top 2 p4p fighters, the 1 in between designed to warm him up for a rematch with the 1st and he is in control of the ring magazine.

Hes after a top spot in the p4p rankings.

He doesnt need money and calls the shots on any fight he has so he just wants the limelight.

Everyone complains about Oscar but who else could draw a small fighter up that much in weight, if nothing else these fights are entertaining and thats what professional boxing is supposed to be.

Hopkins is only just finding that out at 43