Quote Originally Posted by zhubin View Post
Oscar is "picking on" smaller opponents?! I love how some people always blame Oscar for everything. Like someone had to put a gun to Pac's head and say "fight Oscar or else." Pac had plenty of big, lucrative fights at 130 and 135...but guess what, like ANY fighter he realizes the $$$ potential of fighting Oscar. Oscar, for better or worse, is the ATM machine for boxing. It takes two to tango. And while i agree that BOTH fighters should be ashamed of themselves for taking this fight instead of dealing with people in their own weight class...you cannot single out Oscar for the blame. And even if you are an Oscar hater...i don't see how you can criticize the man's resume...he has consistently fought the very best throughout his career. He fought Forbes as a warm up for the Floyd rematch (trying to find someone who is slick and hard to hit to prepare him). Before that he fought the p4p king in Floyd...and i wouldn't exactly say he was picking on the smaller man in that fight. So now he will fight Pac and maybe Hatton in the future...not the best fights i agree. But i bet almost everyone on this board will watch the Pac fight and later maybe the Hatton fight. Right now boxing is struggling to bring in PPV revenue. So i'm not going to hate on Oscar for being one of the few fighters left who can generate interest and money for the sport. If you don't like the matchups...don't pay and see them...simple as that.

I can totally agree with that...