Quote Originally Posted by Lords Gym
Some people calling Delahoya overrated, I don’t think so ! I think he is Brilliant for what he’s done in and out of the ring. With Golden Boy Promotions . I say Oscar is one of the all time greats for all of his accomplishments



I respect Oscar, may have not liked him much but I respect him. He earned championships in 6 different weight divisions, which very few fighters have done (can't name any of the top of my head). But Oscar was prime to take over the boxing world after his gold medal victory. He was suppose to be the new Sugar Ray Leonard. He started off strong moving from Lightweight to Welter in strong fashion, he seemed to be living up to the hype. Then he fought Pernell Whitaker in his first mega fight for the ww championship. He gave a lackluster performance and the majority of the boxing world thought he lost the fight, even he was not happy after the fight and he just won the ww world championship of the world. His next mega fight was against Quartey, again another lackluster performance where much of the boxing world thought he lost (strong final round though). Trinidad was his biggest fight and he seemed to finally be living up to the hype but got winded and was cautious of a Tito knockout and started to run. He had a chance to redeem himself against Mosley and was outboxed 8-4 in his fourth mega fight. His fifth and final mega fight came against Bernard Hopkins at 160, and we no the outcome of that. He was never able to have the kind of success that Sugar Ray Leonard enjoyed (even though he had more star power) but he alway's showed heart. He is a HOF and one thing that nobody can take away from him is that he fought every big name of his generation (near his weight). He was not alway's impressive but he was never destroyed either. Is he a great fighter yes, but was he overated? (He was not Sugar Ray)