Was De La Hoya wrong for retiring?

[J_Undisputed]

He did the right thing by retiring. Sure there are guys that continue to compete now with some fighters, but if you want to box to compete.. join a gym or police athletic league. The point of being a pro is to be the best and make it to the top (especially considering that boxing is not a team sport). All the guys at the top now are a new breed and boxing is becoming a different game now than it was before. A lot of the skill is being sapped right out of the sport. Most of the champs now are winning points on agression or they are purely volume punchers. Aging fighters than once won fights on skill, are finding their speed,chins, legs and everything else eroding from underneath them. Experience was once the equalizer of youth. Unfortunately old age discounts skill more than experience discounts youth. Holy crap, did i just blurt out a Merchant-ism? Someone shoot me.

[JazMerkin]

No, he wasn't although I don't think he was as shot as people think, he just shouldn't have tried to make Welterweight. I still feel he could do things at 154lbs, but the fact is there's nothing for him to prove anymore.

[Master]

He had nothing left. Roach saw that. At 154lb he should have beaten Floyd if he was the same version that beat Vargas, but he wasn't and left the ring with a whimper.

[KKisser]

one last farewell fight with jcc jr i wouldn't mind.

[The Congressman]

one last farewell fight with jcc jr i wouldn't mind.

Lmfao! I know!

I think he's the worse current undefeated fighter.

[The Congressman]

Oscar made the right decision for him, his fans, and his family. Imo, even Hatton would beat him at 147.

[Spicoli]

He made the right call.He's always been pretty business savvy.It was time when his all around in the ring abilities were out weighed buy his ever present media pop and marketability.He would do himself a disservice bordering on stepping stone status against a Chavez jr or such Imo.At this point hes much better suited working with up and comers and promoting full time,can offer some tremendous insight to many aspects of the sport.