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in my opinion yes

he fought the best there was plus i also thought he beat mosley & trinidad
Yes but theres also a flipside to that, i thought he lost to Ike Quartey, Felix Sturm. And just about scrapped a draw vs a past his prime Pernell Whitaker.

But then again there's no real shame in that. Well except obviously Felix Sturm because he isn't obviously on same level as other 2 names. But he's still pretty decent fighter and ODLH was in horrible shape for that fight, and he never belonged at Middleweight so we can excuse him that.

As for being a legend, yes of course he is a legend. He was one of the most recognized names in boxing in the 90's. He won an Olympic gold medal, aswell as winning titles in 6 different weightclasses, aswell as fighting the whos/who of boxing.

What else could he have done ?
Yeah just read Oscars book and he says he actually thought he lost the fight with Sturm and was in a way upset that he got the nod. Not many fighters will admit stuff like that so he gained some credit from at least me there anyway.

As for being a legend I'd say yes easily. Look at his record, I think he only ever fought one fighter with a losing record and was a world champ after I think it was 12 fights. He won world titles at 6 weights and has been involved in some of the biggest PPV fights in history.

I suppose it depends on how deep you want to go with legends though, if you only reserve the word legend for the likes of Ali, Louis and Robinson then maybe not but Oscar is the most popular fighter since Leonard outside the HW's and has never ducked anybody and 20 years from now I think you will struggle to find a fighter who has fought more fellow hall of famers.