Oscar has never beaten an A+ slick fighter in their prime. Floyd would beat him. Hell if people want to say ODLH beat Sweet Pea, then I'll argue that he lost to Quartey.
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Oscar has never beaten an A+ slick fighter in their prime. Floyd would beat him. Hell if people want to say ODLH beat Sweet Pea, then I'll argue that he lost to Quartey.
"Sixty forty I kicks yo' ass, Sixty forty I tears yo' ass up" - Roy Jones
i did say prime de la hoe thou, don't forget de lahoya had a zap judah, mike tyson characteristic, he tended not to show up for every fight, but when he did, it was scary
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also since when has Manny been a slick fighter? he's a boxer/puncher at best, and gets hit plenty still, just cause an old shot Mosley was unable to touch him in their last fight doesn't mean that a young DLH in his prime wouldn't have been able to touch him up and hurt him, can't compare what both did against the DLH they fought as to how they would do against the DLH that beat Vargas, Quartey, and arguably Mosley at his peak
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My take is that he couldn't beat them when they fought despite:
1. Outweighing Mayweather by somewhere in the region of 15-20lbs.
2. Pacquiao having been a Super-Featherweight only 9 months prior
3. Being able to choose the ring size, gloves of his opponent (I know this was definitely true against PBF) as well as them coming to a new weightclass stipulated by him.
He in no way fought them 'at their best' as they both faced several disadvantages when fighting him. Not to mention that the best version of Oscar being mentioned was only 3/4 years younger than when they beat him & a proper LMW. Neither has the frame to be a LMW. Put the best WW versions of PBF & Pac against the one that fought Quartey/Whitaker/Mosley 1 & for me they beat him.
They were also both considerably better at the lower weights than Oscar who largely passed quickly through them because he struggled with the weight.
People can talk about prime, but this isn't like Mike Tyson getting beaten by Danny Williams & Kevin McBride, he was up against guys who might well have had his number whenever he fought them.
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Not true Jose Luis Castillo outlanded Floyd Mayweather Jr. And pretty much won most of the rounds after the 5th round, was it a robbery ? no but very controversial and more people think he lost it than won it.
As for the rematch yes Floyd Mayweather Jr won a close but clear decision, but it was no walk in the park. At worst it was 7-5 or 7-4-1 for Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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most people think that only because the fight was closer. Yeah he made it tough, but floyd won that fight. Castillo did a bunch of holding in that fight. Landing more punches doesn't mean one wins a fight, it isn't amateur boxing.
If lands 100 punches in one round but loses the other rounds, that's still just one round round won.
"Sixty forty I kicks yo' ass, Sixty forty I tears yo' ass up" - Roy Jones
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Yes, but tito isn't slick, and SSM in the second fight at 154 was where he started to load up and only throw one or two punch combos. Basically getting away from the fighter he was to become the fighter that made his career harder than it had to be. The shane that fought Oscar at 147. I think would beat everyone mentioned in this thread.
"Sixty forty I kicks yo' ass, Sixty forty I tears yo' ass up" - Roy Jones
Right, Oscar won some fights he probably didn't deserve to win as some have pointed out but he also "lost" these 2 where he probably didn't to deserve to as well.
He also took out (impressively!) a maybe not prime Vargas but still a tough guy where early on it looked like Vargas was too big & strong(he was probably on roids that night). That was a pretty big fight too as I recall in the months leading up to it.
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