Originally Posted by
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Diego Corrales is 5'11". At the time when he fought PBF he was 33-0, 9 wins more than PBF at the time. Floyd through the first few rounds jabbed him to the chest at will with Corrales barely able to lay a glove on him.
DLH is 5'10.5". Granted his arms are 3 inches longer than Corrales', they are also only 1 inch longer than PBF's. If you think he's afraid to get inside and paint DLH's breastbone you are mistaken. PBF and DLH will be 30 and 34 respectively, next month. All that vaunted speed people tout DLH has was never as much as PBF's to begin with; he's bound to have lost a step in that aspect of his game (though I think he will have made up for it with ring intelligence). Watch, the first 3 rounds will be how frequently DLH's body gets touched then the next 3 PBF will work him upstairs and let DLH chase him around and tire out those legs. And after 7 DLH will look more like 44 as he all but cruises to an L. Maybe he tries a rally in the 10th or 11th but once that peters out it'll be a fargone conclusion.
Remember, PBF doesn't HAVE to come in at 154. He could easily step in at 150 to keep from having 7 pounds of additional mass to carry around the whole night.
If he comes in too light he will be physically dominated. The matter of fact is that Oscar is bigger, stronger, and has a reach advantage. Everybody is talking about Floyd's skill as if Oscar didn't have any. Oscar has fought the better competition, of small fast fighters, and big strong fighters. Floyds never fought anyone with a height and reach advantage on him, so it will be a first. Floyd has a chance, but it is a slim one, because there is NO WAY that at 154 he can hurt Oscar. Plus, Oscar will be sparring with Shane Mosley to prepare for the fight along with other speedy fighters from his goldenboy promotions stable.
OSCAR TKO 9
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