Oscar De La Hoya

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

The sooner DLH retires and becomes a full time promoter the better

Couldn't agree more.

Dela Hoya is takin the piss with this one. I dont like all these catch weight/ odd weight fights that are happening.

Winky - Hopkins
Mayorga - Vargas
Trinidad - Jones
Dela Hoya - Forbes?!

I mean, Hopkins gets a lot of praise for taking of Clazaghe at this stage in his career, because i never gave him full praise for fighting a blown up Oscar and a valiant but overwelmed Tito at 160 and dont even get me started on fighting an even older light middle at 170...

But yes, Calzaghe is HUGE for Hopkins at this point in his career.

However Oscar is just a disappointment now. I mean, he could ruin everything he's worked for by fighting Steve Forbes. Fight Luis Collazo, or Jushua Clottey, or even Thomas Bloody Damgard! But Steve Forbes? Fuk me. That takes some beating.

[The Rookie Fan]

The part which disgusts me most is that after Forbes was robbed against D-Hop, Forbes went to Oscar about quitting the sport. Oscar reassured him and persuaded him to stay in.

Then Oscar uses him as a comb to groom his own ego.

Your shitn me... is that true?

Yeah it's true.
I actually heard the story a couple of days before the announcement of this fight.
We weree discussing the sports worst recent robberies and I mentioned Forbes Hopkins. I remeber Ice disagreed and said he scored the fight for Hopkins. LeftyLee agreed with me and then another poster chimed in telling us that Forbes was going to retire afterward, but Oscar talked him out of it. I read this in another random magazine a short time ago also.

Yeh that was me too as when I was looking through boxrec one time I noticed the article and that was true, Oscar talked Steve out of retiring.

I read it in a small obscure boxing mag too Lefty, so it's pretty condemning huh?

Borderline sick if you ask me. CC for bringing it up. Very interesting stuff.

[Mar]

A shame if true....