De La Hoya embarrasses Mayweather in terms of legacy

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  1. greenwood70

    greenwood70 New Member Full Member

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    De La Hoya fought prime versions of

    Trinidad (who was 35-0 at the time)
    Mosely (who was 34 -0 at the time)
    Hopkins (unbeaten in 10 years)
    Mayweather at 37-0
    Chavez Snr ( who was 90 -1 at the time)
    Whitiker (who was 40-1-1 at the time)
    and
    Pacman

    plus quality fighters like
    Camacho 63-3
    Quartey 34-0-1
    Vargas 22-1

    and

    Campas
    Mayorga
    Gatti etc

    Mayweather has fought a prime
    Hatton ?
    Canelo ?
    Corrales ?

    and past it versions off
    Cotto (post Pac man and margarito maulings)
    Mosely (with a 9-5-1 record in his previous 14 fights)
    De la Hoya (who was 2-2 in his previous 4 fights)
    Marquez (after pac man and Chris John had bettererd him)

    and names
    Maidana-post Khan/Alexander
    Gatti-post De la Hoya, Ward,Robinson,Manfreddy
    Ortiz-Post Maidana /Peterson
    etc

    History will show that DLH may not have won them all but he never ducked anyon in their prime and is as close to one of the fab four as they come, check Trinidad in the same way fought the best at their best at that time

    not like Mr Mayweather
     
    greenwood70, Oct 20, 2014
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  2. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    ok, your opinion
     
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  3. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    hokay *******, nice alt
     
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  4. Devildoc

    Devildoc Capo Di Tutti Capi Full Member

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    Thats why dela hoya is the golden boy. Floyd is tryin hard to be at least be close to oscar before and since pac came, it became all ducking and whining. So yea floyd tries hard to be relevant in this era.
     
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  5. Hitta_Squadup

    Hitta_Squadup Beast ***e Full Member

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    Too bad Oscar went 5-6 verses those guys, and Floyd beat Oscar who whichever way you try to spin it is still undefeated...your argument is invalid...
     
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  6. PJ

    PJ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd is truly a hoax, seriously
     
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  7. STB

    STB #noexcuses Full Member

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    You realise he lost to most of those guys right?
     
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  8. woodzo

    woodzo Active Member Full Member

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    Atleast oscar can look himself in the mirror and look back knowin he did everything he could to face the best of his generation win or lose
     
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  9. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    OP, you're all sorts of stupid.

    May is far ahead in the ATG rankings, even Ray Charles and Helen Keller could see it. Moron.
     
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  10. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    :deal:deal:deal

    There's a word for fighters who fight names and lose:
    This content is protected
     
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  11. teemy

    teemy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    ODLH is on a whole other level. Mayweather is mostly a lucky duck. Even if he goes out without a loss which is doubtful, no one will even care. He has the least charisma and least respect of any fighter in recent memory. People watch just to see him lose. True, dat makes him money, but once he retires/loses, no one is going to even remember him. He is an empty shell.

    He's going to be chasing that respect and is going to end up like RJJ, just getting KTFO.
     
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  12. M.3

    M.3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You forgot to say "I wish I wish with all my heart" first...
     
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  13. Big George

    Big George Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    CORRALES WAS 33-0
    Hatton = undefeated
    JLC = young in his career with 4 losses and was still a beast
    Judah = was definitely in his prime ( you called him an ATG, not me )
    Cotto - better than he looked since 140lbs..

    More excuses please....
     
    Big George, Oct 20, 2014
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  14. ricardinho

    ricardinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You forgot to mention an old Oscar almost beat him. Though Floyd is in a class of his own and a true atg...Oscar IMHO did more as an amateur and a pro.
     
    ricardinho, Oct 20, 2014
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  15. HitBattousai

    HitBattousai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's not an embarrassing difference since Oscar found ways to lose most of his marquee fights, but there's no question his legacy has a lot more "dare to be great in it" than Floyd's and I think from an overall perspective he should be regarded more highly than Floyd, though that probably won't be the historical consensus.
     
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