Oscar looked shot when he fought floyd

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  1. faisal

    faisal Hoolios daddy Full Member

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    i'm not a floyd hater or an oscar fan, but iv recently caught the first 5 rounds of the oscar-mayweather fight and its come to my attention, how 1 dimensionally oscar fought, this was'nt the oscar of old the same oscar that had that bounce in his legs in his younger years the oscar that would continuously pop the jab, the guy that would fire combinations and quickly move out of range, that DLH was long gone the one that fought mayweather was stripped of all those beautiful assets that once made him great he had no footwork to speak of he was flat footed from start to finish, his handspeed had deminished(DLH had pritty good handspeed in his prime)oscars jab wasnt even there and he looked like an old man for much of the fight conserving energy for the distance, i was always under the impression that any version of oscar would lose to floyd now i'm quite sure that the 140/47 version of oscar would have caused mayweather hell may be even stopping him.
     
  2. JCP

    JCP Active Member Full Member

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    Oscar wasn't shot but he was nowhere near his best. Shot was when he fought pac. Plus drained.. Prime oscar ko void in 10
     
  3. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Oscars always been 1 dimensional, watch the Quartey and Whitaker fights, slick fighters have always shown Oscar up, his legs probably werent quite the same as his younger days, but lets not forget Oscar had massive size advantages, his choice of ring, his choice of gloves
     
  4. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't see how you can say he didn't have footwork.. he managed to corner one of the craftiest fighters of all time on several occasions
     
  5. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oscar was about the size as Khan at lightweight and junior welter.
    Why doesn't everyone talk about Khan's size advantage? Because it's really Oscar's power that differentiates them.

    Oscar chose puncher's gloves against Floyd. Floyd would have picked those ridiculous pillows he shows up with often.
     
  6. puga_ni_nana

    puga_ni_nana Dempsey Roll Full Member

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    roach mentions that oscar cannot pull the trigger when he trained oscar for floyd. so at this point, roach already knew that even a 130/135 version of pac would beat the version of oscar that he trained for floyd. but it still was a capable oscar when we saw that he still has the capacity to decision a fringe welterweight contender in steve forbes.
     
  7. Atritionist

    Atritionist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Of course this wasn't the Oscar of old, thats why Freddie Roach wanted Pac to fight him. The Oscar that fought Floyd was more of a promoter than a fighter at that point. But he wasn't SHOT. He had enough in the tank to bust Floyds nose and eye up. A Shot Oscar would've been TKOd by Floyd.

    Once Roach made him come down to 147 to fight Pac, that pretty much did it. But yeah Oscar wasn't Prime when he fought Floyd.
     
  8. faisal

    faisal Hoolios daddy Full Member

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    i guess u think he fought 1 dimensional against Tito as well, against quartey and whitaker it was a chess match for most of the fight he wasnt squaring up to them from start to finish like he did with floyd
     
  9. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  10. Jude

    Jude Just Journeying Man Full Member

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    I was surprised that Oscar did so well against Floyd. When he fought Mayorga i thought he looked on the down slope.
     
  11. boxsensei

    boxsensei Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oscar was an elite fighter that night. When floyd played defensive on the ropes, Oscar handspeed in combinatiosn was impressie, he just couldnt hit Floyd.

    Floyd made Oscar look bad becasue he was more skilld than Oscar and faster. DLH thought he was just simply gonna walk down Mayweather and batter him and it didnt work that way.
     
  12. Critic

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    :rofl
     
  13. Critic

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    agree with this
     
  14. vegasdude

    vegasdude Speed is Power! Full Member

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    I agree but Oscar still beat Floyd even not in his best form in my opinion.
     
  15. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Shot no but he sure as hell didnt have half the handspeed he once had and couldnt move his feet like he used to. Prime Oscar beats Mayweather comfertably.