De La Hoya was hell of a fighter!

mu****a everybody who is in the spotlight is a hell of a fighter, shid thats how they got there in the first place. Being a hell of a fighter ain't nothin special.

 

atsch
And your point?

Are you on drugs right now dude?

 

read the last sentence of what you quoted *****. Being a hell of a fighter is nothing special. so therefore de la hoya is nothing special either. he he definately is not the legend that a bunch of **** heads make him out to be.

 

So the guy who was called the Golden Boy by the press, who carried the boxing scene during the latter part of 90's and up to 2000, made PPV a regular part of his fight, who fought all the best opposition possible, is not special?:huh And just an ordinary boxer?

What is special for you then, dumbass?

 

Being a hell of a fighter is something special.
Lord knows we need more of them.

 

yeah, he WAS. olympic gold, world champion in several weightclasses.

but instead to indulge in the past constantly, americans better focus for the future because it doesnt look too good there...

 

Good point.

 

It's funny. Because Oscar has a great resume and made tons of money. But some people have more respect for mexicans who are known for their battles against the same guys over and over. Guys who end up with brain damage and no money. Very strange. Besides a great boxer, Oscar has a brain

 

Oscar De La Hoya:

10X world champion
26 Title fights WON
19 Champions of Former Champions beat
9 reinging Champions beat
6 division champion

He's held different versions of the

IBF
WBC
WBA
WBO
Ring Belt

Has been P4P the best fighter of the year in an era that was stacked with talent where Mosley, Trinidad, Whitaker, Roy Jones Jr. James Toney, Bernard Hopkins, Holyfield, Mayweather, Chavez and many more elite fighter were competing. A better era than todays by FAR.

*In his prime he was never outclassed
*He never avoided any style, be it brawler, slick, defensive, or boxer puncher, he challenged himself against ALL.

In his resume he beat fighters such as:

Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
Fernando "El Feroz" Vargas
Julio Cesar Chavez
Ike "Bazooka" Quartey
John John Moilna
Jesse James Leija
Genaro "El Chicanito" Hernandez
Miguel Angel Hernandez
Javier Castillejo
"Yori Boy" Campas
Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga
Rafael Ruelas
Arturo "Thunder" Gatti
Steve "2 pounds" Forbes
Hector "Macho" Camacho
Jeff Mayweather
Wilfredo Rivera
Felix "Tito" Trinidad*
"Sugar" Shane Mosley*

WHO ELSE TODAY comes close to what he has accomplished??

 

I guess he's banned now.

 

Like him or not, Oscar in his prime WAS a hell of a fighter. Before Chavez and before becoming the chic heartthrob, he was respected by the hardcore fans. It was until after the beatings he gave Chavez and being the chic magnet that he started having haters and people ignoring his skills. He was always exciting to watch and before the Tito fight, he was more of a destroyer too.

Even if he did do some running against Tito, Oscar had built too big of a lead and no way in hell anyone making me believe he lost that fight. Only person to beat him in his prime was Mosley and I think Oscar's last great performance in his prime has to be the rematch with Mosley which was close, but Oscar was the winner. I scored that fight 6-5 in favor for Oscar with one round even. It's pretty clear also in watching that particular fight Oscar and Mosley as well were just as fast if not faster than Floyd, but more offensive minded. Oscar also fought in a much tougher and talented division than the one today. Quartey would of pummeled Clottey, Trinidad destroys Cotto, Jose Luis Lopez who was an even harder puncher than Trinidad ko's Margarito, prime Mosley stops Pacquiao, and prime Oscar would of come out with a draw or won on a split decision over Floyd. No wonder Floyd stayed in the lightweight division during that time and didn't follow Shane.

 

I agree with everything you said. TODAYS talent pool isn't that great. It makes exceptional fighters today look better than what they are.

For example, Today Paul Williams is considered a top 5 P4P fighter.

PW has been PRO 10 years, captured his FIRST world title 7 years after becoming pro, LOST it 6 months later, and captured it back 4 months later. He just got a shaky decision to Martinez. He is 2-1 in title fights.

Fighters like Trinidad, Mosley, DLH had accomplished 10X more by that time.

For example Oscar captured his first world title less than 2 years after becoming pro, and by the time he had 10 years under his belt he was a 5 division champion, 8 time world champion, and had more than 20 title fights.

 

He lost against the very, very best. But the depth on his resume is magnificent. Anyone who doesn't appreciate that deserves a smack in the chops.

 

Yeah, but even losing against the very very best it was against P4P Hopkins who was a true Lt. HW,a nd Oscar was a true WW, and against a Prime Mosley, and all those fights were very close.