Can you believe Oscar De La Hoya had the balls to fight Bernard Hopkins? Major Props

Oscar chased legacy as a cashcow, that is pretty amazing. I remember really rooting for him in that fight only to be so mad at him when he got ko'd.
imagine floyd with oscars guts, he would have fought martinez at 160 by now.

 

He was reaching for greatness, props to him.

 

Yep!

Oscar definitely has bigger balls than calzaghe who should have been in the ring with Hopkins versus fighting some bum in Wales.

Oscar>Calzaghe

 

I swear to ****ing god the first person to come in here and insinuate what we all know is false should be banned for life.

 

Or some ridiculous 152 pound catchweight. Oh wait...

 

LOL. Notice how this ******* mentions Floyd on a completely unrelated thread.

 

But Oscar lost all his big fights :verysad

 

Oh I agree with this.

 

I am always like "**** Oscar!!!!"....hahaha.

But yes, dude would take on King Kong and Godzilla.

 

thats what you always do itss not allowed to mention him anymore, same applies to calzaghe.

 

If the money was OK, Oscar was there. I don't think he had much fear of losing a boxing match. Quite rare for a guy of his talent.

 

This depends on which ones you call big, and ones you dismiss.

Ike was certainly a big Win.
Win vs. JCC
Win vs. Vargas

 

good thread! de la hoya maximised his career, he fought everyone, and didn't fear losing. the sport needs more fighters like him. people say 'he lost all his big fights', but he didn't. yes, he lost a fair few, but that's what happens when you fight everyone. fighting hopkins at 160 was great. he tried, and lost, but it doesn't tarnish his legacy. mayweather and pacquiao need to realise that fighting martinez and losing wouldn't tranish their legacies either. they would be praised for trying, and just hanging in there would be considered an achievement. i guess these days the whole false 'invincible' thing sells though...

 

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