Was Oscar really that impressive in his earlier pro fights?

I was impressed with his earlier fights. You do have to take some factors into account though. He was fighting guys with decent records. Did he ever fight anyone with a losing record?

He didn't really ever focus on defense until he was with Floyd Senor. He made a leap then, in terms of converting talent to skill.

 

he was impressive during his younger years, but he is only annoying now haha. If he meets gamboa when he was still a young up and coming fighter like the latter, Ill give the edge to oscar

 

He never fought a single fighter with a losing record.....and that is impressive. Gamboa is on that same road.

 

his fast combos and knockout power impressed me the most.


oh and dont forget his good looks :hey

 

relentless.. are you a girl or a ******? just look at your picture combined with your comments..

 

Oscar never ever bought anything new to boxing and when he does retire personally i wont be moved! he has some boxing talent and for somebody who makes big fights for the fans then they get my respect, personally in his earlier days loads of people are trying to impress! Oscars had talent but what ever he was ment to do in boxing he has already done it! but what ever oscar does eventully then good luck to him! but retirement should be the way to go!

 

i think you got a point, i need to stop talking like this until my avatar bet is up:nut

 

I know what you mean :yep

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lol

 

Oscar was quite talented and exciting early in his career. What is missing from him as a fighter is a truly heroic effort, winning a fight he with the odds against him...something like Leonard's TKO of Tommy Hearns...if Oscar would be outboxed like that, he just wouldn't reinvent himself during the fight and become the stalker/puncher like Leonard did. Oscar had outstanding boxing talent but neither outstanding athleticism nor an outstanding will to win.

 

that picturre is sooooo fake that ur just plain stupid if u think its real

 

:rofl

 

No **** sherlock. :nut :finger :fy

 

yeah he was impressive for sure. always seemed solid. very good puncher.

 

You also have to remember that Oscarmania was a phenomenon that happens when a fighter steamrolls his way to the top. It creates a vibe of invincibility. This was how Oscar entered the picture, much like Pacqiou did more recently. Combine that with spectaculour finishes and you have a star. The problem with Oscar's rise, imo, is that he would knock out his opponents so early that he never had to work on his stamina. His natural gifts were speed and power and the skills he had to learn once he left Alcazar. The skillset is relatively new, in a fight like the Vargas fight its cool to see that when the skillset failed him, he went back to the earlier puncher's style and got his ko. To this day I am not sure to call him a boxer or a puncher. But someone said something like Oscar never had to loose like Sugar Ray only to come back as a stalker and produce a ko but I see the Vargas fight in that way, as well as the Quartey fight and the Oba Carr fight.