Oscar De La Hoya from 1999-2004

Yeah thats why everybody from the press and hbo scored the fight for Sturm.

 

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the difference in oscars handspeed and footwork when he was at his peak and when he fought floyd and pac, is like 2 completely different fighters.

 

How can anyone hate on this?

2:25 in..by me!

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Yeah Toney was even brain damaged enough to take on Couture in an MMA ring.

 

Strange, those flurries look a bit sloppier than I remember.

 

Yet when Floyd decided to trade in the 12th Oscar got the better and was faster straight up :smoke

 

No question that Oscar could string punches together like few in history and Floyd was wrong to try and play his game.

Still, there's more openings within those flurries than I remembered. It sorta speaks to why he dispensed with them as he stepped up his comp.

 

So that's why he had Quartey hanging on for dear life

 

He only flurried after dropping Ike with a well-placed hook and then only punched himself out for his trouble.

If he were a smarter finisher, he might have been able to, well, finish him. As it was, Oscar would routinely flurry his way to TKO victories instead of setting up actual KO punches.

Just a thought.

 

Fought the best, gotta give him that. Doesnt mean he was any good.

 

So he wasn't any good :huh

 

True. I'm Hispanic and while obviously he had a lot of fans, he also had a lot of haters too, especially in the Hispanic community after the Chavez fights. Most of those haters were men, though, and it seemed like the hatred had more to do with jealousy than his actual fighting. Its no secret the women loved him and I guess it bothered those guys for some reason.

One thing I do miss about his fights was the buzz they generated, especially the Trinindad and Vargas fights. I went to numerous fight parties back in De La Hoya's time and they seem to have disappeared once he was done for good. Just not as much interest now, at least not at the level it was back then.

In terms of his in ring skills, one thing I feel is underrated is his chin. The guy could take a good punch.

 

I used to be a big Oscar hater, but man I've come to appriciate him a lot since his retirement. I don' think we will ever see the biggest star and PPV draw in boxing, facing the biggest challenges out there.