Dela Hoya vs Buchanan

ALRIGHT...What do you have against American cinema classic Howard the Duck? Is it the duck or the hot ginger Lea Thompson (making you less-than-straight) or you just hate America? Let's have it.

 

Keep in mind, Trump bombs countries who hate America...

 

BIG BOMBS...the biggest.

 

Oscar would beat the crap out of Buchanan.

 

Buchanan was just as skilled as Hoya, his style would frustrate the hell out of Hoya, because of his jab advantage, this fight would boil down to the years the fight was held.
Or during, or after same day weigh-ins.
That would be the biggest difference.
During the same day weigh-ins era, I see Buchanan's jab frustrating the weight drained version of Hoya, and cruising on to a decision win, especially if the fight is 15rds.
Now after the same d ay weigh-ins era, Hoya's advantage of weight and physical strength would enable him to eventually wear down Buchanan, and win a decision.
After all, he'd be a welterweight fighting a lightweight.

 

X is right. It's 15 rounds so if Oscar doesn't stop him, he will gas. Ken went 13,14,and 15 rounds often
60 - 40 fight for me, Ken.

 

Mildly talented? What a joke. Buchanan was more than enough to outclass De la Hoya who was still green and very much a weight bully at LW. Oscar has a punching chance, but that's it Buchanan close but UD.

 

Buchanan on a 15 round decision.

 

Buchanan was as good as DLH??? His best win was a razor thin victory over an aging Laguna and thats it. From there his level of competition nosedives dramatically. He wasnt as fast as De La Hoya, wasnt as versatile, couldnt punch as hard, wasnt as strong, and frankly wasnt as smart as him either. What exactly IN DETAIL did Ken Buchanan do better than DLH? DLH would literally have every advantage here and the one time that Buchanan fought anyone near DLHs zip code he got his ass handed to him, quit, and then tried steal a DQ win and then never shut up about it when they correctly refused him. DLH outboxes him early, bullies him and stops him late. This fight isnt remotely hard to pick unless your Scottish.

 

I'm Scottish and I too have always thought the same about Kenny. Good not great.

 

Does Tartan effect judgement? I think we're seeing a correlation here, if not absolute causation. Stay away from it, kids.

 

Oscar came in at about 140-145 when at lightweight. The fair version would be 1994 Oscar who made 130 a couple of times. Same day weigh in he'd maybe come in at 137'ish. Something like that. He'd only have a dozen or so fights under his belt and wouldn't be developed enough to beat Ken under these conditions, especially over 15.

 

Doesn’t work that way, chief.

 

Oscar would be 145-150 in the ring and was in his peak shape at this stage. I can't see past that. Also Oscar's run from lightweight to 140 was impressive as Gonzalez and Ruelas were the 2 highest rated in '95 and he dominated them both and Genaro Hernandez and Molina were the best 130lb and he dispatched both of them. Chavez was past his prime but was clearly massively outgunned. You could argue he swerved Stevie J and Mosley but he'd outgrown the division by the time they won titles.

Anyway Oscar's way too big for him. He's 3 inches taller with 3 inches more reach and he hits way harder. Not a fair fight really. Like @Seamus said Oscar's a weight bully and a damn good one at that

 

It works any way i see it working.