De la Hoya's best fight?

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  1. pejevan

    pejevan inmate No. 1363917 Full Member

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    Where's JCC fight?

    That corkscrew punch was lethal for causing a cut.
     
  2. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I picked Ike Quartey. Total adversity faced and overcame with that 12th round. THat was a homerun with a 3-2 pitch and down by 1.
     
  3. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    I voted for the Vargas fight. He was fighting a younger, stronger opponent in a higher weight class. He weathered early adversity, boxed beautifully, and pressured him perfectly to finish the fight by TKO.
     
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    ur days comin u ponoy power chickin **** mother****er
     
  5. gambleer

    gambleer Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I still think DLH was very lucky to get the decision against Quartey.
     
  6. silly_illy

    silly_illy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he had other good fights in his pre-jnr welter days that could make that list.
     
  7. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He earned it. Quartey was winning until the 12th but it was close. Oscar put everything on the line in the 12th like I've never seen him do prior or after in his career and it paid off.
     
  8. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Oba Carr, Gernaro Hernandez, R Ruelas, Chavez were some other good ones
     
  9. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    looking at the cards, even if Quartey had won the 12th he would have lost the fight.
     
  10. Son of Gaul

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    Vargas by far...
     
  11. Bubba

    Bubba Boxing’s not as popular as it used to be, right? Full Member

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    His best performance was trinidad. Wat a robbery.
     
  13. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Quartey was winning by a point on my scorecard up until the 12th.
     
  14. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It was until the last few rounds. He really **** that one away, although he still did enough to win fairly comfortably.
     
  15. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is the first fight I remember him struggling a bit and relying on pure power rather than outboxing his opponent. He got the job done but it brings to mind future aspects of his career where he could have won on points but chose to chase for knockouts. This was DLH's worse habit, chasing for the ko.