All De La Hoya Tweets from May-Berto fight

He probably had a line in front of him as he was tweeting.

 

Hatton wasn't prime?

He sure looked still in his prime when he destroyed Castillo the fight before Floyd.

Hatton was simply outclassed.

 

He better doesnt snort more, or he's going to explode. Oscar, dont listen to godhead, you DONT need to snort more coke. It was a joke.

 

I'm not arguing that.only that you pointed out Wright,Forrest etc as ducks for ODLH.yes no man is perfect.

But i was only pointing out that they are in different universum in quality of opponents.Oscar fought who is who.trough his career.

Oscar last 2fights were Prime Floyd and Manny.it doesn't get any better from that.ridiculous to even hint Oscar as a ducker.

Competition wise,Floyd resume don't even hold a candle to Oscar.

Floyd fought only 1true ATG in his career,and that was past his prime.Oscar fought 3 in their primes!!!!

I don't understand why Oscar is ridiculed here,losses happens when you fight against the best in their primes.it's not a shame.

Insert Oscar ***** to Floyd,and i bet we would see him against GGG.

Oscar farewell was PRIME Floyd and Manny,Floyd farewell was shot Manny and Berto.that right there tells everything.

 

I wouldn't disagree, in that Castillo was no longer a top-tier competitor. But, my point that Hatton's victory over him flattered to deceive still stands.

His performances against both Collazo and Urango were light years away from the one he put in against Tszyu. One could also argue that his outing against Maussa was sub-par.

Somewhat ironically, Hatton's domination of Malignaggi was more to do with the latter's virtual capitulation from the second round onwards; reducing the bout to little more than a risk-free workout for Hatton. Previously, the more gamely Lazcano had almost had him out of there, in front of a home crowd.

Such inconsistencies in performance, post-Tszyu, lead me to form the view that Hatton was past prime, by the time he faced Mayweather.

 

And Floyd has also fought a who's who, the difference is Floyd is so much better than Oscar that the fights weren't remotely as competitive!

 

Precisely. Round 12 of Collazo fight saw the light extinguish in the eyes of Ricky. Beating a faded, long past prime atg did a number on boxing groupies.

 

I just can't help but think that a prime version of OdlH would have beaten seven shades of excrement out of the likes of Baldomir, Judah, Hatton and just about anyone Floyd fought at the time he fought them.

 

I can pretty much tell who boxed and who didn't, who competed and who just watches the sport, by reading the comments on Ricky.

Oh he beat Castillio!

Duh. Castillio was a corpse. By this logic, Mcbride is a top dog in Heavyweight division.

He was undefeated doe! So what? He faced Malinagi that couldn't hurt a fly with a 7 punch combination, a durable but extremely limited Urango and in his excursion to 147, almost got stopped by Collazo. He was spent going into Collazo fight, you could see his small frame couldn't allow him to bulldoze his way through opposition, and his destructive lifestyle sapped his energy.

He was spent. Stop embarrassing yourselves calling him prime, and actually take up boxing. You will learn how much conditioning, lifestyle, mindset and going through wars does to a man. One does not walk through Kostya's bombs and remains unaffected.

 

Indeed. I once actually had a conversation with a staunch Hatton fan, who gave me their opinion that his man's peak had probably occurred around 2003/2004; sloping downwards from Vilches onwards...

I'm not saying I either agree or disagree with the summation but it was interesting to hear that from a hardcore Hatton fanatic - perhaps placing Hatton's victory over Tszyu in a slightly different light.

 

Lets not forget that Tszyu was basically blindsided by the new (to him) weight -in rules and a ref that pretty much let Hatton get away with anything. Plus fighting in Hattons backyard. These things add up quick.

 

So while Floyd was in the ring Pacquiao and DLH were retweeting and posting mock videos?

Seems kinda sad when you think about it.

 

Boy ar people jealous.
Floyd won every round.

 

His peak, I think, was against KT.

But a fighter with his style usually flames out pretty quickly. That said, he was still good enough to defeat some fighters who might have been flawed or faded, but still worthy in their own right. That doesn't happen if a boxer becomes completely incapable.

I think he was still a very good fighter through to his first retirement, albeit one who was sliding ever since he moved to WW.