At this point in his career, DLH's power is overrated

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  1. jlrivera81

    jlrivera81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I know I may be in the minority on this one fellas, but I just dont think DLH is the same big puncher he once was. Outside of his left hook, he really doesnt have much in his punches. He throws great combinations, but they dont seem to have much pop behind them. They are more like weak flurries than powerful combos.

    A lot of people are giving Forbes a lot of credit here. Granted, he did go the distance with DLH. However, I saw DLh catch him with quite a few flush left hooks and he didnt blink. I refuse to believe that Forbes chin can withstand a younger DLH's left hook. This just makes me feel that DLH doesnt have that same pop he once had.

    Some people here believe that DLh is physically stronger and punches harder than Cotto. i would have to strongly disagree. Cotto is very heavy handed and each of his punches (not just his left hook) is very damaging.

    I do think DLH looked good tonight as far as his stamina is concerned. but outside of that, i was extremely disappointed that he could not finish a former junior lightweight/contender star. I almost 100% positive that Floyd would have greatly embarrased him, Cotto and maybe Margarito would have annihilated him.

    Again, maybe it's just me, but I just dont think DLH is far from the fighter he once was. His power has greatly deteriorated. both Floyd and Cotto would handle him. While he has a chin of steel, I think Cotto could stop him to the body.
     
    jlrivera81, May 3, 2008
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  2. BlueApollo

    BlueApollo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree with most of your points, but I'd write off the critique of Oscar's power to the resilience of Forbes' chin and the nature of this fight. This was a high level sparring session meant to test Oscar's stamina, and how well he could land against a slick boxer. A KO wasn't the ultimate goal tonight. It was to fight at a steady pace for 12 rounds and take the KO if it came naturally.

    I wasn't impressed at all by Oscar's work downstairs, which looked more and more toothless as the fight progressed. But his jab and left hook still looked dangerous as hell.
     
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  3. PolishPummler

    PolishPummler Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    You mean he didnt drop a guy that's never been dropped before?????

    You people are amazing sometimes.
     
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  4. jlrivera81

    jlrivera81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    we're not talking about a middleweight who hasnt been dropped before. We're talking about a former junior lightweight who was a best probably a B+ / A- fighter. Oscar is a certified ATG who should dispose of challenges like this easily. Oscar destroyed Vargas who is 10x the fighter Forbes ever was or ever could be.

    Perhaps oscar was just trying to get in some rounds to see how he would box against a slick fighter. But I still say that if his goal was indeed to KO this guy, like he wanted to, then he should be greatly disappointed b/c Forbes is a C class fighter.
     
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  5. PolishPummler

    PolishPummler Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Same ol' tired boring ass knit picking.

    :dead
     
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  6. VIP

    VIP Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Dude, Forbes has a good chin, plus a good defense as well.
     
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  7. AliFrazier71

    AliFrazier71 Member Full Member

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    Cotto would have destroyed Forbes. Nobody is knitpicking here, only speaking the truth. Any of the top WW wouldve stopped Forbes.
     
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  8. huki

    huki huk huk ^_^;; Full Member

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    DLH is overrated, period. The Mayweather fight is a joke and anybody that still thinks DLH is an elite fighter is nuts.

    It was annoying listening to the HBO team hyping DLH up tonight like he was putting on some kind of great comeback performance.
     
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  9. CJLightweight

    CJLightweight Lightweight Kingpin Full Member

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    i was more amaze with how big the crowd is tonight, man DLH could sell even with someone the likes of forbes.
     
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  10. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    DLH overrated?????

    This from the man with Povetkin as his avatar???:yikes :yikes :yikes :yikes :yikes
     
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  11. huki

    huki huk huk ^_^;; Full Member

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    What does Povetkin have to do with this? Am I calling him an ATG or something? I believe he will clean out this weak HW division and I like the guy. That's it.

    DLH's not extremely overrated like someone like Margarito is, but he's overrated by some fans and all of the boxing media. He clearly isn't an elite fighter anymore.
     
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  12. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    I was at the fight tonight as I got complimentary tickets from a cell phone company......
    ....I was curious and spoke to several people in my seating area which was just above the floor level......alot of the people I spoke too got complimentary tickets as well.

    Apparently the cheapest seats which were high up and sold for 25 bucks, sold out.
    .....but there were thousands of seats that were middle priced (above 60 bucks)given away as complimentary, by different companies, as GBP had come to the conclusion sometime within the past week or so that it was'nt going to sell out....

    In any regards, GBP wanted the arena filled to capacity and gave away thousands of tickets, sign that DLH without a bonafide dance partner may be losing some of his appeal.

    I think there is a reason why DLH did'nt make this a PPV card, he would have been embarrassed by the results!
     
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  13. 1lehudson

    1lehudson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    doubtful
     
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  14. angelos

    angelos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No. Power is the last thing to go in a boxer. I just knew before that its hard for anybody to ko Forbes.
     
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  15. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    I say De La Hoya's Punching Power is still pretty good considering he made his pro debut @ Junior lightweight (Where he was a beast)
    and is still fighting and very relevent and fighting at 150 and as high as Middleweight.

    Oscar's run is a moden day H. Armstrong
     
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