De La Hoya an all time great?...or not

Absolutely !!!!!


No doubt!

 

He is an ATG.

 

He's an ATG top 85-75

 

No doubt hes one of the best in a very good era of fighters.

 

:shock: Yes..

 

Oscar definitely is, and I also give him props for fighting the best competition out of any fighter still in the game today. As more fighters are starting to follow his lead and not be so worried about getting an L on their record, you're now seeing bigger fights getting made now as opposed to a couple years ago.

 

Oscar is an All Time Great.

 

not

 

I say yes, he's an ATG.

However, the "6 division world champ" claim is farcical IMHO. At 160 DLH should have lost the Sturm fight, a fact which isn't even relevant because Hopkins was clearly the linear and Undisputed champion at the time and no one else had a legit claim to being a "world champ" in the division. The WBO championship he briefly held at 130 wasn't worth anything in the mid-1990s. You can't retroactively legitimize the WBO championship from years past because they've become the 4th major title in the past few years. Are we now supposed to accept Francesco Damiani, Ray Mercer, Tommy Morrison, Herbie Hide, and Michael Bentt as legit HW champs from the 1990s? Please. :-(

Other than my gripe about how many titles DLH is given credit for, he still has a great resume and is a great fighter even at this stage IMO.

 

without a doubt

 

u have almost the same credibily has prescott when it come to DLH my friend

 

Oscar is a great attraction but not a great fighter, he was a very good fighter.

 

Oscar was great, he had incredible talents and polished boxing skills. He may have lost several big fights, but one never had the sense that he was every outclassed. Merely beaten by other excellent fighters. Clearly an all time great if you consider top 50 all time fighters to be ATG candidates.

- Jason

 

DLH is an ATG but below fighters like Mosley, WInky, Trinidad, and Mayweather. Cotto will soon surpass him as well on ATG lists. :yep

 

DLH competed against the best of his generation, but comes short of me mentioning him with the true elites of the game.

A true elite senses a situation and takes it to another level to equal victory.
Thats what DLH lacked. He did'nt have that extra gear that true elites go to when need be.

A great fighter yes, but falls short of mentioning with the true elites of the game.