de-la hoya gave floyd his toughest fight and no-1 came close since.

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  1. WhamBam

    WhamBam Keeping Cool Full Member

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    i'v never rated de la hoya as a fighter, (i thought ike quartey and whitaker beat him and i thought he was a ***** for running in the last 3 rounds against tito)
    but no one can deny the fact that he won 5 clear rounds against a prime floyd, i'm a floyd fan and i rewatched the fight and the conclusion that i come to is that since beating de-la hoya no fighter comes near to the skill level as even that 34 year old de-la hoya who was past his best at this stage of his career and was a part time fighter, floyd in 2007 was better then he was today floyd today doesn't have the same footwork or reflexes had 6 years ago.
    al-varez was a hypejob, cotto would have been a great win if floyd fought him in 2007/2008 at 147, marquez was too small, ortiz was never a p4p fighter. Hatton would have been a great win at 140 had they fought, collazo kind of showed hatton up a bit at 147. Theres no one in boxing right now who can give floyd that signature win. had he fought these people he would have solidified his status as an ATG.
    pacquiao-2009
    Cotto in 2007/2008 when he was undefeated
    antonio margerito 2007/2008
    paul williams 2008
    hatton at 140
    mosely at 147 2006
    kermit cintron when he was destroying everyone
    if i'm being over critical please tell me. after watching the de-la hoya fight i had to look back at floyds recent fights and it drew me to this conclusion. floyd has really decent wins but the fighters he holds these wins against were either fighting in the wrong weight classes, were hype jobs e.g. guerraro and alvarez or were never p4p.
     
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  2. Tekniqs

    Tekniqs Boxing Addict Full Member

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    don't you guys ever tire of this ****?
     
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  3. dranon

    dranon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Castillo was his toughest fight and oscar won 4 rounds max if you wanna be generous. Your not going to agree but I don't care.
     
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  4. Realm21

    Realm21 Realm 21 Full Member

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    Floyd came up to 154 for the first time in his first major big time fight. I still think Cotto gave him a much tougher fight.
     
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  5. Holy Grail

    Holy Grail Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal

    Agreed by a lot of people, only *****s will argue otherwise
     
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  6. dranon

    dranon Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Only *******s agree. You lot have become especially insecure ever since he got KOed for the third time. Attacking JMM and Mayweather is the only thing that seems to make you feel better.... Sad.
     
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  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Among a whole slew of HOF'ers on his resume, only Castillo twice, Oscar, and Zab Judah gave him a tough fight? And Jesus Chavez and Carlos Hernandez a little bit.

    This thread backfires as it shows Floyds' greatness.
     
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  8. FIN

    FIN Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Oscar won four rounds maybe but he was competitive through most of the fight,there was no round where he was totally outclassed
     
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  9. TinFoilHat

    TinFoilHat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Beating Cintron wouldn't have done anything for his status in the end. However having Williams/Undefeated Cotto/and pac from 09/10 would be pristine.
     
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  10. platnumpapi

    platnumpapi Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i had floyd wining 8rds to 4 against odh. i think castllio 1, agustas (burton), chavez, corely, judah, cotto and mosley in that order was his toughest fights for him.
     
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  11. The13thRound

    The13thRound Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Judah has looked the best imo
     
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  12. amunz81

    amunz81 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    cotto gave him a tougher fight.
     
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  13. prelude

    prelude Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    PAC gave Floyd his toughest fight...making Floyd go crazy. One day Floyd would say he wants to fight PAC and the next day he would say he never said that. One day he would say PAC is easy work and the next day his health would come first.
     
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  14. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    TBH, I do not think he had much trouble with Oscar at all people say 8-4 and I think that is you are giving the rounds that are close to Oscar. the only time I saw Floyd truly struggle in a fight was Castillo 1 and that was due to injury

    gotta love the fact that people who hate on him always try and find a new way to discredit him and it always back fires . . . just suck it up losers and witness greatness while it last
     
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  15. MrMagic

    MrMagic Loyal Member Full Member

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    Castillo gave Floyd far more trouble.

    I don't think DLH-Floyd was close, at all.. I thought Floyd beat him rather convincingly.
     
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