De La Hoya vs Duran@135

Hernandez. And not just by De La Hoya's own standards when it comes to head movement. Any fighter who moved from the torso, adjusted the height, bobbed and weaved, and moved his head for 70% of any fight the way De La Hoya did that night would have their work termed anything but "Ive never seen fluid head movement from him".

 

Oscar never faced anyone like Roberto Duran in his heyday. I think he would give a good account of himself, however Duran would prove to be too skilled again. Roberto by UD.

I can definitely see Duran hating Oscar with a passion as he did Ray. He would use the same trash talking tactics to get Oscar to come to him. And he would.

 

the oscar of the tito fight would of given duran more than he could handle. he boxed beautifully that night. duran kills the dlh of the quartey fight. he was really off that night

 

If Oscar tired like he did in the Tito fight, especially if it's 15 rounds, then he gets stopped by the Duran of Montreal. Apart from that, as beautifully as DLH boxed in that fight, It wasn't as impressive as Duran's performance against SRL, that was arguably the best Duran ever looked.

 

at lightweight duran would beat DLH and maybe at middleweight maybe we dont really know how good de la hoya was at middle and duran was quite good

 

at welterweight the duran against leonard wouldve beaten anyone in the world i think he could hat oscar like he hated leonard

 

:rofl Based on comparing Duran(who beat up Leonard in their first fight) to Trinidad? Total absurdity. Oscar was not even in a peak Duran's league.

 

wait? the trinidad fight was close? oscar won 8 of the first 9 rounds......you consider that a close fight? 116-112 buddy.

 

oscars biggest problem was his stiffness as he moved up in weight, but on the flipside he made up for that with oustanding pure boxing skill, he had boxing brain of a wizard at times. Take note thats why oscar has never suffered a one sided defeat in his whole career. he knows how to somewhat adapt to all styles. at lightweight, I thought he wasnt so stiff, alot more bouncy alot more fluid in his upperbody then u see in higherweights. his footwork has always been very good.


oscar at 135lb was phenominal, his two fisted power was at its peak at these weights.... he would be tough for many lightweights in history to beat. i think oscar was the better lightweight than shane mosesly. oscar destroyed some pretty solid contenders at 135lb easily.

duran beats him though, but i see oscar surviving the distance. oscar had alot of heart, recup powers, and very good chin at lower weights. oscar would be competitive, but duran would eventually outclass him and maybe stop him late. duran by decision 10 rounds to 5.

 

This fight's not close at both weights.

Fuk, i havent logged in for a few days, come in and see people talking Oscar over Duran? Madness, i cant be bothered breaking this one down again, it comes up too often lately

 

Sorry for coming across as ignorant there. Wasnt very nice from me. Just that i got through a thread i made about DeLaHoya against the very best of all time not too long ago, and the thread actually went on for a while. Just didnt expect to be debating a similar topic too soon afterwards.

Cant tell who's in your avatar, who's that?

 

His style was stiff at times, at others times not, regardless of which weight division he was fighting. IMO he showed some nice defensive moves against Gatti. Apart from getting hit with 3 or 4 solid punches from Gatti his defense was superb. Certainly when it comes to slipping punches, bending the knees, and moving from the waist up. This was the first fight in which he done the shoulder roll, which was seldom done again. But the left shoulder up and the right glove up near his chin, all that aside, he was moving his head and bending from the waist as good as he did since the Hernandez and Chavez I fights.

Part of his problem in his fights against Trinidad and Mosley II was that he relied on movement and a high guard to pick off their punches. He was straight up and down like a telegraph pole. I'm not critizing him too much on the Trinidad performance as he made him miss often, but his defense wasn't varied enough. When Hopkins fought Trinidad he was elusive when trading punches, mainly against the ropes when he got in tight and let punches go in bunches. He was slipping and ducking. If De La Hoya was to have mixed it more with Trinidad those defensive moves he would have needed, no question.

 

Is it the obvious??!!