Yeah its hard to say. I thought DLH did look great in the PBF fight. His defense was very impressive, he blocked a ton of shots. So i was reasoning too that a younger DLH would win since an older one did so well. But now that I am thinking about it, I think DLH improved his defense alot for that fight and I am wondering if a younger DLH would have blocked as many shots since his defense normally isnt that good.
Prime DLH takes it. Pea was much harder to hit than Mayweather in his prime and DLH went pretty even with him. The way Floyd just stands and covers up at times would cost him against a younger, more energetic and less injury prone DLH. The SD he gained from the old DLH is indictative of just how ordinary Mayweather would have been as a jr.middle. Not anything to be ashamed of however as he did start out at a much lower weight class.
If DLH last year won a split decision against Floyd, imagine what he could do at his prime. I say that ODLH at his prime would have win a decision over Floyd.
I agree with ths, i have floyd at 130 and 35 to win, floyd but tight at 140, very tight at 147 but would edge towards de la hoya and definetly de la hoya at 154
Or you can say "what would Mayweather have done if he hadn't been at a division where he had no business being". Mayweather won the decision BTW, not DLH.
Oscar is way too big, hits too hard and is fast enough to get to Floyd. A good big man beating the **** out a (perhaps) better little man.
In my opinion, they could have fought when floyd was 15 and he still would have won... Well maybe not then, but I think Mayweather is just all wrong for Hoya. He's just on another level. I don't think Oscar is shot at ALL... It's funny how people try to discredit Mayweather by saying Oscar was shot, but you also hear people claim Oscar won the fight... Well if he was "shot", then how did he manage to "beat" the P4P king?
DLH takes it 7 years ago. The one from the Vargas fight was sharp and didn't fade-He'd win maybe 8-4 or late stoppage.
like dude said up top dlh on his best night beats pbf at 140-147-154 but i would say floyd by ko in the 10th at 130-135 floyd was a beast at small weight classes to bad he aint do tha same at 140-147
PBF always gives a guy like Oscar hell prime or not. In his prime he arguably lost to a faded Pea in which he was dropped, outlanded and clowned. He lost to Mosley who IMO isn't as good as PBF but had great speed and stamina that bothered Oscar. These things like speed and defense and stamina would still be there for Oscar. I'd pick PBF to beat Oscar 8/10 prime for prime he's simply the superior boxer and he proved it when the two met last year.:deal