DLH > PBF legacy wise

True.

Hoya can be attacked for various things, but one thing I like about him is that he takes on all threats.

 

DLH fought the better opposition, certainly.

But with the exception of Hopkins, whom DLH fought at a catch weight, you can use the "calculated" argument for DLH too.

Hernandez moving up in weight, Gonzalez being better at 135 and getting a gift in his last high-ish profile fight against Murphy, Quartey being out for almost a year and a half, Mosley's experience @ 147 compared to DLH at the time, Mosley's poor showings before DLH rematched him, Trinidad having well-publicized weight problems and already had moved up to 154, Vargas looking lousy in his post-Tito fights, Whitaker's showings in his last 3 fights before fighting DLH, etc...

Very few guys are totally reckless in their opposition level. That's what management is for.

 

I might be wrong but I'm sure he fought BHOP at MW for all the belts.

Yeah I was

 

It was for all the belts, at a catch weight of 158 lbs.

Hopkins somehow got down to 156 lbs.

I was amazed that a 39 year old man with a frame like Hopkins could get down to 156 lbs.

Some dedicated athlete Hopkins is.

 

Yeah just checked catch weight of 157 on wikipedia or 158 or whatever it was

 

Let's not forget he entered the welterweight division to fight the P4P#1 champ, Pernell Whitaker, the toughest opponent he could pick to enter the division.

 

DLH had a much better legacy. No need to even explain.

 

Here we go again with this bull****.:-( Oscarsexuals will do what ever they can to try and prop up their hero. The truth is although Oscar fought better names he still came up short period. It doesn't matter he's not great when facing elites and is 1-5 against them and will be remembered in history accordindly. Not to mention he had some gifts along the way with Pea, Ike and Sturm. He's a great fighter who was made even greater for his ability to draw fans but that has no bearing on his legacy as an ATG and it must be kept seperate. Further to say he has a greater legacy than PBF is foolish he's not a better boxer than he is, he hasn't had a better career and he has a losing record against him. Oscar is a top 75 ATG but PBF is a top 30 ATG not even close.:deal

 

What about Floyd's gifts along the way..the first Castillo fight and up until the brawl in the Judah fight he was getting his ass kicked. I'm aware of the fact that he avenged that almost defeat from Castillo; but he still should have lost that first fight.
The fact is that Floyd retired because he was scared to eventually lose and it was gonna happen soon. And i'm sure all the Floyd fans would have been so very sad like they're idol if it would have been DLH who beat him.
DLH fought better people and he will go down as a better fighter when its all said and done.

 

The Mosley rematch was close and could have gone either way i'll give you that.
Oscar chose to run for the hills like a scaled dog against tito the final 4 rounds he has no one to blame but himself for that. Not to mention the last time I checked a championship boxing match was 12 rounds not 8.
Pea was faded and still dropped and clowned Oscar. A prime Pea fustrates Oscar so bad he quits boxing.

 

Floyd was getting beaten by Judah before the brawl?

That's a new one.

 

Three rounds.
And Tito was chasing blindly and getting tagged for his efforts.