Does Oscar De La Hoya now have a thing for lose/lose scenarios?

Oscar can still make a fight with titlest like Mora. He doesn't have to fight someone like Chavez Jr. I don't know what's going on in GB headqaurters. We should ask Prescott to write another play and tell us about it.

 

Mora's no Titlest - he's garbage.

Oscar should call it a day and promote. I understand wanting to go out with a win and believes that he'll do better around 154lbs - but what's the reason. We all know it's not money - so he needs to let that fire within him go out. Hate seeing good figher still around too long.

 

uhhhh yeah, I'm pretty sure it is. Otherwise, his last fight would have been a Cotto or Margarito to maintain legitimacy, not a Manny Pacquaio.

 

DLH IS GARBAGE!!! he was never good....

 

Never was a fan of DLH, but he did have some great years. IMO it's time to hang em up. There are no more worth while fights for the golden boy.

 

What the **** are you on?

 

I don't see how you can call a $30 millon payday a losing scenario. He is making business decisions at this point. Trying to make as much money as possible.

 

It's a combination of factors. He has a great resume, a literal "Who's Who" of boxing, but I know de la Hoya better than Joel does, and even I am mystified at some of his horrid matchmaking through the years. Lets take a look.

1. Up to 1996, his matchmaking was fine.

2. In 1996, he made the mistake of a Career by electing to fight the Patron Saint of Mexico, instead of the legitimate Champion at jr. Welters, Kostya. I feel that the 1996 DLH would have beaten Tszyu.

3. In 1997, he elected to fight Hector Camacho Sr, who Chavez had already exposed and who like Chavez, primed out in the 80's. He also fought Charpentier that year. Dumb.

4. In 1998, he again pissed in the face of Mexico by further beating an even older Chavez at an unnatural weight class. No Class de la Hoya, is what I call his ass.

5. 99 were good choices, except when he got outboxed by Trinidad, he should have DEMANDED Revenge in a fast, megabucks rematch, that could have easily happened 7 months later, on Cinco de Mayo. He instead chose the dangerous Shane Mosley and got his ass kicked twice.

Castijello was a bad choice for a Paper WBC Title, as was Darrel "Who?" Coley, and Oba Carr, earlier. Yori Boy was a further insult to the intelligence of Boxing Fans.

6. Great choices in opponents were Vargas, and especially Mayorga, custom made for Oscar and with World Titles to boot. And Trinidad damaged as well!!!

7. Bernard Hopkins was a Brainfart, on the part of Oscar and his entire team and Family. Although I'll give him some credit, by the end of the 4th, I was getting REAL nervous that if he lasted 12, and Borenard didnt start picking up the pace, that the Nightmarish Scenario of Oscar as Undisputed Champ was going to happen, via bad decision.

8. Baby Floyd was a great choice, but not demanding an INSTANT rematch in September of that year was beyond cowardly and idiotic.

9. Forbes was a dumb choice, and Manny Pac? The dumbest career move in DLH's history.

10. JC Superstar Jr. at this point is a Brilliant Move that will guarantee AT LEAST 1 million PPV buys at 54.95, with a **** undercard!:hi:

 

I agree, the decision against Mayweather could have gone either way and I think for a brief moment Oscar looked great when everyone thought he'd get demolished. I know he took rematches with Chavez (though that didn't take much courage at JCC's age) and Mosley (though Oscar probably thought he'd do better at 154 than he did at 147) but I think not demanding immediate rematches against Felix and Floyd keeps him from being a great champion. A great champion always gets his rematch (i.e. Lewis against McCall and Rahman). Point in case, JCC was seen in decline after not going after a rematch with Whittaker (although he did against Randall)

 

Lets make it clear here that DLH was somewhat competitive vs Mayweather because the fight was at 154 lbs and Mayweather is far from being a 154 lbs fighter........I dont believe at the time Mayweather even walked around as a Welter.......he had to strenghth train to get there.

Had the Mayweather-DLH fight been at 147 lbs, I have no doubt it would have turned out even more embarrasing for DLH than the Pac fight.

 

Seriously, you should be banned for the stupidity of this post alone.

 

Surel DLH doesn't need the money, he's gotta be pretty effing rich already.

 

Choosing to fight Pacquiao was dumb, choosing to come into the ring at 147 was unforgivably ******ed.