If he fights Hatton next that would put his last four at... Hatton RING 140 champ DLH WBC 154 champ Baldomir RING 147 champ Judah IBF(bull**** belt yes) former undisputed 147 champ Guess he is just lining the bums up
I agree that Hatton didnt want to fight hime then . .. but at least he crossed the pond to set it up down the line.
DLH over Hatton, probably Not over Margarito. . . In his prime yes, but not at this point. He's a past prime, part time boxer. . . more interested in promoting it seems.
Margarito wouldn't beat De La Hoya. Margarito isn't a highly skilled boxer, but he's relentless and eventually wears down his opponents. Being that he's an almost 6 foot WW, he's bigger than most of his opponents and can over power them. Oscar is a bigger guy than Margarito and is much more skilled. Oscar has only been stopped once(by a bigger Hopkins). Margarito wouldn't KO Oscar and definately wouldn't decision him.
But even past his prime he would beat the majority of the fighters listed that people want to fight PBF
If you dont think that ODLH is an elite fighter then I say start a poll asking who wins a fight between Oscar/Cotto, Oscar/Shane, Oscar Margo, and I bet you that Oscar would lead every oneof those polls. Including that with Shane who has already beat him twice.
Mosley is older then Oscar, how in the fuk is he still in his prime??? This is what makes so many of you Floyd bashers look soooo bad. Stupid comments like that.
Yeah he avoided him by sending him a contract. A fight in which he turned down with Arum stating that he needed Tony to full a lame ass PPV card that had tony fighting a 10 loss fighter. It was only after Floyd and Oscar started talks that Arum came back with an offer, that I highly doubt was a real offer anyways. Question is were the fuk was Arum going to generate the 15 million for this fight??? Tony's ppv did 19,000 fuking buys only a third of the buys as what was once known as the poorest ppv card of all times with 42 year old Camacho and 50 year old Duran back in 2001. Margo has no fan base, no major network deal, no sponsers. Yet Arum whats us to believe that a fight with him could generate 15 million???
A fighters prime is dependant on more than just his age. Every fighter will have a different prime. Tyson was past his prime in his early 20's, and Morales is past his prime at 29. On the flip side, Winky is still in his prime at 35, and B-Hop was in his prime at age 40.
OMMM no. You prime is about the same for every person that has ever walked the planet. The difference is when you fight certain fighters. Hopkins isnt close to being as good as he was in his late 20's right now. The thing is most of you cats a) didnt know who he was b) didnt care about who he was. Hopkins was a awesome fighter from day one. Morales got his ass to high in weight and started fighting bigger stronger fighters. Winky was always good, its just that the likes of Oscar, Tito, and so wouldnt fight the guy. Its not that he is in his prime now, its just that he is finally getting his shots at the big fights.
"The period or phase of ideal or peak condition" Basic def. of prime. Being that everyone's body is different and every fighter starts fighting at different ages, and has different learning curves, suffer different injuries, and fight different styles, it's impossible to say that they are all in ideal condition at around the same age. Let's say one fighter starts fighting at age 22 and one starts fighting at age 15. It's safe to say both fighters will enter their respective primes at different ages. Let's also say that the younger fighter is a wreckless brawler and the older fighter is a defensive specialist. Being that the one fighter started fighting at a older age, and takes less punishment, there's a good possibility that he will still be in his prime at a later age
dude your physical prime doesnt change, like i said its about the same for every man that has walked the planet. There is a point in which you have reach the apex of your physical ability, and that age is from 27 to 32. After that your body begins to decline. As far as saying Hopkins is in his prime at 40 as opposed to 28 or so is reaching. Hopkins was the same fighter style wise then as he is now. The difference between now and then is NOW he is getting fights with big name fighters, and he dont throw as many punches. As far as fighters being shot at an early age...It has very little to do with physical ability, its a lack of want/desire. Yes you have a point about someone starting later then other so in theory the fighter that started first would reach his prime earlier...On the surface that sounds good. The only problem is at 23 or 24 your not in your physical prime.
Its always easiest to critisize the guy on top. look at RJJ when he was P4P, everyone thought his comp sucked while know a days we consider him one of the greatest, even Lewis is getting more credit as the years go by. ****, Liston didn't start getting credit until the guy died unexpectedly. You can always find something wrong with anyone; he should've fought that guy, i can't believe he didn't knock his out, he was way past his prime etc etc etc, its how you decide to think about it. Try focusing on the positives, its a lot easier to do.