If De La Hoya won all his fights, is he the GOAT?

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  1. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    whitaker and quartey were losses to most. Chicanito was A class at 130, thats why they turned it down and decided to bring him up. Coulda had the trinidad dec but gassed and decided to run the last 4 or he prob woulda got stopped. I thought shane won both fights. second was close. Had it 115-113.
    Old chavez, camacho, and a vargas that got brutalized by chito wraps. I dont think those were A rate fighters at the time dlh fought them but ok.
     
  2. MURK20

    MURK20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I can't do it with some of these guys.
     
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  3. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    He gave us very good fights. He fougth a really big number of top fighters, tbh.

    I hated him so much while he was active. Now, I hate him no more and I enjoy watching his fights.

    Winning is not everything. God damn mayweather's zero, worst thing that could ever happen to boxing.

    Winning is not enough when we talk about being the goat. It's necessary something else too.
     
  4. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That type of BS knit-picking can be applied to any boxer and if you're honest and applied the same standards to all of his contemporaries DLH would still come on top or very near the top.

    But I don't think your an honest guy and this thread proves it. You claim he didn't beat any A fighters and then come up with BS excuses as to why the A-fighters DLH beat were not A fighters.
     
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  5. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Was ali an A rate fighter when holmes beat him?
     
  6. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Yes. That Hopkins win would have been ridiculous.
     
  7. scandcb

    scandcb Active Member Full Member

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    What?
     
  8. Bumnard_Hopkins

    Bumnard_Hopkins Burger King banned Full Member

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    Robinson would not fare well against modern welterweights.
     
  9. The Real Lance

    The Real Lance Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What are you basing this on? First he could not hang w/ today's MW, now not even today's WWs???