I didn't mean people were interested in this fight in particular, but the general audience is interested in general boxing but are not willing to pay for it. That is the biggest hurdle boxing has to climb if it wants to be relevant to a mainstream audience. Ok, the fight is meaningless in terms of relevance, but its happening anyways. It is two world class acts fighting each other and I'm interested in it for that reason. I think Cotto will do fine without Floyd, no big deal. I'd rather watch Cotto/Margarito.
I'm going through old threads. Looking back, Floyd was stupid for backing out of the rematch. Dude would have been skyrocketed in fame and fortune. DLH at 147 was prime pickings and his stock evidently was still high.
Floyd will not rematch ODLH but will retire, come back and fight an old lightweight, then congratulate himself on how great he is. Meanwhile, a former Flyweight champion will beat the **** out of Oscar and force him into retirement. Don't ask me how I know. I just know.
floyd wont stop DLH even if the fight is @147...maybe UD win for floyd but he wont dominate DLH as what pac did...
If the rematch had happend later that year I think De La Hoya would've won by close decision. His gameplan for the first fight was working up until about the 8th round or so when he started running out of gas. An immediate rematch would've kept Oscar active and his stamina would've been there for the rematch.