ODLH Vs Julio Cesar Chavez of 1990

No.

 

Co-sign: NO.

 

I want to say yes in that JCC always had trouble with fast hands and movers, who either had stellar defense or could crack hard enough to hurt him and keep him honest.

Oscar had it all, and with the game plan that Rivera came up, it woould be next to impossible to stop that version of Oscar.

Not to mention Oscar had the jab from hell in his prime and a very good chin.

 

Its quite simple.... prime Chavez was better than Oscar.

 

Overall, yes. Head to head at anything above 135? No.

 

As much as it pains me to say this I think De la Hoya wins. Chavez had slowed a bit for me at 140 and i cant see him knocking Oscar out even though he could hurt him with bodyshots. I think De la Hoya's speed and size would be to much for Chavez to overcome at this weight. At 135 its a different story.

 

If five pounds make that much of a difference for a lightweight who beat Edwin Rosario to a pulp, then Chavez is a worthless fighter and Rosario was a bum.

Give me a break. Chavez was 34 years old when he faced de la Hoya. That's old for a lightweight, especially one whose art was trench warfare. De la Hoya moving up from lightweight to take on a prime 1990 Chavez gets his ass whipped.

De la Hoya is one of the most overrated boxers in the history of the sport. Two fights later he loses to Whitaker but is given the win and in that effort did we see anything that indicated he could have beaten the Chavez of 1993? Not from where I was sitting.

Chavez was an all-time great. De la Hoya was a good boxer.

 

Chavez is one of the best fighters ever at 140, ever offensively, and just ever in general.

Oscar has a considerable height and reach advantage over Chavez. De la Hoya also has one of the best jabs I've ever seen. De la Hoya could run all fight at 147 and below, and was known as the fighter that closed the show pre Trinidad.

I don't really consider Oscar an all time great anything other than earner. Still, he is all wrong for Chavez. Chavez would have to hope that Oscar would fight him the way he did in their rematch to have a chance. Chavez could outfight Oscar in close. I just don't see Oscar having any desire to fight him that way looking at his approach to their first encounter.

Oscar W12, with Chavez coming on strong in the 2nd half to make it real close.

 

I agree

 

I like Chavez better, but I don't see this as a favorable match-up for him. I don't think Oscar scores a KO against a prime Chavez, and don't see a stoppage outside of cuts. But IMO Oscar would score a clear victory. His height, reach, movement, and jab would keep Chavez from getting in and off like he would need to.

 

Yep, Chavez style IMO just isn't the right one needed to beat Hoya and most likely loses at any point in his career. A fight @ 130 would be a interesting match-up though.

Chavez was clearly one of the best at that weight and Hoya was somewhat green and hook happy at the weight. This is the only scenario I might see Chavez prevailing.