Oscar De La Hoya never beat a top fighter - True or False

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  1. standing 8countboxing

    standing 8countboxing Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I was thinking about this from a different angle. A good thread title would be how many a class fighters have EVER fought each other in the same match (or something like that, sure that can be worded better).

    If it seems like I'm being unfair to DLH, I'm not, it's just one of those odd boxing things I think about randomly every year or so.

    Last post from me tonight. Hope to knock out a few youtube fights tomorrow, thanks for the cool conversation.
     
    standing 8countboxing, Jun 1, 2012
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  2. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    No one can say Oscar ducked anyone. He's one of those guys that can lose a fight but remain in high stature. By fighting the best, he became the most important man in boxing.
     
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  3. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    I said Elites. Vargas, Reid, Joppy etc are not elites. They were B and C class, no disrespect to them.
     
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  4. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Tito did beat Vargas, but it depends on how high you rank him. I just don't even bother with the Oscar fight. You either view it as Oscar winning or as Tito wearing Oscar down and taking the fight late.....:tired

    Night brother, I still consider Oscar the greater of the two regardless. :happy
     
    turbotime, Jun 1, 2012
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  5. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    They were a step up in comp. Also, he was fighting on HBO at that time. Not to mention these guys were bigger than him, and he brutalized all of them.
     
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  6. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Yeah it was a crazy time man....in 4 years he fought Whitaker, Chavez, Rivera, Quartey, Carr, Trinidad, Gatti, Mosley.

    That's pretty crazy, regardless of the outcome
     
    turbotime, Jun 1, 2012
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  7. Boxing Fanatic

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    oscar got robbed a couple of times
     
    Boxing Fanatic, Jun 1, 2012
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  8. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    A step up isn't saying much when you're fighting Thiam, Stevens and Pineda.......



    Yeah I'm hating :hat
     
    turbotime, Jun 1, 2012
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  9. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    lol

    But there was a period of time that he was always on PPV and he was destroying these bigger guys. Obviously, B-Hop put an end to that.
     
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  10. bronx

    bronx Boxing Junkie banned

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    he robbed sweet pea and sturm
     
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  11. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Reid was nothing really special though, he looked terrible against Bouadni and Mullings for god sakes. Vargas was a good win though, so was Joppy.

    But again, B level guys. around the same as Oscar beating Leija and Ruelas.
     
    turbotime, Jun 1, 2012
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  12. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    Tito robbed Oscar.
     
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  13. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    Reid had a lot of talent. He just fought dumb at times. Tito just absolutley ruined him.
     
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  14. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    he had a lot of talent but there is damned good reason he was cashed out ASAP after Mullings and Boudani fights
     
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  15. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    A bad decision is a bad decision and I think Sturm/Oscar was every bit as bad as Oscar/Trinidad
     
    turbotime, Jun 2, 2012
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