Oscar De La Hoya Officially Retires: Showing Live On ESPN News.

Ali-Leonard-Tyson-Hoya the next one has yet to emerge
Boxing is not dying it just lacks charisma

 

You think you're gonna cry? What's Jack Prescott going to do? He will be suicidal now his hero has retired.

 

win or lose the guy gave us many fights we wanted to see and for that i raise my glass in his honor. well done champ

 

Thank you Oscar for all the memories in the ring !!:good


Now

Tito

Roy

Evander follow suit !

 

I'm gutted being a massive Oscar fan - but he has earned his retirement and I hope he enjoys it.

 

I hope you're kidding. Oscar carried the entire sport on his freakin shoulders for almost 10 years!!!!:twisted:

He could have done like Chavez and gone after bums and win and lose some, but this dude wanted to go out in a blaze of glory by continously fighting the best and making them household names in the process.

Without Oscar many fighters would be FORCED to fight more than they'd have too, but Oscar made them rich INCLUDING Yori Boy Campas.

 

he had a lot of balls to go up to middle and take on hopkins, even he must have known that wasn't going to end well for him.
I hope he enjoys the retirement, he will by all accounts still have a bigger hand in the game than most ex boxers.

 

Not one of my favorites but you can't knock a guy who was willing to take on all comers. Oscar was a modern day warrior :good

 

You idiot, you missed a great game!

 

Not a big surprise.

After he quit in the Pac fight and went and hugged him, Freddie Roach said something like, "you're a good fighter" (didn't hear exactly what) and Oscar replied something like "I don't have it anymore".

Great fighter, great talent, fought top guys.

 

:dead:dead:dead:dead


yoryboy campas only got like 30 grand

 

nod for Oscar!

 

:verysad

 

Eagerly awaiting Jack Prescott's post.:yep