Oscar De La Hoya vs. John Mugabi at 154

de la Hoya by stoppage in the middle rounds. When the going got tough, Mugabi found a way to get out of there.

 

I see it the other way. Peak Mugabi too strong at light middle for Oscar. Middle rounds stoppage.

 

I'd take DeLaHoya, the much classier, more skilled, and more well-rounded fighter to outbox Mugabi.

Mugabi was a limited and overrated fighter who never proved he could beat anyone approaching A level quality, and is one of those fighters who seems to be judged on some fanciful and non-existent image of him rather than what he actually was in the ring.

 

This is a really neat matchup! I think Mugabi would be able to make this a brawl, at least for a couple rounds and if Oscar wins, it'll be because of his mobility and ring guile.

 

I respect most of the above comments and do agree thar Oscar was the more skillful boxer but it took Marvin Hagler to show up Mugabi's limitations when he was at his peak and still had that winning mentality. I don't think Light middle Oscar could of taken advantage of that Mugabi.

 

A good body shot from Mugabi and Oscar goes down.

 

Agree.Not a Mugabi fan really, but even less of an Oscar one above 147.

Oscar gets hit too much to win this imo, and doesn't have near the power of someone like Hagler to wear down a peak Mugabi.

 

Oscar would definitely get the worst of this. Mugabi is a much stronger man. The Golden Boy hangs tough, but the Beast's much harder blows will put him out late.

 

DLH is too skilled and savvy for the wild-ass Mugabi.......... Mugabi owns a big edge in power, but he is a loser in every other dept........ As long as DLH doesn't get nailed by anything crazy from Mugabi, DLH schools this guy from Uganda........ DLH W12 Mugabi.........

MR.BILL:bbb

 

Because of that one time in his whole professional career against Top notch competition the most dominant middleweight champion since Hagler stopped him with a body shot? I say at middleweight Mugabi does murder ODLH, the same one from the Hagler fight anyway. But at light middleweight, I don't see it. ODLH may get planted on his butt or scuffed up a little bit but he wins it anyway. Probably by decision, not entirely out of the question for a knockout. Hagler took a lot out of the beast (and vice versa I think).

 

That, or Mugabi takes a punch near his eye and quits. :yep

 

Mugabi was a very good fighter but Hagler was the only great fight he ever had which he looked impressive at the top level and that was when Marvin was off a year after that war with Hearns. Marvin was contemplating retirement at that point and looked sluggish in that fight and not really sharp at all and rusty. He finally got the rust off by round 5 or 6, but by that time Mugabi had a little momentum. A sharp Marvin would have taken out Mugabi early. Delahoya was too sharp a fighter to lose to Mugabi.

 

After some early rocky moments Oscar even going down, he gets thru it and begins to outclass Mugabi by the mid rounds and finishes him late. Ki

 

But at 154, which the question asks about, Mugabi's form was very patchy. The Thomas and Norris defeats rather exposed him and took away a lot of the credit he picked up against Hagler.

de la Hoya was not fighter he once was when he got to 154lbs, but he was rather good, and a class and a bit above Mugabi and indeed anyone Mugabi fought at 154lbs IMO.