Oscar De La Hoya Vs Kostya Tszyu poll

Oscar would have been too much for Tszyu.

 

Oscar

 

Oscar's just the better fighter here. Takes a UD and might batter him late

 

I think the golden boy wins a decision.

 

Oscar UD.

 

Big fan of Tszyu but he was stopped by Vince Phillips and quit against Hatton, Oscar would do similar.

 

Oscar getting overrated here. I dont think he showed much at this weight. I'm a bit suspicious of DelaHoya the lighter divisions. The one fight I recall Miguel Angel Gonzalez, one of the slower fighters around had Oscar retreating in the 2nd half of the fight. He looked like ****.
KT waa proven at 140. An outstanding champion. He had a unique style, excellent timing,, crushing power. KT could go 12 rounds , fighting hard every round..The loss to Hatton should not weigh in here. KT was 35 amd they weren't boxing anyway.
Like a!ot of DelaHoya fights I think he starts well, KT finds the range and presses the action against a guy now that wants to go the distance. It would be close, Kostya would deserve it. Jim Lamply disagrees.

 

I got KT

 

Good man.

 

Much appreciated

 

I dont see the argument for Oscar not being as proven at 140. Oscar was more proven overall.

Tszyu's resume leaves a lot to be desired. He never fought a fighter close to DLH's level, much less beat one on DLH's level.

 

DelaHoya wasn't on a different level than Tszyu. He was a bigger star and he went division hopping as opposed to KT defending his belt in one division. Not as if Oscar didn't lose more than a few himself.
At the lighter weights it was good business and marketing by DelaHoya's team with the power of HBO. From 130 to 40. He didn't face the best of those divisions. They moved him up pretty quickly.
In
DLH would have to get an early stoppage when he was fresh. He would have wilted. I look at Michael Moorer during his 175 run the same way.. He was blowing guys out but was never tested at the weight..

 

Again, who did Tszyu beat? Who did Tszyu test himself against?

He thrice feasted on Oscar's leftovers (Ruelas, Gonzalez, Leija) and against two of those opponents, Tszyu was less impressive against them. Edit: Four times. Forgot he also feasted on Chavez after DLH was through with him.

Youre very much overrating Tszyu.

The cold truth about Kostya that none of his fanboys wanna hear is that he wasn't as good as a DLH, Trinidad, Mosley.

Those guys didn't get smoked in their primes by a recovering crackhead, and oh BTW, Tszyu was never interested in a Philips rematch.

Tszyu coming on late to take over against Oscar would mean Tszyu showing the bottle to grind Oscar down amid punishment, and results indicate that Tszyu didn't have the chin nor the heart to do that.

 

Oscar had a bit of height and reach on Kostya and I think he'd look to stay on the outside and limit exchanges.
Imo, De La Hoya wins by close decision in more of a technical-type bout.