Oscar vs sweet hands plant at 168?

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  1. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Just a fun fight. Caleb is a decent boxer but he gasses madly down the stretch, just like a dude named Oscar de la Hoya does. Caleb was never the biggest puncher, but yet he probably has equal power to Oscar at 168, because Oscar is the smaller man and his punch could only carry up with him so far , ... To 168? This would be Oscars biggest weight class, he dropped a dud at middleweight vs ab atg named Bernard Hopkins BUT Hopkins power and stamina and Moxy was moreso much more than a Caleb plant. So plant has the size and strength advantage, yet Oscar has that lethal left hook, perhaps harder than the left hook of Canelo Alvarez. Canelo smashed Caleb with his smashing left hook to the face in round eleven, even after the two knockdowns Caleb was still game, on ***** street, yet game. Who wins this fisticuffs of Caleb sweet hands plant vs Oscar golden boy de la Hoya? The smaller man with a better left hook? Or the bigger less skillful man yet bigger and stronger in the clinch?
     
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  3. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bit of a strange fight to think of honestly ODLH never fought at Super Middleweight, and realistically he was 0-2 at Middleweight the Sturm decision was a farce which every boxing fan agrees on.

    ODLH was also flabby at 160 he certainly isn't going to improve with 8 extra pounds it's a no brainer Plant wins a decision.

    You also said ODLH gasses down the stretch but that's not entirely true he stopped Vargas in 11th round, and had big moments against Quartey, Molina, in the 12th round of their fights.
     
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