Oscar's biggest Foul Ups, career wise.

Remove number seven and we're okay.

 

anyone who scored the oscar-tito fight 6-5-1 tito deserves to be locked in a asylum with a straight jacket wrapped around them!


Felix Trinidad won rounds 4, 10, 11, 12. THATS ALL. oscar took rounds 1-3, and 5-9. it was a clear 8 rounds to 4 116-112 type decision for oscar.

 

Chavez was not ranked in the top 10 p4p when he fought De La Hoya.

Actually, The Ring Magazine had Tszyu higher than Chavez at the time.

 

Winky Wright alright has enough ducking on his resume so please don't even mention him.

 

I wonder if DLH offered a fight to Winky right now, if Winky would price himself out. Winky's so delusional about his worth, he'd probably demand 50-50.

 

Wait.... didn't Leia strangle that fat ****er to death? :think

 

Personally, I think Oscar's three biggest foul-ups if you want to call them that are the non-rematches with Pernell Whitaker, Ike Quartey and Felix Sturm. He won't get my vote for the boxing HOF based on his performances against those fighters. Furthermore, Delahoya escaped with controversial decisions only to sweep them under his own personal rug IMO. There's no denying the fact that it came back to bite him square in the butt when some say he was robbed against Felix Trinidad.

I find it amusing yet confusing that he fiercely seeked out a rematch with Chavez, who he beat clearly the first time yet he wasn't satisfied with his performance so he gets a rematch? How come he didn't display the same fire and passion for rematches against the other three fighters?

I don't want to see Delahoya vs Pacquiao or a rematch vs Mayweather or any matches against Cotto or Margarito. Unless people really want to see Oscar get his butt whupped into retirement, fine by me.

It probably won't happen but I'd like to see Delahoya vs Trinidad one more time. A fight between these two almost has the same historical significance as Leonard vs Hearns II. Both fighters past their primes, but more than capable of delivering a memorable fight.

 

I doubt it. I think Winky just wants to embarass Oscar with a shutout at this point. Say what you want but Wright was probably the only opponent Oscar avoided in his career. He's also been the victim of very poor decisions against Vargas and Taylor so in terms of deserving a fight he should be right at the top. If Oscar wants to secure his legacy this is the fight win or lose.

 

I have this argument 2 rounds to 1...Jack Presscot

 

Honestly think Oscar's biggest mistake, was not stopping Tito in the first 5 rounds of their fight, or atleast scoring a KD or two to give him the win.

He was landing at will, clearly superior, defensively on point. He could have stayed in the pocket, ripped Tito with left hands, and taken nothing in return. I would bet my house that a single tactical adjustment would have turned that fight into an Oscar win. Emmanuel Steward, Jerry Roth, and Tito Sr. all agree with me, watch the Legendary Nights documentary, and a Puerto Rican documentary I have seen, where a variety of Trinidad faithful stated their worry that Oscar would blitz him before he woke up. Tito was off rhythm enough in the early rounds to be in serious, serious danger if an aggressive, angry Oscar had been cutting loose on him. Instead, he obsessed himself with "a boxing lesson." and he gave it. That fight was a bad decision, Oscar won. But it went to decision, and apparently, Tito had his moments, enough to get a narrow, controversial win. But a win is a win.

Oscar should slap himself not just for running in the last 3 rounds, but for not finishing Tito when he had the chance. He was off, getting tagged, and Oscar was stinging him with shots that werent full power shots. Those first 5 rounds were the time to let his full firepower go, and he didn't.

The second would be moving up to middleweight, where he got beaten clearly twice (I scored Sturm-DLH a draw when I first saw it. Every time I see it, the decision gets worse.)