Prime De La Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather @140?

A prime DLH works him over with a jab, DLH is too big, too long, too strong, too accurate for Mayweather.

 

Any version of Floyd Mayweather beats Oscar De La Hoya! Imagine the Floyd who beat Arturo Gatti at 140 pounds against Oscar at 140. I see a spectacular knockout by Floyd.

 

No he won’t. Floyd would take away his jab and beat the living daylights out of Oscar.

 

Please give an actual argument. A prime Floyd was very nearly beat by a very old De La Hoya. How does he turn a close decision to KO?

 

Oscar takes Floyd to an Split decision, 11 months later he gets absolutely annihilated by Pac. Apparently he’s shot as hell.

I guess the logic is he went from prime to shot as hell in 11 months, unless a shot as hell Oscar can take Floyd to an SD but a prime one can’t steal another round and outpoint him.

Oscar is one of the few taller guys that floyd fought that can actually fight tall. That is why Floyd had such trouble with a way past it Oscar.

 

First of all I am not sure that was a peak Floyd because they fought at 154 pounds a weight that never suited Floyd because he was not even really a welterweight, they fought with bigger 10 ounce gloves etc. Honestly the fight was not close it was a a clear 116-112 victory to Floyd at the very least. Now when Floyd fought at 140 he was not pot shotting but throwing hurtful accurate combinations With 8 ounce gloves. He was a master blaster So he would have been hitting De La Hoya more, was even more athletic and at that stage he was stopping more of his opponents because his body had not broken down. Would have looked a bit like Pacquiao vs De La Hoya that type of beatdown.

 

Done please see my post.

 

Past his best Oscar gave Floyd all he could handle. Prime for prime he does a job on him.

Two things Floyd could not handle, a jab and pressure. Oscar would pressure behind the jab better than he did as an old man.

Floyd never ever beat anyone as good as a prime Oscar De La Hoya. He barely beat a past prime version.

I take Oscar to pound out a decision.

 

Lol no, just because Pac can do it doesn’t mean Floyd can. Case in point look at how Pac demolished Hatton vs Floyd getting a rough one with Hatton for 10 rounds. Or look at how Floyd went the 12 with Cotto whilst Pac stopped him. Or the Oscar fight just 11 months later. Or even the Mosley fight where Pac was able to knock Mosley down and had him running all night whereas Floyd was the one hurt vs Mosley.

Different styles, Pac is a smaller target who befuddled Oscar with fast feet and lateral movement. Floyds shoulder roll and outboxing style is less effective against the taller opponent.

And 10oz gloves was for floyds benefit. And the fight was close. According to Floyd fans, if Floyd land an extra jab in the round it was a dominant round for him. He can only lose a round where he is visibly hurt e.g Pac or Mosley stunning him.

 

Mayweather is too tricky for DLH. Too fast at 140. Of hand and feet. In their 154 contest, DLH was scoring early with his jab. Mayweather being the clever fighter that he is, took away Oscar's jab completely and turned the fight around. Oscar wasn't a pressure fighter, he was a proud boxer who would have gotten outclassed trying to out think someone like a 140lb Mayweather. Blocked, parried, slipped and counter all night.

UD Floyd Mayweather.

 

You are clearly blind obviously. You really think Oscar at 140 pounds has a chance with Floyd at 140 pounds where Floyd was close to his best the performance when he assasinated Arturo Gatti.

 

But mayweather couldn't do that in a real fight against an old faded version of De La Hoya, how will he do it against a prime version?

Watch De La Hoya at 140,much more impressive than Floyd was.

Oscar pressures behind the jab with the follow up hooks. He can also work the body.

Floyd is not going to beat him prime for prime.