What is De la hoya's best victory

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  1. The Phenom

    The Phenom Pretty Handsome Full Member

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  2. El Cepillo

    El Cepillo Baddest Man on the Planet Full Member

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    Don't mean to be a ****, but I think its actually Mayorga.

    Given that Oscar was a past-prime, semi-retired fighter at that stage, Mayorga was a belt holder, the best in the division? Certainly a live opponent, and DLH did a job on on him.

    Ok, Chavez is a legend and everything, but that was won on an injury. Quartey and Whitaker were not great performances. Vargas, yeah ok, arguabley his best, although DLH was at his peak and Vargas had lost his 'o' by that time.

    Funny thing is, if Oscar had got the deserved 'w' against Mosley in their 2nd fight, I'd have said that was his best victory, although as things stand for me its Mayorga.
     
  3. Drexl

    Drexl Your Hero Full Member

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    Trinidad & Mosley II.








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  4. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I agree that it would be Trinidad. I'm going off how i saw the fights and i thought Quartey beat him, i thought the Whittaker fight was a draw but would have went Pea's way if it wasn't for a somewhat dodgy point deduction (but hey, you got to comply with the ref), Hernandez and Ruelas are good wins and performances, but i voted for Vargas. I just factored in that imo, his best weight was welter, so he's moved up and put in a great performance against a good fighter of the era.

    But yeah, should be Triniidad really.
     
  5. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Has to be Fernando Vargas.
     
  6. dugiboy

    dugiboy Member Full Member

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    mayorga and mosley II
     
  7. CRUSHINGBLOW

    CRUSHINGBLOW Member Full Member

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    I'm going with Vargas too. That fight was mad entertaining!
     
  8. FIN

    FIN Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Vargas or Quartey..
     
  9. thewinfella

    thewinfella The Golden Boy Full Member

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    Felix Trinidad

    Shane Mosley 2

    Fernando Vargas

    Ricardo Mayorga

    Ike Quartey

    In that order !!!!
     
  10. v2k987

    v2k987 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    trinidad and mosley II
     
  11. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    i was all set to vote vargas but i'm glad people are acknowledging his brilliant performance against trinidad. not the most exciting but he outboxed the **** out of a top 10 pound for pounder at his absolute peak. vargas for me comes second becomes he gets flack, or at least got flack, for beaten on smaller opponents early in his career and there he was destroying someone who was significantly larger and stronger
     
  12. P.4.P.G.O.A.T.

    P.4.P.G.O.A.T. Q Boro Killa Bee Full Member

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    Best victory is Vargas. Best performance is the first 8 rounds of Trinidad. The funny thing about De La Hoya is that he lost most of his fights against truly great fighters.
     
  13. irish warrior

    irish warrior Member Full Member

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    Agree ,he got robbed of his best ones
     
  14. juanitoboxing

    juanitoboxing Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The Vargas fight was awesome. Thats the first fight I went to in Vegas. The atmosphere was electric (during Mexican Independence Weekend) with all the cholos going for Vargas and all the teenage girls and golf players going for DLH. Good card with Pavlik and Cotto in the undercard. Great fight by both of them.
     
  15. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Vargas it was a great fight it was a real rivalry and they were both in their primes.