What was Haglers quote? "It's hard to get up and train for a fight when you sleep in silk boxers?" Imagine how hard it is to fight when you sleep in silk boxers, sl\ilk comforter, silk pillows, silk blankets, fine ass babe, sick pad, billions of dollars, an entire highly successful boxing promotion company, a successful real estate company and all the lobster and stake you can eat. Oscar dared to be great, anyone who says otherwise is A. an idiot B. a ****** C. hater. Pick one.
It's easier to dare to be great when you have the backing of a major cable network's bottomless pockets. Anyone who thinks DLH dared to be great soleley out of his competetive spirit is: A. Oscar. B. Milli. C. His most ardent fanboys.
That is an excellent answer. The only addendum I have is to say that we should not discount De La Hoya's early career with victories over Chavez and Whitaker. Irregardless of whether or not they were considered past their primes when he fought them, Oscar basically ended their championship runs back-to-back. This decade long stretch of facing the elite fighters of the sport is what makes Oscar just that much greater than Tito - but if you took a poll in Puerto Rico - it wouldn't even be close.