The funniest thing about everything is that people say Oscar lost most of his biggest fights, yet some of his average fights are considered big fights for most other fighters.
Legacy goes to who fought the most greats. Oscar fought them, he didn't beat them but he fought them. Floyd has not. Oscar wins this easily. More than what the poll numbers are saying.
If we re talking about legacy and legacy only. The answer is De La Hoya. This dose not mean that he is a better boxer or has a better resume. They are both outstanding boxers and have great resumes. De La Hoya stands above Mayweather in terms of legacy. He has had a greater impact on boxing in and out of the ring where Mayweather's impact has mainly been in the ring. When it comes to legacy there are very few boxers who top the Golden Boy. Ali, both Sugar Ray's and perhapps Duran have the international clout that De La Hoya has. There are boxers who have gained strong national fallowings such as Pacquiao, and Chavez. In terms of legacy De La Hoya is very hard to beat.
Floyd will go down as the greater boxer whether y'all want to believe it or not. I don't congratulate fighter for fighting the best but losing to them. Sorry. Plus floyd already beat him anyway. People say floyd fought an old de la hoya but were floyd and de la hoya ever in the same weight class?
Oscar Has wins over: Chavez x2 Whittiker Quartey Vargas Sturm Oba Car Mayorga Floyd: Castillo x 2 Corrales Mosley Marquez Hatton Oscar de la hoya Judah The Marquez win for Floyd IMO is the only weak one there, if you want to say Mosley and Oscar where old then you have got to say that about Oscars win over Chavez, Whittiker. Id say on wins there close, On resume Oscar is miles ahead
Difficult one. DLH should have wins over tito and mosley. However, he could easily have losses against Whitaker and Sturm. Mayweather has yet to face a real 'great' fighter at their peak at a comfortable weight for them. His best wins are JLC 2,Corrales, Hatton, Oscar and Mosley. The first 3 are all excellent fighters but are not great IMO... Oscar and Mosley were probably past their best.. though beating DLH at 154 is impressive. Marquez is a great fighter but clearly shouldnt have been fighting at 147 against a floyd who was probably 154+ on the night. So I would give DLH the nod on resume.. but defo floyd the nod on skills and P4P status.
ODLH took on the greater challenges, made bigger fights, there's really no contest here. If you don't like it, tell your boy Floyd that his legacy should have been more important to him than his 0.
ODLH was shot, Hatton above his natural weight, Mosley shot. One of his wins v JLC is very debateble. PBF's best wins are Hernandez, Castillo and Corrales.
Floyd hadnt been campaigning at 147 for that long when he fought hatton.. so that argument isnt too strong. The win over Oscar at 154 is a good win.. DLH wasnt weight drained and had come off a few decent wins.
Looks like he was referencing Hatton's weight, not Floyd's. Obviously Floyd has shown he can fight very well above 140. No one can say the same for Hatton. Good win. No argument there.
You idiot, he didn't beat them. You are condoning failure. Name one person who de la hoya beat in their prime that is better than who floyd beat. Floyd will go down as the greater fighter.