Would u consider Oscar De La Hoya an ATG?

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  1. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Your out your ass! Mosley, mayweather, and hopkins are still fighting top caliber opposition to this day! They arent done!
     
  2. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ok, that's like a 2nd string quarter back coming into play the rest of the season and going on to win the super bowl. Do you think anyone's saying he didn't do ****? Proof's in the pudding.
     
  3. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Mosley and Hopkins work for DLH:D
     
  4. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Let's not forget Hoya dropped himself out of Olympic running while his mother was sick and passed away, came back in right before the Olympics, this could account for it.
     
  5. Flexb

    Flexb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yea, really :D
     
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    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is one of those cliches that reveals who does and who doesn't know boxing.
     
  7. Toker

    Toker Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think he barely makes it as an all time great. Although his resume is second to none, I tend to place alot of emphasis on dominating weightclasses. De La Hoya did not stay in any of the lower weghtclasses long enough to dominate them. Sure he won titles but did not clean out divisons. The first divison he tried to clean out he came out with two losses and two very close wins. With all that being said the resume makes up for not cleaning out a division. Imagine if he had cleaned out a division, if I could put him in the top 5 of one of the divisions in which he competed all time then there would be no arguement of him being an ATG, but the fact is you can't so he remains an ATG, but just barely.
     
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    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Stupid ****ing thread he is easily an atg and a first ballot hof!!
     
  9. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Is that the same Sweet Pea that made JCC look like an amature?
     
  10. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Not even close, his speed and defense was still there but his timing and offense were lacking. Still won that fight with just a jab though.
     
  11. jones1

    jones1 Active Member Full Member

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    yes, easily
     
  12. Gesta

    Gesta Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Top 50 for me.
     
  13. cherokee

    cherokee boxfan Full Member

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    although oscar is dodgy and a two-faced ***** but as far as his achievement inside the ring is concerned, yes he is an ATG
     
  14. Nay_Sayer

    Nay_Sayer On Rick James Status banned Full Member

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    No, it was an older, past it, Whitaker who made ole Fishnets look like a rank amateur...
     
  15. Nay_Sayer

    Nay_Sayer On Rick James Status banned Full Member

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    None of the ole Fishnets nuthuggers have yet to answer the question; Exactly WHO did ole Fishnets beat to be considered an ATG?