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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: Hatesrats™ on May 01, 2008, 10:10:37 AM
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"Homecoming"—On Saturday, May 3, De La Hoya will face former world champion Steve Forbes, in what will be the first-ever boxing event at The Home Depot Center's soccer stadium. The bout will also mark De La Hoya's return home to fight for the first time in Los Angeles since 2000 as well as his return to HBO's World Championship Boxing for the first time since 2001.
After watching one of the better Countdown show's ever made leading up to this fight I realise that Oscar winning this fight is not a given, IMO Forbes has absolutly nothing to lose in this fight. Forbes will be making the biggest pay day of his career in the biggest match of his boxing life on Sat.
De La Hoya on the comeback trail is set to be on the verge of his final 2/3 fight of his HOF career, a loss Vs. Forbes would be devastating.
and would destroy any Momentum going into a possible rematch with PBF Mayweather in Sept.
We know the Mayweather connections in this
From Sr. to Roger, To Jeff... Although the Name against Oscar is nowhere near the marquee name we are used to against the Golden Boy.
This will be the first Must win for Oscar in years.
I got De La Hoya by K.O. (Body Shot) in 6
Who do you see winning? Why?
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De La Hoya needs this win badly... I can see him pulling it off.
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It's a warm up fight for Oscar, his following two fights are the big ones.
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This fight is a joke and so is the next Mayweather one. We all deserve to see Mayweather fight the winner of the Cotto fight but him fighting De la Hoya again is a slap in the face to boxing fans. I wanna see competition not two guys fight each with the basis being revenues and not to see who's better. I understand boxing is a business but damn I feel like we're getting the short end of the stick so to speak
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It's a warm up fight for Oscar, his following two fights are the big ones.
I know he's fighting Mayweather. Who's the other fight with?
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It's a warm up fight for Oscar, his following two fights are the big ones.
I know he's fighting Mayweather. Who's the other fight with?
If De La Hoya somehow beats Floyd, I'm guessing they will have a trilogy. If it goes to the other way, those Pacman rumors might come true.
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Win or Lose his Fight With Mayweather will prob still go down.
which sucks for boxing because that means no Cotto vs. PBF this year, or maybe ever...
I heard rumors of a Possible Hatton Vs. De La Hoya match also.
De La Hoya winning Scenario:
If Oscar can somehow defeat Both Forbes & Mayweather this year
I'd like for him challenge the winner of the Margarito vs. Cotto match. (Very Very Long shot)
because the Trilogy with mayweather would be the most likley to happen.
De La Hoya losing Scenario:
If Oscar loses both fights to Forbes & Mayweather, I see a farewell match with Trinidad in Puerto Rico.
De La Hoya vs. Trinidad II would still be a fight I would like to see. (Oscar got jobbed the first time, IMO)
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De la hoya is really all about the money now.I think he is just doing this fight for free to showcase that he can still fight and ko people and just setting it up for Delahoya vs Mayweather 2.All BS.
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De la hoya is really all about the money now.I think he is just doing this fight for free to showcase that he can still fight and ko people and just setting it up for Delahoya vs Mayweather 2.All BS.
The fucker is a promoter, of course it's all about the money. Forbes has a similar fighting style to Mayweather Jr, so Oscar wants to tune up against him. At the same time he's potentially getting more fans by offering some pretty cheap tickets for tomorrow's fight as way of "giving back" to the community.
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This was a good fight. Forbes was no slouch and can take a punch ....and he's never been knocked down in his career. Oscar was solid the entire fight with jabs and combos. This was good for Oscar because his biggest weakness has been the late rounds and tonight he was just as sharp in the 11th and 12th as he was in the 1st and 2nd rounds.
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Regardless of a lack of K.O. or any real hard power shot's in this fight..
this was the best I personaly have seen Oscar look in years. (Movement Wise & Stamina)
in a rematch with PBF, I give Oscar a good as chance as any to win. (Considering he gave Floyd a run the first time)
Would be interesting to see tho, alot of people saying Mayweather will throw the fight to make a trilogy...lol
you know boxing always has the "Mafia" involved in it. ;) , as we Mexican boxing fan's always say.
but a Cotto match in December :o
that one really would be a great fight for Oscar, I'd put everything on the Golden Boy.
(That has Boxing lesson written all over it, style wise)
Prop's to ODLH for Resurecting his Boxing yet again.
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the drama for the Mayweather re-match is going to be incredible.... especially with Floyd Sr. training Oscar and saying that he wants to see his son get his ass whupped...
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^ Everyone wants to see his son get his ass whupped...
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true... but a father saying it and then training someone to do it makes it a unique situation.
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the drama for the Mayweather re-match is going to be incredible.... especially with Floyd Sr. training Oscar and saying that he wants to see his son get his ass whupped...
LMAO u must really feel like shit if your own dad wants you beat up
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true... but a father saying it and then training someone to do it makes it a unique situation.
word life
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His dad is just jealous that his son is 1000 times better than he ever was..
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His dad is just jealous that his son is 1000 times better than he ever was..
I don't know about 1000x better..^^
Floyd Sr. was a great fighter in his own, who had his Boxing cut short.
he gave Sugar Ray Leonard one of his tuffest fight's.
Floyd Sr. is old school, he's the typical hard dad who will never show emotion.
he defo loves his son. but coming from where he's at right now, he see's Jr. as being
ungratful and forgeting about who put him where he is at. (Sr. put the gloves on him)
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^^Well, he probably wants his son to lose in fear that his son will go out recognized as a way better fighter with no losses, while he's lost his share of matches in his day... kinda whack when u think about it.
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^^Well, he probably wants his son to lose in fear that his son will go out recognized as a way better fighter with no losses, while he's lost his share of matches in his day... kinda whack when u think about it.
The hate is more complicated than that. It has a lot to do with the mom. Floyd Jr. is extremely close with his mother, and basically she also hates Floyd Sr. I'm sure Floyd Sr. accepts the fact that Jr. will be seen as one of the best of all time, and already way ahead of him.
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Oscar De La Hoya = All time great who made a career off of losing to the great fighters of his generation.
What a joke.
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Oscar De La Hoya = All time great who made a career off of losing to the great fighters of his generation.
What a joke.
Or a boxer who made a living off fighting the best in whatever weight class he was in at the moment without worrying about his sacred record like other boxers?
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Oscar De La Hoya = All time great who made a career off of losing to the great fighters of his generation.
What a joke.
Or a boxer who made a living off fighting the best in whatever weight class he was in at the moment without worrying about his sacred record like other boxers?
lol....and losing.
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Oscar De La Hoya = All time great who made a career off of losing to the great fighters of his generation.
What a joke.
Or a boxer who made a living off fighting the best in whatever weight class he was in at the moment without worrying about his sacred record like other boxers?
lol....and losing.
Hector Camacho
Julio Cesar Chavez, 2x
Pernell Whitaker
undefeated Ike Quartey
Fernando Vargas
Felix Strum
The Losses
Mayweather Jr.
Mosley, 2x (Mosley clearly won Fight 1, but 2 was more in Oscars favor)
Hopkins
Trinidad (Oscar fucked up for kicking back in the last 3 rounds, but Oscar had outboxed him)
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Oscar De La Hoya = All time great who made a career off of losing to the great fighters of his generation.
What a joke.
Or a boxer who made a living off fighting the best in whatever weight class he was in at the moment without worrying about his sacred record like other boxers?
lol....and losing.
Hector Camacho
Julio Cesar Chavez, 2x
Pernell Whitaker
undefeated Ike Quartey
Fernando Vargas
Felix Strum
The Losses
Mayweather Jr.
Mosley, 2x (Mosley clearly won Fight 1, but 2 was more in Oscars favor)
Hopkins
Trinidad (Oscar fucked up for kicking back in the last 3 rounds, but Oscar had outboxed him)
Mayweather, Mosley, Hopkins and Trinidad were great champions. Vargas you can take off that list, he was completely overrated. Chavez was like 170 yrs old when they faught lol Ike Quartey was pretty good at the time, hardly one of the "greats" of this era though and that was a close fight. Camacho was good too, never considered him a great champion. Pernell got robbed.
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We need a boxing game with all the great boxers in it.
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^ Knock Out Kings doesn't suffice?
That used to be my game... I used to love having Ali fight against Joe Louis...
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We need a boxing game with all the great boxers in it.
Crazy, And I just made thread bout this exact thing in the Games section..
Fight Night Round 4 has been Announced!, check it out.
http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=179753.0 (http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=179753.0)