Oscar Played The Game, The Game Never Played Him

[FaustoGeraci]

a very overrated fighter, if not the most overrated of all time. money maker? yes he was!!! but a great or even good fighter? NOT! a fan favorite (la & tx)? YES!! won against class "B" and "C" fighters and OLD champions to claim his titles, losing to smaller SSM-PBF-PAC really exposed his talent and heart!!!

Do you know what weight DLH started his career at? You're hilarious, and clearly have no idea what you're talking about. DLH fought Whitaker, Quartey, Vargas, Trinidad, Mosley, Hopkins, Mayweather, Pacquiao etc. The Mayweather fight was close, he was robbed vs. Tito and the second Mosley fight, and got a gift vs Whitaker. He had the balls to move up to MW and fight Hopkins. He destroyed big mouthed bullies like Vargas and Mayorga. Plastered everybodys favorite punching bag Gatti. The man is one of the all time greats, love him or hate him, in the ring. Outside the ring he is a cash cow and head of the best promotional company in boxing. I cheered against him many times, but DLH will always have my respect. Hilarious you talk about talent and heart. Yeah, bums face the guys I mentioned and only get stopped twice. He was competitive against everyone he ever faced, HOF after HOF, even going head on with the much bigger Hopkins, having a great performance before the KO. Sure Pacquiao smoked him, a weight drained shot version. Who cares. Learn something next time rookie.

[riveraboxing]

Do you know what weight DLH started his career at? You're hilarious, and clearly have no idea what you're talking about. DLH fought Whitaker, Quartey, Vargas, Trinidad, Mosley, Hopkins, Mayweather, Pacquiao etc. The Mayweather fight was close, he was robbed vs. Tito and the second Mosley fight, and got a gift vs Whitaker. He had the balls to move up to MW and fight Hopkins. He destroyed big mouthed bullies like Vargas and Mayorga. Plastered everybodys favorite punching bag Gatti. The man is one of the all time greats, love him or hate him, in the ring. Outside the ring he is a cash cow and head of the best promotional company in boxing. I cheered against him many times, but DLH will always have my respect. Hilarious you talk about talent and heart. Yeah, bums face the guys I mentioned and only get stopped twice. He was competitive against everyone he ever faced, HOF after HOF, even going head on with the much bigger Hopkins, having a great performance before the KO. Sure Pacquiao smoked him, a weight drained shot version. Who cares. Learn something next time rookie.

I tend to disagree with most of your comments but I can't disagree with one thing you wrote here.... Nicely stated

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

I don't think most of you even understand the impact Oscar had on pro boxing. Not only did he leave an incredible resume' but he also changed the way we looked at boxing.

It was thought that only heavyweights could truly generate the interest and money that could keep boxing in the main stream but Oscar proved all that wrong. Oscar was everything right in boxing when it needed it, a good guy so to speak. He won the gold medal for the U.S in the Olympics and then went on to have an incredible career spanning 6 weight classes and 10 world titles.

He was the face that boxing needed after Tyson and Sugar Ray Leonard left the sport. Oscar leaves as the all time money earner in the sport and rightfully so.

He's definitely an ATG and will be in the Hall of Fame very soon. He got some decisions that he shouldn't have (Sturm) and lost some he should have won (Tito and Mosley 2 ).

The incredible thing is, he could have a bigger impact as a promoter and CEO of Golden Boy than he even could as a fighter and that's saying a lot. While Oscar is gone from inside the ring, his hands will be all over the sport of boxing for a very long time.

Thanks Oscar for all the memories and you will always be one of my favorite fighters of all time. Not only for the way you handled yourself in the ring but outside of it.

[Onslaught24]

oscar will always be the fighter all other fighters want to be. i dont think anyone will ever replace him.

[Dave Rado]

in terms of money dlh didn't get played, but in terms of legacy, he got played... and dlh was embarrassed by a former 106 lber... that's just disgraceful.

I don't understand why people bring up Pac's weight when he was a boy of 15. Who knows how much DLH weighed when he was a boy of 15?