At 25 years of age, I would have beaten Mayweather with ease. ~Oscar De La Hoya

[Drunk Punch]

Oscar's still high then.

[Chiboxing123]

A young oscar does beat floyd. And a young Trinidad koes him

[Ray Corso]

Oscar could never finish strong anyways, he had Floyd beat in a close fight and if he kept behind his jab and stalked effectively he would have won that fight!
Other than that why go back in time with a fantasy fight!
He doesn't beat Floyd easily because Floyd is a smarter fighter than Oscar ever was. I do think Oscar & Mosley could beat Floyd straight up but its just an opinion however their bouts against Floyd do add some validity to my thoughts that both in their prime get over on Floyd.
Floyd at welter simply hasn't enough power when his competition are men the top 35 and below at welterweight. Even against men his own size in height he falls short with his punch. People Basillo would wear him down and I don't think Floyd could out condition Carmen over the course of 15 rounds!
Then theres more modern guys that could go all night with Floyd because he couldn't sway their willingness. Curry, Starling, Tito, Forrest, Sweet Pee then go back to Duran, Hearns, Leonard...............Napoles, Griffth, Gavilan, Robinson, Armstrong, Ross then theres the fringe guys that were top ten competitors for most of their careers that don't get hurt by Floyd! Floyd would have his shot against them but he could never box in the style he gets away with against these kids today! I do think Floyd can be a top 30 welter because I know he has skills and talent and that he doesn't mind fighting at times but his style today is predicated on business not pride!! His decisions on business in todays boxing works well for him but back in the day when a live gate determined your earning power along with fans who demanded that boxers fight along with box he would not be a top flight contender. That was then this is now!!!! Ray.

[Ta Khent]

At 25, Oscar was fighting at welterweight and had a title. Floyd at 21 was at super featherweight. Floyd wasn't even a household name yet, so Oscar wouldn't have fought Floyd back then. Clearly Oscar had the advantage due to the experience and weight disparity. Fast forward 5 years and Floyd would've owned him.

[R_Walken]

Oscar would never beat Mayweather. It's funny after 7-8 years it still burns Oscar that he was emarrassed inside and outside the ring.

[boxingfeind]

Just watched this interview. Oscar seemed beyond certain. What do you fellas think?

@ 25 I would have beat him easily..but I mean EASILY" ~DLH


@ 8:31

Floyd wasn`t in his prime when he fought Delahoya either,And Delahoya was closest to his natural weight then Floyd was.Oscar had to have out-weighed Floyd by 15-20 pounds that night.But yet Oscar couldn`t even beat him.A prime Floyd with Oscar fighting him at his natural weight would be the same outcome.

[ADP02]

At no point in Oscar's career would he have beaten Floyd. He doesn't do anything better than Floyd, and he would have to deal with a younger, comfortable Floyd at that. Mayweather UD, the same way he clearly UD'd him in 2007. Oscar had a chance to fight a younger Floyd while he himself was closer to his prime, he passed on the fight, for good reason. No need to cry about should of could of would of's at this point.

there you go being BIASED again ....

[J-champ]

Mayweather barely beat a semi retired Oscar. Oscar in his prime would have dominated if he could have gotten Floyd in the ring. Which I doubt.

[NearHypnos]

I think most people could agree. I mean maybe not easily but convincingly maybe.

[Jsmooth9876]

You're argument became void @ "much inferior fighter in Castillo". Castillo was a goddamn monster at 135. And pound for pound, he grinds down DLH. You bring up DLH's competition, but exactly WHEN did he fight them? Pea was BADLY faded, Ike was coming off a 16 (or so) month layoff, he straight up ran from Tito, lost to Shane, etc. Notice the trend? LMAO @ DLH being "Floyd's best opponent ever". And which 5 rounds did DLH win again?

As a Floyd fan you're seriously bringing up when someone else fought guys?
Delahoya,Mosley,Cotto all way past when Floyd should have fought them. Never fought Margarito,Williams,Pacquaio...
Please...at least Oscar fought a prime Mosely and Trinidad..those 2 are better then anyone Floyd fought in their prime.
Floyd fans are a joke..ride to the end with that chump, he'll always be a great fighter who never fought the best at their best ...