Mayweather/De la Hoya II?

dlofnep

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=13998&more=1

According to promoter Bob Arum speculation as to who Oscar De La Hoya will fight next should not include his fighter, WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto. Arum told boxing writer Robert Morales that the ‘Golden Boy’ is in negotiations with Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a rematch of their May, 2007 bout which broke all box office records with customer purchase reaching 2.4 million.

walshb

I have to say, Arum is spot on about Oscar fighting an easy fight
with PBF. Nobody gets hurt and basically it's a rerun of the con from last year...

ODD-JOB

I Wouldnt Open My Curtains To See That Re-match.

Raekwon

It would be more interesting then Mayweather vs Hatton II anyway.

theone

maybe if oscar uses his jab and dosen't gas down the stretch it might be a decent fight but can't see it meself, if it makes money it makes sense thats's mayweathers mantra after all

Vince135792003

ODD-JOB wrote: »

I Wouldnt Open My Curtains To See That Re-match.

Lots of people would. And are willing to pay to see it, hence the reason why the fight will happen. I can't see it doing what it did last time in ppv buys but it's an easy 1 million buys minimum.

Flipschulke

:DYe I agree oddjob-Im a boxing fan but unfortunately i find my self always living in the past or at least trying to. At the moment im reading three books on The Sweet Science. The one on Jack Johnson entertains me the most this far
Ive always liked De La Hoya but to watch him get beat by Mayweather again for the money just doesnt do it for me any more.
No Mas.......

scouse9976

Raekwon wrote: »

It would be more interesting then Mayweather vs Hatton II anyway.

no way hatton done a good job of making mayweather fight his best fight if anything the ref spoiled the fight

efb

If Hatton's so damn good why won't he fight Witter? he can even have Mickey "anything Hatton does is legal" Vann.

PBF wiped the floor with Fatton. And I saw it with my own two eyes minus the Sky Sports Jim Watt propaganda.

scouse9976

what aload of crap where did you see hatton getting batered for 10 rounds i think you were watching the wrong fight mate even hbo only had mayweather 2 rounds up going into the 10th mayweather had a good couple of rounds thats it plus if you study boxing like i do you will see in the fight every time hatton got close to mayweather,mayweather would turn his body to the side so if hatton did land a shot to the body the ref would have pulled him up for illegal punching am not saying hatton would have won but your having a laugh to say he got battered

cowzerp

scouse9976 wrote: »

what aload of crap where did you see hatton getting batered for 10 rounds i think you were watching the wrong fight mate even hbo only had mayweather 2 rounds up going into the 10th mayweather had a good couple of rounds thats it plus if you study boxing like i do you will see in the fight every time hatton got close to mayweather,mayweather would turn his body to the side so if hatton did land a shot to the body the ref would have pulled him up for illegal punching am not saying hatton would have won but your having a laugh to say he got battered

Most people here like hatton, but he was easily outclassed and mayweather did not even move out of 1st gear, if you dont see that you are either biased or cluless about boxing. same will happen if there is a rematch.

walshb

Hatton simply had nothing to offer and PBF was just too good, despite IMO the fight
being a real stinker. I watched it twice and realised the second time that neither fighter looked pretty impressive. Hatton folded the minute he started taking shots...

Oscar beat PBF in the first fight and was given a very bad decision. How anyone thought PBF won that fight by running away for 12 rds is beyond me...

nacho libre

DLH seemed to run out of gas in the later rounds. I thought he was ahead up until round six. I think there is no doubt DLH, in his prime, would have beaten Mayweather.

efb

nacho libre wrote: »

DLH seemed to run out of gas in the later rounds. I thought he was ahead up until round six. I think there is no doubt DLH, in his prime, would have beaten Mayweather.

Absolutely DLH is a genuine All Time Great, the greatest boxer in my era.

scouse9976

cowzerp wrote: »

Most people here like hatton, but he was easily outclassed and mayweather did not even move out of 1st gear, if you dont see that you are either biased or cluless about boxing. same will happen if there is a rematch.

i am not saying hatton was beating mayweather or would have beat him what am saying is he did not get battered from round 1 to 10 and dont forget he was fighting at a higher wieght and in there with the pound for pound best i thought hatton went out like a warrior plus am english

jayroyal

nacho libre wrote: »

DLH seemed to run out of gas in the later rounds. I thought he was ahead up until round six. I think there is no doubt DLH, in his prime, would have beaten Mayweather.

of couse flh would cause floyd can only be thought as an al time great at the lower weights he boxed at . That was his prime i think cause fighting dlh he is fighting a fighter much naturally bigger than him.

Raekwon

scouse9976 wrote: »

no way hatton done a good job of making mayweather fight his best fight if anything the ref spoiled the fight

Hatton held his own in the fight but it was only a matter of time before Mayweather took him out. Hatton is a great fighter but Mayweather is an even greater fighter so I think a rematch between them would be a pointless affair because it would most likely have the same outcome.

De La Hoya vs Mayweather is another story altogether. Oscar is a bigger & stronger fighter then Floyd and he showed it in their first fight. I think Oscar won that fight so based on that fact alone I think a rematch with Floyd is justified. Plus it would obviously be a PPV money spinner and that never hurts

walshb

Raekwon wrote: »

Hatton held his own in the fight but it was only a matter of time before Mayweather took him out. Hatton is a great fighter but Mayweather is an even greater fighter so I think a rematch between them would be a pointless affair because it would most likely have the same outcome.

De La Hoya vs Mayweather is another story altogether. Oscar is a bigger & stronger fighter then Floyd and he showed it in their first fight. I think Oscar won that fight so based on that fact alone I think a rematch with Floyd is justified. Plus it would obviously be a PPV money spinner and that never hurts

Well he certainly was way short of great V Floyd and as Cowzer my good friend said, Floyd barely got out of first gear. Saying that, I was not all that impressed with Floyd and the fight was so very sloppy, it was very hard to score most of the rds...

Hatton lacks versitilty and this is why he lost.. He cannot box clever and was more a nuisance to Floyd than a threat....

ODD-JOB

Apparently, Dela Hoya's going to be fighting next May , as a tune up fight for the September showdown with PBF.

I'm thinking maybe PBF might do something inbetween aswell ?
And who's DLH thinking of choosing as an opponent ? an upset could jepordize the PBF re-match..... here's hoping

I thought Mosley might have been given a chance to fight PBF , with Delahoya doing the promotion. Hopkin's 'n Mosley are in there with GoldenBoy Promotions, it could have been a nice little earner for everybody involved , with a fresh twist of boxing for PPV subscribers.

Ill take back what i said earlier,.... of course I'll watch it , but Im just disappointed at this fixture between PBF and DLH.
Mayweathergoing to finish up soon i fear, and if he's only got 2 or 3 fights left , i dont want to see one wasted on a rematch that achieves S.F.A

nacho libre

ODD-JOB wrote: »

Apparently, Dela Hoya's going to be fighting next May , as a tune up fight for the September showdown with PBF.

I'm thinking maybe PBF might do something inbetween aswell ?
And who's DLH thinking of choosing as an opponent ? an upset could jepordize the PBF re-match..... here's hoping

I thought Mosley might have been given a chance to fight PBF , with Delahoya doing the promotion. Hopkin's 'n Mosley are in there with GoldenBoy Promotions, it could have been a nice little earner for everybody involved , with a fresh twist of boxing for PPV subscribers.

Ill take back what i said earlier,.... of course I'll watch it , but Im just disappointed at this fixture between PBF and DLH.
Mayweathergoing to finish up soon i fear, and if he's only got 2 or 3 fights left , i dont want to see one wasted on a rematch that achieves S.F.A

yeah, if he is intent on sticking to what he said after the Hatton fight he should fight Cotto and then be done with boxing. If he beats Cotto there is nothing left for him to do in the sport in my opinion.

Flipschulke

Im a Hatton fan and I have watched most of his fights and the truth is (no matter how much i love the guy) he just wasnt good enough for Mayweather- When he stepped up 7pounds the first time, the result could have gone either way. True legends of the sweet science can slip up down the weight divisions as we see in De La Hoya etc
And as much as i dont like Mayweather as a man I got to hold my hands up and say what a boxer and what a performance against Hatton-You dont the honour of been called the best pound for pound boxer in the world for nothing ....:rolleyes:

Fozzy

ODD-JOB wrote: »

Mayweathergoing to finish up soon i fear, and if he's only got 2 or 3 fights left , i dont want to see one wasted on a rematch that achieves S.F.A

You may not want to see it, but there's a huge amount of people who will. It's simple business!

dlofnep

I'd watch the rematch.. I think the hype alone would sell it.

ODD-JOB

Fozzy wrote: »

You may not want to see it, but there's a huge amount of people who will. It's simple business!

I know,..... for them it is good business, but for mayweather, he should be facing Cotto as was said earlier......
if he is thinking making his final fight in a big showdown with Cotto , he could face a number of other really good competitors in or around that weight.

Kermit Cintron ?
Paul Williams ?
Malignaggi ?
Sugar Shane ?
Margarito ?
Cory Spinks ?

I'd gladly pay for any of those match-ups ! well might take Mallignaggi out , but then even Vernon Forrest would be a nice match-up ! he's still floating around.

Fozzy

I think it would be better for the sport of boxing if Mayweather were to face someone who isn't that well known to the mainstream. Mayweather's already a huge name and if he really is going to finish fighting then I think he should take on a lesser name to give them a rub. A fight with Cotto would be the best to finish with I think, but a fight against Malignaggi or Williams would be a good choice too, simply to elevate those guys into the mainstream

ODD-JOB

Possible names to fight DelaHoya (May 5) appear to be :

Steve Forbes, reigning titleholder Paulie Malignaggi and Dmitriy Salita.

all lighter opponents

Flipschulke

so how bad on a scale of one to ten will this skelton fight be tonight - thank god for you tube- watching all the old fights is great

megadodge

Absolutely DLH is a genuine All Time Great, the greatest boxer in my era

So you've never heard of a fella called Roy Jones Jr ?

joepenguin

With DLH taking a tune up bout id take the rematch a bit more seriously.
dont see the sense in taking a light welter though (whats the odds of his opponent getting signed up to golden boy after the fight:D)