De La Hoya: I would have beaten Pacquiao and Mayweather in my prime
August 31st, 2011
By Chris Williams: Oscar De La Hoya thinks he would have taken care of both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao had he fought them in his prime instead of in his mid-30s when he clearly was over-the-hill. De La Hoya lost a 12 round split decision to Mayweather Jr. in May 2007 in a very close fight.
In an interview at Ring.Tv, De La Hoya said “Unfortunately, I did fight Floyd Jr. and Pacquiao out of my prime. I can tell you that I would say that, no, they wouldn’t have beaten my in my prime. When I fought Pacquiao, I was drained. You know what? It’s my fault because I wanted to fight at 147. I had to drop a lot of weight within a month before the fight.”
I completely agree that a young De La Hoya would have beaten Pacquiao without any problems. However, I’m not so certain about De la Hoya beating Mayweather. De La Hoya struggled with a past his prime Pernell Whitaker when De La Hoya was in the prime of his career in 1997. De la Hoya had great physical tools back then in terms of hand speed and power. However, he didn’t always fight smart and handicapped himself with his tendency to back off on an opponent after building a lead. We saw this in De La Hoya’s loss to Felix Trinidad in 1999, and again in his loss to Shane Mosley in 2000.
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oscar’s hitten the lines again…..
I could have became the President of the US if I was born in the US.
Oscar barely survived an old and shot Sweet Pea…AKA Pernell Whitaker…Alltime great Whitaker is. I thought he beat Oscar.
Oscar you’ve never beaten a top fighter in you career.
Anyone that knows boxing knows De La Hoya beat Trinidad he was dominating a majority of fight but they gave it to Felix because Oscar started cruising in the later rounds.
And the Sugar Shane Mosley fight was very good competitive fight but we all know now that Mosley was actually on Roids.
Vargas was also on roids but that didnt help him he still got KO’d.
dont see it myself son
I’m impressed. Oscar can tell a pretty good Joke.
Would have, should have, won’t cut it. Delahoya would have beaten Manny, but still lost to Mayweather. Age is not always a factor, if it was he would have beaten old man Hopkins.
Oscar 1 of all time graets 1 st ballet hall of fame can beat anybody in his primes
Oscar is nothing more than a wimpy sad miserable glory seeking money making greedy fish. With drug and alcohol and gender problems. sad.
I agree with De La Hoya, he would have beaten both of them in his prime, De La Hoya Really didnt lose against Trinidad or Shane. But I see 1996 De La Hoya KO 2008 Pac, and 2007 Mayweather.
polo you are a disgrace for the human kind.de la hoya beat trinidad,vargas,mayorga and on my opinion also mayweather.get some information dude.
The return of B E A R C A T as the new but unimproved S I L V E R C A T.
these is for everybody
scar de la hoya he’s one of the few american citizen that cant blow all he has got thru is nose. that how rich is these guy
yep Silvercat is a demented attention seeker, thank god he moved tio the states there welcome to him!
ha ha : oscar beat chavez!! do you know how big was chavez???
my post has gone, it wasnt offensive might have been cheeky ??
sylvercat : you are a nasty person! get of the pipe dude.
delahoya lost every fight vs top rated fighters. lost every big match he was ever in vs. trinidad,manny,floyd,mosley and vs hopkins….. is own promoters edmitted they kept him away from the top guys for most of his carear. delahoya was just another hatton before he met up with floyd and manny. nothing more.
closet door opens and there stand Oscar
Oscar has never beat any great fighter even during his prime.
i think he is still on drugs
oscar is a disgusting poor closeted dude seeking glory that has faded. a troubleded poor shallow kid wallowing in self pity and emptiness. a vain glory hound with a penchant for selling himself.
The trouble with fighters like Oscar is they don’tknow when to get out and they end up staying too long and losing their pride in sloppy defeats and then hating themselves and turning to drink and drugs. Oscar was an amzing fighter and I have no doubts he’d have beaten pacquiao in his prime and maybe even Mayweather but he hasn’t been in his prime for 10 years but he kept pushing and pushing. You can’t erase it and go back.
This is why I hate boxing the excuses,
No one twisted your arm to fight… Mayweather,
Pac-man … Sugar Ray Leonard lost to Terry
Norris on Drugs it’s still a “L” no one forced
You to get in the ring…. Now we have the excuses
I guess he is coming back well fight Shane Mosely
We can hear excuses before and after the fight
Oscar name is all over boxing site this day. That’s the indication that he will fight again, One tune-up fight and then challenge Pacquiao for rematch, claiming the first fight, he was drained and addicted to cocaine. people will buy it. I will buy it. I enjoyed the beating the last time.
Floyd is waay past his prime and still dominating fighters… A prime Delahoya cannot beat a prime Floyd at 135-147lbs from 1998-2005. those years i pick were floyds prime years. A past prime Floyd beat a past prime Oscar at 154lbs where Oscar came into the fight at about 168lbs while Floyd came into the fight at 150lbs thus means There’s no way Oscar ever beats Floyd.
Manny on the other hand beat ODH using catch weight stipulations that Had ODh coming into the fight at 144lbs and was not allowed to rehydrate over 154lbs… Oscar came into the Manny fight fightnight at 148lbs…. to me thats a robbery…
Even right now I beleive ODh can beat Manny at 150lbs with no rehydration handicaps this time. If Manny fights Oscar like Floyd did without catchweights… Oscar KO’s Manny
Floyd is waay past his prime and still dominating fighters… A prime Delahoya cannot beat a prime Floyd at 135-147lbs from 1998-2005. those years i pick were floyds prime years. A past prime Floyd beat a past prime Oscar at 154lbs where Oscar came into the fight at about 168lbs while Floyd came into the fight at 150lbs thus means There’s no way Oscar ever beats Floyd.
Manny on the other hand beat ODH using catch weight stipulations that Had ODh coming into the fight at 144lbs and was not allowed to rehydrate over 154lbs… Oscar came into the Manny fight fightnight at 148lbs…. to me thats a robbery…
Even right now I beleive ODh can beat Manny at 150lbs with no rehydration handicaps this time. If Manny fights Oscar like Floyd did without catchweights… Oscar KO’s Manny
@balda- Dont forget Pac fought a dead walking Oscar and Floyd fought a fully fledged junior middleweight at 160 instead of 145.
see how better pac is stopped de la hoya mayweather split decision ummmm who’s better? if im chris umm still mayweather style makes fight and roach knows how to decipher mayweather jr. dum dum
Oscar only fought a hand full of boxers in their prime, so for the biggest cherrypicker of all I say: PAY BACK IS A BEATCH! REMEMBER CESAR CHAVEZ??
It’s bullsh…t. I would win Klitchko if if if…
I’m the biggest Floyd Mayweather fan and not I would think that Floyd could beat Oscar in their primes.
Miss Crissy Williams = “BLAHBLAHBLAH I Hate Filipinos”
i dont buy this … oscar lost most of his big fights … hes a choker
OLDH could have beaten Floyd Jr. easily in his prime being a victim of only split decision against him but with Pacquiao Im not sure.
WTF are you trying to say on this post? It was DLH who wanted to fight pacquiao at 147. It’s was DLH who called on pacquiao.
i had no proof that de la hoya was on drugs and was an alcoholic until now. this guy just doesn’t know when to quit. since he can’t box, he has to keep his name in the game. smart, but pathetic.
Blah blah blah thats the same thing you did to chavez, took advantage he wasn’t in his prime. Stop bring a cry baby just cause you admited that it was you in drag now the excuses come up, man up