Deserter wrote:DG's constant De La Hoya rants are hilarious - I've rarely met individuals with such a biased, personal agenda against one fighter. De La Hoya isn't an all-time great, as he's come up short too many times against other modern 'greats', but he's head and shoulders above most modern day fighters.
To rally from a heavy knockdown against the naturally bigger man, Quartey, to stage that thrilling rally in the twelth, was a great performance, and before you pull out the ring rust excuse again, it didn't seem to affect Tsyzu against Mitchell recently
To use just one more example, just name me one fighter, before or since, who destroyed Jesse James Leija in the manner De La Hoya did?
I also believe he convincingly won the fight against Trinidad and edged the rematch with Mosley.
Stop letting your personal dislike of him get in the way of an objective opinion of the man mate.
Sure, he's been carefully matched, but no-one's been more carefully matched than the likes of Hatton, yet Ricky, excellent fighter though he is, will struggle to win a single belt in one weight division, let alone win multiple belts in multiple divisions - you can only do that if you're something really special, no matter how good your match-maker is.
