Sky Sports fawning over De La Hoya

[Tomasino]

Odd character. Those pics of him in fishnets are very odd indeed. Not sure what he was up to

I think the consensus is he likes dressing up as a woman when mad on the charlie.

Who doesn't

Em

[TheGman]

He was my fav fighter since he beat chavez buts since he formed golden boy promotions he gets under my skin,every interview he is like a cheap car sales man,then again didnt richard schaffer used to be a car sales man?

Schaeffer was an investment banker and headed up the US division of a Swiss Bank. His family are pretty wealthy and powerful in Swiss society I believe.

Ooops got that wrong then haha it was his first manager then i think before bob arum

[TheGman]

Everytime I see his smug face I want to punch the tv. He's such a slimey slippery dishonest promoter (aren't they all..) and the recent BS about Canelo-Golovkin just feed that even more.

HOWEVER - he is a legend of the sport, sure he lost most of the big fights but he DID fight pretty much everyone.

Has his antics as a promoter diminished your respect/love/admiration of him? Or do you subscribe to the kind of reverence Sky showed him on Saturday?

Say what u want about him but he has the blue print to beat floyd mayweather,he has passed it on to mosley canelo cotto pacquiao and so on and so on thats why floyd has lost so many since they fought

Are you smoking crack?

Are you? How many fights has floyd lost? Exactly,im takin the pi55

[TheGman]

He was my fav fighter since he beat chavez buts since he formed golden boy promotions he gets under my skin,every interview he is like a cheap car sales man,then again didnt richard schaffer used to be a car sales man?

I'm sure he was an investment banker in Switzerland

Ye i know i got mixed up with his first manager lol

[jamesmcdonnell]

Say what u want about him but he has the blue print to beat floyd mayweather,he has passed it on to mosley canelo cotto pacquiao and so on and so on thats why floyd has lost so many since they fought

Are you smoking crack?

Are you? How many fights has floyd lost? Exactly,im takin the pi55

Oh, wasnt obvious at the time. Thought you could have been one of those crackpot Mayweather haters who insist he's been beaten several times.

[TheGman]

Are you smoking crack?

Are you? How many fights has floyd lost? Exactly,im takin the pi55

Oh, wasnt obvious at the time. Thought you could have been one of those crackpot Mayweather haters who insist he's been beaten several times.

Haha no im takin the piss out of dela hoya,although i thought oscar did beat him and he should of been DQed against judah

[CaptainSpacerod]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

[TheGman]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Haha ok rod point taken

[jamesmcdonnell]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

[boxingknockout]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

The worrying thing is the people still fall for that sh1te

[boxingknockout]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

The worrying thing is the people still fall for that sh1te

[jamesmcdonnell]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

The worrying thing is the people still fall for that sh1te

People are gullible, always have been, always will be.

[boxingknockout]

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

The worrying thing is the people still fall for that sh1te

People are gullible, always have been, always will be.

Yeah I know..... but in this rather more transparent, media savvy age I'd hoped people would be more clued up.....

[jamesmcdonnell]

The worrying thing is the people still fall for that sh1te

People are gullible, always have been, always will be.

Yeah I know..... but in this rather more transparent, media savvy age I'd hoped people would be more clued up.....

If anything being bombarded with more information seems to be making people dumber.

[boxingknockout]

People are gullible, always have been, always will be.

Yeah I know..... but in this rather more transparent, media savvy age I'd hoped people would be more clued up.....

If anything being bombarded with more information seems to be making people dumber.

I think you are probably right.... I was about to write some so-called 'conspiracy' stuff about control and manipulation but I think us cynical old bastards realise it's the truth....

[Bricks]

Everytime I see his smug face I want to punch the tv. He's such a slimey slippery dishonest promoter (aren't they all..) and the recent BS about Canelo-Golovkin just feed that even more.

HOWEVER - he is a legend of the sport, sure he lost most of the big fights but he DID fight pretty much everyone.

Has his antics as a promoter diminished your respect/love/admiration of him? Or do you subscribe to the kind of reverence Sky showed him on Saturday?

I know what u mean but its hard not to be in awe of odlh.....he really belongs in the same bracket as foreman or tyson as a boxing figure as opposed to fighter.......to do what he did inside the ring.....than to do what he did with golden boy its mind blowing....inside the ring he lost focus but was robbed imho v tito, v mosley 2nd time and i narrowly had him beating floyd....his record looks v different when u factor that all in... ...aktho i had him lose to sturm......than look at the huge money he made out of tge ring the monopolies he broke.....he bought ring magazine .....he broke king and to a large extent arum....v smart brilliant businessman....not a bad boxer too

[lefty]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

Thats the problem i've found the longer I follow the sport; the interests of the hardcore fan tend to be in direct conflict with the promoter.

To be honest- whilst I love the sport, the bullshit that surrounds it is slowly killing my passion for it.

[TheGman]

I'll always be a fan of the great oscar de la hoya, a man of dazzling talent and real substance. So he likes to party a little these days, big deal .

All promoters take on the persona of used car salesmen, why should Oscar be any different. He gets asked dumass questions by lickspittle interviewers and has to fit his answers into neat 30 second soundbites.

A promoter's job is to maximize income for his fighter not pander to the wishes of fight fans.

Yeah, promoters have to talk shite to hype their products and also to make excuses for their fighter avoiding certain opponents for a variety of reasons.

Thats the problem i've found the longer I follow the sport; the interests of the hardcore fan tend to be in direct conflict with the promoter.

To be honest- whilst I love the sport, the bullshit that surrounds it is slowly killing my passion for it.

I feel exactly the same,the more knowledge we have on the business side the more it makes us dislike the sport,i wish i could turn back to the late 80's early 90's were i just watched a fight and didnt know the sh1tty side of the business