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gilgamesh wrote:

IKSRTFO wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
I guess huge Floyd fans like yourself never got to see him lose so now you spend your days manufacturing psychological defeats.

It wasn't psychological. He didn't win the gold medal. Whether he deserved it or not is debatable but the fact is Floyd didn't win the gold medal that Oscar did 4 years earlier. Because of this, Oscar was a household name before he even turned pro and Floyd was fighting in small venues for peanuts for years and that is a FACT.

Not even 2 years into his Pro career Floyd was already a World Champion and Ring Magazine's 1998 Fighter of the Year, and THAT my friend is an actual fact. Not one I pulled out of my ass like you.

IKSRTFO wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

IKSRTFO wrote:

It wasn't psychological. He didn't win the gold medal. Whether he deserved it or not is debatable but the fact is Floyd didn't win the gold medal that Oscar did 4 years earlier. Because of this, Oscar was a household name before he even turned pro and Floyd was fighting in small venues for peanuts for years and that is a FACT.

Not even 2 years into his Pro career Floyd was already a World Champion and Ring Magazine's 1998 Fighter of the Year, and THAT my friend is an actual fact. Not one I pulled out of my ass like you.

And was still fighting in empty venues until Corrales, like when he fought Augustus on the stupid Hip Hop boxing show hosted by Ed Lover and Doctor Dre in a half empty venue. Floyd ALWAYS was in Oscar's shadow until he fought him. That is pure FACT.

IKSRTFO wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:

IKSRTFO wrote:

It wasn't psychological. He didn't win the gold medal. Whether he deserved it or not is debatable but the fact is Floyd didn't win the gold medal that Oscar did 4 years earlier. Because of this, Oscar was a household name before he even turned pro and Floyd was fighting in small venues for peanuts for years and that is a FACT.

Not even 2 years into his Pro career Floyd was already a World Champion and Ring Magazine's 1998 Fighter of the Year, and THAT my friend is an actual fact. Not one I pulled out of my ass like you.

And was still fighting in empty venues until Corrales, like when he fought Augustus on the stupid Hip Hop boxing show hosted by Ed Lover and Doctor Dre in a half empty venue. Floyd ALWAYS was in Oscar's shadow until he fought him. That is pure FACT.

gilgamesh wrote:

IKSRTFO wrote:

gilgamesh wrote:
Not even 2 years into his Pro career Floyd was already a World Champion and Ring Magazine's 1998 Fighter of the Year, and THAT my friend is an actual fact. Not one I pulled out of my ass like you.

And was still fighting in empty venues until Corrales, like when he fought Augustus on the stupid Hip Hop boxing show hosted by Ed Lover and Doctor Dre in a half empty venue. Floyd ALWAYS was in Oscar's shadow until he fought him. That is pure FACT.

Half Empty Venues or no, I guarantee you that once he won his title he was making at least 100,000 dollars a fight. Not peanuts. He was definitely nowhere near the star that Oscar was for a long time, but he surpassed him in the long run.

bnovelist wrote:You notice Floyd never has anything good EVER to say about Oscar or Golden Boy? Till this very day almost 10yrs after their fight Floyd won't have

anything nice to say about Oscar & I know where it comes from. Floyd is extremely smart in terms of boxing IQ. Very smart! I feel he knows deep

down prime for prime De La Hoya would have beaten him. I believe so as well as awesome as Floyd has been but a prime Oscar was really something

else. He could box, he could bang, he could recover fast. great stamina, knew how to steal rounds, and would push the

championship rounds to really impress the judges. Floyd ain't stupid he KNOWS that a prime Oscar would have decisioned him PRIME for PRIME.

At one time Oscar looked unbeatable even when Tito got that bs decision EVERYONE in the sports bar that night were shocked seeing Oscar

actually lose a fight everyone around that time was high on De La Hoya! The Oscar that fought Quartey and

Pernell? As great as Floyd has been I can't see him beating that version of De La Hoya! De La Hoya is actually the best WW since the days of

SSL, Hearns, & Duran NOT Mayweather! It's Oscar!

Sequitorian wrote:It's impossible for people who weren't around when Oscar was fighting to understand what a super-star he was ... America loved him ...

Nobody cares about Mayweather ...

Aside from that, maybe Oscar was never as slick a boxer as Mayweather (even though he was pretty slick) ... but he was a better all-round fighter ... with the accent on FIGHT ... and he fought everybody ...

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:I especially remember Oscar's balls to the wall approach to the biggest fight of his career. Few will ever forget that war with Trinidad.

Nile4000 wrote:Maybe they should settle matters once for all in a steel cage, loser leave boxing wrestling match.

Enlightened-One wrote:

Nile4000 wrote:Maybe they should settle matters once for all in a steel cage, loser leave boxing wrestling match.

Why do you keep posting to threads that are more than a year old?

RScarf1 wrote:Before Oscar fought Floyd, I predicted that the fight would be a draw. It almost was a draw. If just one more round was scored for Oscar, then it would have been. It was a close split decision. Oscar was about a year away from retirement. If Oscar was in his prime, I think he would have beaten Floyd at welterweight or another weight class such as lightweight. Oscar has criticized Floyd for purposefully waiting for boxers to get old and fighting them when they are not in their prime. I have to agree with Oscar. Can you imagine if Floyd fought the boxers that Oscar did? What would his record be? I don't think he would be undefeated.