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I dont think the outcome will be any diffrent from their first fight. Sure It might be a better fight but I see Floyd winning by decision.

i dont think it'll be different either...i personally think De la Hoya is way overrated...you only need to look at his record and anyone of any calibre he's been up against, he's been beaten....

He shouldve made short work of Forbes but he couldnt even finish him. He didnt even dropped him once. I know Forbes aint no slouch but if he couldnt really do much to Forbes, I dont see him doing it to someone like Floyd which is much better than Forbes.

Originally posted by jaden101
i dont think it'll be different either...i personally think De la Hoya is way overrated...you only need to look at his record and anyone of any calibre he's been up against, he's been beaten....

not true at all

DLH holds wins over

Vargas
Trinidad (I count it as a W and so do most experts)
Whitiker
Chavez 2X
Ruelas (Who was undefeated at the time and was the favorite)
Quartey (Another guy that was a beast in the 90's)
Gotti (Who was also undefeated and a beast at the time)

Originally posted by Caps Conscience
not true at all

DLH holds wins over

Vargas
Trinidad (I count it as a W and so do most experts)
Whitiker
[B]Chavez 2X
Ruelas (Who was undefeated at the time and was the favorite)
Quartey (Another guy that was a beast in the 90's)
Gotti (Who was also undefeated and a beast at the time) [/B]

Do you see DLH winning the rematch?

I always had a problem w/De La Hoya because of how favored he was. I remember back in '97 when he fought first Miguel Angel Gonzalez then Pernell Whitaker a few months later. He won both fights by decision. In the first fight, the reasoning for him winning was because even though Gonzalez hit DLH with bigger shots (and DLH looked more beat up), Oscar hit Gonzalez with more overall punches and scored more points. In the Whitaker fight, the exact opposite reasoning was used. Oscar won because he landed more power shots, even though Whitaker landed more overall punches.

Originally posted by Darth Vicious
Do you see DLH winning the rematch?

No, I'm not saying that at all. But he is definitely not overated. I don't want to see this fight but DLH is where the money is at.

Originally posted by Caps Conscience
not true at all

DLH holds wins over

Vargas
Trinidad (I count it as a W and so do most experts)
Whitiker
[B]Chavez 2X
Ruelas (Who was undefeated at the time and was the favorite)
Quartey (Another guy that was a beast in the 90's)
Gotti (Who was also undefeated and a beast at the time) [/B]

i never saw the trinidad fight but it was 115-113 each judge or something like that wasn't it?

he lost to mosley twice and mosley is sketchy at times to say the least

chavez was about 36 when he lost...pushing on in years...

Gotti?...you mean Arturo Gatti?...he'd lost 4 times before fighting De la Hoya

that's why i think...relative to his attraction for money...i believe he gets too much hype...for me, he's on a par with the likes of Zab Judah...very good...but not great...

Originally posted by Caps Conscience
No, I'm not saying that at all. But he is definitely not overated. I don't want to see this fight but DLH is where the money is at.

I was just asking. I agree about the money part which is why I think DLH could win in a controversial decision just to have a 3rd fight. After all, Floyd seems to cares more about money these days than the actual fights.

DLH is just on a money making run, he´s past it and will losse.

I´d like to see hi fight Felix Sturm again, he never won the first fight, and apart from a little burst of agression at the end of each round got out pointed.

I can't wait to see him fight Mayweather and Cotto this year. He's gonna lose both of them.

I would love to see a DLH-Cotto. Cotto will destroy him. Too bad he said he made a promise no to fight puerto rican fighters.

So he said, but as of right now, he is planning on facing Cotto in December. That's what the announcers said during his last fight.

I can't wait to see Mayweather-Cotto fight. I'm calling into work dead that day.

Well first things first, he needs to destroy Margarito in July.

True. I don't think he'll have too much of a problem with Margarito.

I cant wait. Margarito aint no push over which should make for an excellent fight.

easy points victory against juan lazcano for Hatton tonight...a very poor performance though...he should've knocked Lazcano out

he got tagged too easily but Lazcano's punches were too weak to do anything

maybe he wanted a distance fight to test his ring stamina...who knows?...but it was a crap fight

It was a horrible fight. Lazcano hurted him a couple of times but couldnt capitalize on it. That was some bullshit by the referee on round 8 when Hatton got hurt.

crap match. Hatton aint got what it takes against the big guns

Thats what I was thinking. I think hes gonna get broke against someone like Margarito, Cotto and of course Mayweather.