Let the smacktalk begin
My early prognosis? Floyd, TKO, 7th. That's right, 7th. I know I'm not getting any love on my prognostications after that C. Brock bullshit, but look, I'm wrong once a year. Anyway, let's hear it from the gallery people. Cause this shit is big like Biggie.
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Floyd is fast, but I have to go with Oscar. The experience from quality fighters on DLH's side is staggering. This also is the first fighter of this caliber that PBF has ever fought. Also this will be the first time that Floyd has even fought at 154 unless a catch weight is instituted at 150lbs. The extra weight depending on how Floyd puts it on could hurt him. Maybe 147 could be his optimal weight for maximum performance. Hoya is in range to still be in his prime. I can't count him out he should be smart enough to win this fight. I'm giving it to De La Hoya after some smart fighting to land key shots against Floyd. Then later on after a battle lasting 10 rounds. Oscar takes in the 11th by TKO. DLH 11RD TKO.
CK - first of all, Oscar is in a unique category as a fighter, but it's not like Floyd has been whupping chumps his whole career. He beat Castillo twice, Corrales, Jesus Chavez, Zab.
The weight issue is the only thing that makes me think twice. Oscar could probably fight very comfortably at 160, whereas Floyd's best weight is definitely 140 right now. That's a big difference.
But Baldomir fought him at 163, and you saw how that went. Yeah, Oscar is not Baldomir, but Oscar isn't Oscar either, not 1997 Oscar anyway. He's much slower. The speed differential, as it does in all of Floyd's fights, will turn the tide. I just don't think that Oscar will be able to catch Floyd. Floyd will counterpunch the shit out of him and then when Oscar begins to wear down in the middle rounds, he'll get the stoppage. I truly think Floyd is in his own category right now. Floyd against Oscar in his prime? Now there' a fucking fight.
After spending a lot of time amongst the PBF haters and nuthuggers on the esb.com board real accomplishments usually get washed out rather quickly. So in whole yes, I agree that Floyd has fought some greats, but you would have to still tip the experience towards De La Hoya. But that can be quickly countered by the activity factor on Floyd's side. The more I dissect this fight the further away I get from a concrete desicion as to who I think will win. However, I'm still sticking with Oscar in what I hope to be the best matchup of all time exceeding all the hype laid before it. For some odd reason I think it's going to be a purist's matchup. Which to me is no loss reguardless of the winner.
Oh and did you see the Bowe-itis that struck Jason Estrada? He could have won that fight against Travis Walker easy, but blew it like he did his wasteband on those sequinned trunks of his. And Walker that's a big sigh all by itself. The only thing that won him that fight was the fact he was game and in a well toned shape other than the shape of "rounded" that Bitchtits McFlabby Jr was carrying around. If these are two of the biggest prospects out right now I'd deem the rest doomed. Let's hope I'm wrong on that one.
Oh and I meant if those are the biggest American prospects (Estrada and Walker). There are still great prospects springing up in other countries just not in America. It's like some of these guys chose Scott LeDoux as their all-time heavyweight hero. Nobody says they want to grow up to be the biggest clubfighter ever, but than again stranger things have happened.
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