wow, i know that there alot of people who like this clown. however, he has always been over/rated-he just has that flashy hollywood smile and he's kinda' pretty. as a fighter this dude sucks-stats do lie! if you ever watch a fight(supposing you could look at it as a nonOscar fan or a nonbiased person) you'd see that he clearly does nothing but run away from his opp.-just does technically what's needed to win votes i suppose. i know that fighters are supposed to try NOT to get hit, but come on! he throws a punch then runs! dances around like the fairy he is 'cuz he's a puss! AND he always looks scared. he should just stick to singing those love songs he started doing. i never liked this guy since day one-he's really just not that good, he's a phony! he fights like the cowardly lion-if the lion was FORCED to fight. Oscar is a good salesman though, if you're fan-he did his job on you too already! 'cuz if you believe he's good then you bought it. that's exactly what he cares for more than fighting. what's he always been selling all these years? incase i have to spell it out for you-his image, he cares to much about what YOU think of him. kinda' like A-rod(he's another one). Oscar isn't a real fighter. i guess that's not really what its about nowdays though. kelly pavlik is more of what a BOXER should be. HE has been good for the sport. even though boxing HAS been dead for years. maybe it will get a little boost, but if you're looking to watch some REAL good fights-start watching MMA. if for some reason you haven't jumped on board yet. you will, its just a matter of time, 'cuz it's better and has more talented fighters(whom are actually REALLY good at what they do), you'll see eventually.

lost to hopkins with a body shot.ran from trinidad to lose a fight he was winning.mayweather and mosley were good fights that he lost.wins against camacho.chavez.and whitaker were long ago.last good win was against mayorga.

awesome

this dude is trash

Best boxer ever pound for pound no one better.

De la Hoya was boy hood idol, of course being a Mexican American, made it even greater. However, there was a time, when I started not to like him, but that was before I actually got alot more into boxing. The robbery he was given, when facing Trinidad brought back the passion and adulation I had felt for him before. Then I began lookin at his resume and it's damn near full of hall of famers, yes it can be argued that he beat some that were past there primes. However, you can't take away the fact, that at his greatest he had the skills and knowledge that made him the (imo) the best of the 90's and the early part of the new century. The only two men to beat him are Hopkins and Mosley, the first time. Hopkins, with all due respect, caught ODLH at weight six times his original. I think he did considerably well and kept it close, until that vicious body shot. He's also ability to adept to any style of fighting, which the great fighters are able to do. He doesn't duck any fighters, to all the nay sayers look up his career. I'm sure even you too, may be impressed. There's obviously a reason why he's the biggest draw in boxing. It doesn't all come from being a media darling, you gotta back it up with skills.

Heres what I think would happen if he was in a throw-back era simulation, remember from 135-147 lbs. this guy was as good as there ever was. Meldrick Taylor 135 (1989) W UD 116-112, 114-112, and 117-111. Meldrick puts pressure on Oscar in rounds 2-5 but Oscar rebounds quickly and floors Taylor in the 6th and 11th to walk away with almost a near-stoppage. Pernell Whitaker (1991) 140. Pernell ducks and dodges Oscar through most of the fight, the telling blow is Oscar's left hook that grazes Pernell and puts him down in round 2. But Pernell is able to walk away with a majority decision victory by scores of 114-113, 114-114 and 115-114. Julio Cesar Chavez (1989) (82-0) 135 lbs. Oscar and JC superstar slug it out and DLH puts Chavez on his can in the first round. Chavez lands some big crosses upstairs but just misses with his chopped-liver body shot in round 7. Oscar floors Chavez three times in the 11th coming out with a 11th round TKO as referee Richard Steele halts the bout at 1:16, proving the 5'11 DLH is too strong and tall for the 5'6 Chavez. Sugar Ray Leonard (1980) 147lb unification. Sugar and Oscar put on a speed show early on but Sugar is able to take steam out of Oscar with his definitave body shots, Oscar mounts a late round charge by flooring Sugar in the 12th. Sugar gets up at 6 and the two trade punches. Round 14 has the two blazing with Oscar behind on the cards, Oscar walks in to a thundering body shot the puts him right on his wallet and takes an eight count as the round ends. Oscar comes out full guns in the 15th as he knocks out Sugar's mouth piece, Sugar clinches and barely hangs on waiting for the judges decision. 144-141 Leonard. 143-142 De La Hoya. 144-140 Leonard. Leonard wins a controversial decision (what else is new?) Hitman Hearns (147 pounds) (1983). Oscar takes the Hitman to school for the first 9 rounds, but again finds his strategy too tiring as his against Tito. The Hitman way faster than Tito is able to get on the inside and put Oscar on the canvas with a jarring right cross to the chin as Oscar gets up he trades with the Hitman and the two are bloodied after the 14th. Oscar cautiously stays away and just boxes the 15th and wins a Unanimous Decision. Roberto Duran (1982) (135lbs unification). Duran chases Oscar all around the ring in the early rounds but is done in by the faster and taller Oscar, as he is stopped in the 13th from bad cuts around his eye. Sugar Ray Robinson (1952) 147lb catch weight at 151lbs for Jr. Middleweight Championship. Oscar takes role of inside fighter this time because he knows Robinson has the power to lay him out at any point. Robinson lands some thunderous body shots in the 8th but Oscar shoulder rolls, and blasts the great one with a solid hook to the jaw. To his surprise Robinson just smiles at him as the round ends. Oscar uses Basillio's strategy to brawl and in the 12th catches Robinson with a withering hook to the body and has Sugar wincing. Robinson blasts De La Hoya with a 4 punch combo that puts Oscar against the ropes and opens up a nasty cut over his left eye. The two go blow-for-blow in the 14th and Oscar comes out on the losing end as he only is able to land about 14 punches to Robinson's 36. The 15th has Oscar wobbly and going for broke, he lands a right hook on Robinson's temple that puts him down on 1 knee, he shakes in off and knocks Oscar down as well with a rising uppercut that has the crowd gasping. De La Hoya beats the count and the fight ends as the fighters await the decision. (remember, scoring was done back then by round basis not points. 8-6-1 De La Hoya, 9-6 Robinson, 10-4-1 Robinson. Terry Norris (1993) 147 pound eliminator. Oscar and Terrible duel it out. Oscar is able to bomb Terry out of there in the 7th because of bad cuts and poor-training from Terry at the time of the stoppage Terry is up 5 rounds to 1. Aaron Hawk Pryor 140lbs. (1983) Hawk is able to fool Oscar the whole night as he is able to beat him to the punch. Oscar mounts a courages comeback in the late rounds as he puts Hawk down 3 times total in rounds 7 thru 11. The Hawk throws flailing punches and finally gets his groove back in the 13th, before Oscar lands a six punch combo at the end of the round that has the crowd- going crazy. The Hawk presses the action in the 15th, believing his is behind on points he walks right in to a patented Oscar left hook and he is put on the ground and does not beat the count. Pryor was ahead on all three judges scorecards at least 9 rounds to 5.

He's good but if hes this high up then where is Bernard Hopkins?

one of he most overrated athletes of all time.

Nevermind the fact he was knocked out by Bernard Hopkins. Oscar De La Hoya has proven he is a great fighter by moving up from lightweight to middleweight and consistently being competitive. De La Hoya is the consumate fighter who has sought to pad his career by fighting the best boxers of his era (though sometimes these them were over the hill). Perhaps not the greatest, De La Hoya nevertheless deserves credit for taking on the best of his era- and thus living up to his image as the 'Golden Boy'.

Beating fernando vargas, oba carr, yory boy campos and james leija doesn't make you great. He lost to pernell whitaker, ike quartey, felix trinidad, shane mosley twice and felix sturm. i'm just waiting for hopkins to expose him. sept 18 can't come soon enough

ODLH shoudnt be in the greatest of all time category. hes just the frontman for the welter/middle division for today. with his less than average skills and his gift decisions and his cowardly tendancies, i give him only one star cuz thats all hes earnd.

Oscar is a very good fighter and if he pulls off a longshot win against Bernard Hopkins,he certainly deserves to be rated higher-particularly after his last gift win against Felix Sturm.But the fact is that neither he or any of the other top fighters today fight at the frequency fighters used to fight.Fighters at Oscar's level only fight once or twice a year;if he fought more often,he'd probably have a few more Sturm type performances(assuming he is actually better at middleweight than he's shown so far).

hasnt had an opponent in his class

Not one of my favorite fighters, however, give him huge props for his throw-back attitude of seeking out fights against the best competition. Came up with a huge victory against Vargas in a fight I thought he'd get the crap beat out of him in. I don't understand how folks think he's been given gift decisions (other than in his last fight against Shurm). Got the short end against Trinidad and Mosely (twice). Whitaker DID NOT beat him in their fight (in my opinion). I think there's more substance to Oscar than a lot of folks give him credit for.

Medicore boxer with Great Smile. Wins decisions against unknown beaten boxers because of his smile and fan base. See if he can con anybody when he fits a real fighter like Bernard Hopkins. Might win split decision if he survives up until the twelve rounds. Other than that, a poor, wattered down version of Sugar Ray Leonard. Be real, and not get gift decisions from Fixed Boxing Committees.

Sugarless version of sugar ray leonard, great attraction but picked opposotion and lots of gift decisions, never won his big fights without leaving question marks

i think he is one of the greats. and he should of won the second time he fought mosley and the trinidad fight and he beaten vargas and others that made him a boxing legend.

Has all the skills. We'll see if he can have his revenge on Mosely

Queer!

Oscar was, despite the unschooled opinion, one of the most skilled boxers of all time. I always remember one fight in particular (vs. Tito, I think) when he lost a decision after thoroughly out boxing and proving his opponent couldn't hurt him through most of the fight. In the post fight interview he said "I thought it was a boxing match..." No, he was never the most willing to throw down and trade shots with the sluggers, but when you're as smooth and skilled as he is why would you?

u get a 4 because u fought washed up boxers like cantino said qoute "GOOD LOOKS AND FIGHTS WITH WASHED UP BOXERS LIKE CAMACHO AND CHAVEZ WILL GIVE YOU A NAME"...u beat tito but ran like girl that last round....was sup man? ur not that great ur not J.C.C. or close ....

it's obvious alot of you guys wrote the comments before he fought mosley, felix trinidad, and most recently his convincing victory over vargas, not only did he step up in weight class, he proved hes a force to be reckoned with, and now his after mosley again, and this time it's personal.....

Like Ali, the thing that shocks me the most about Delahoya, is the level of animosity coming from his detractors. You'd think they guy had raped a nun or something. Why can't people just judge a fighter's boxing worth on how he fights? If you want to condemn him as a self-promoting pretty boy, fine, but why let it pollute your assessment of him as a fighter? Oscar's strengths: fast hands and a quick mind. Hooks huge, avoids taking the full brunt of a punch beautifully. Weaknesses: tires, could keep himself in better shape, doesn't keep a strong professional presence in his training camp, so he employs the wrong strategy in too many fights. But that's his fault, as he ran off the good men and keeps washed up men like Gil Clancy around, and it was Clancy foolishly counseling him to run from Tito in the final rounds. But his biggest weakness, he quits throwing the hook in big fights. If he'd kept that hook firing like Frazier did he'd have won some fights he lost. Since he lost to Trinidad and Mosely, he gets four stars. He probably should take the rematch with Sugar Shane and stay completely away from Vernon Forrest. But, I think he will fight Forrest.

After beating the crap out of Vargas, he convinced me he can take a punch. But fought an old Chavez, had he fought a younger Chavez, he would have lost. Still a good boxer and will beat any opponent he faces.

Too soon to tell. He needs to conquer his conquers and then make a loud statement to solidify any legacy he wants. Needs to clean out 147lbs & 154lbs to truly be great.

Great boxer!

One aspect of being considered a great boxer is longevity.Oscar definitely didn't have it.

His image and looks helped him out of a few tight ones in the ring. He lost, or avoided, the fights he would have needed to win to be a legend.

GOOD LOOKS AND FIGHTS WITH WASHED UP BOXERS LIKE CAMACHO AND CHAVEZ WILL GIVE YOU A NAME, BUT BEING SCARED OF VARGAS AND LOSING TO SUGAR OR JUST NOT FIGHTING TITO WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF BOXING. IT SAD THE WAY A PERSON CAN USE A SPORT TO GET TO OTHER THINGS LIKE SINGING, AND ACTING. WE ALL KNOW THAT OSCAR CAN'T FIGHT, SING, OR ACT, BUT GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR CONVINCING LITTLE GIRLS (HIS ONLY FANS) THAT HE CAN.

Oscar De La Hoya is a b****. The only reason he is where he is at today is because whenever there is a close fight the judges give it to him.

Fabulous warrior for many years.