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Superstar Oscar De La Hoya, aka "The Golden Boy," fights in front of a hometown crowd for the first time since 2000 when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS. STEVE FORBES is seen live SATURDAY, MAY 3 (10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT) from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Cal., exclusively on HBO. Discuss this fight here!
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 10, 2008 8:10 PM
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> Attention Mayweather Haters
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> "Mayweather is the most talented fighter I've
> personally seen since Ali"
> -Don King
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Arum said the exact same thing.
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Hey, HBO. Showtime's original series are CRUSHING yours. In case you care.
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 10, 2008 2:30 AM
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> Attention Mayweather Haters
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> "Mayweather is the most talented fighter I've
> personally seen since Ali"
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> How often do you here Mr.King say that about a
> fighter he isn't promoting.
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> Extreme HATING may cause constipation.
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> Edited by gabossboy at 05/09/2008 9:05 PM PDT
gabossboy You have a way of bringing out Mayweather Haters out of the woodwork. LoL
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 10, 2008 12:04 AM
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Attention Mayweather Haters
"Mayweather is the most talented fighter I've personally seen since Ali"
-Don King
How often do you here Mr.King say that about a fighter he isn't promoting.
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Extreme HATING may cause constipation.
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Edited by gabossboy at 05/09/2008 9:05 PM PDT
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 9, 2008 12:14 PM
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You know what would be real thorough-if The Contender had high profile fights-we get to watch these guys train and everything-then we get to watch them fight on a regular network. Rather than getting a couple of bums-they could have a reality show with high profile fighters on the network training and preparing for their mega match. Come on-think about it-that would be huge-it could really bring boxing back to the mainstream and we wouldn't have to wait 4 a over hyped super star fighter 2 so call bring boxing back
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 9, 2008 12:08 PM
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They should have a subject called random discussions-anyway-it's a shame the Juda vs Mosley fight was canceled-but Juda's arm looked horrible-he ask them 4 a simple 2 extra weeks and Shane's wife (she makes me sick) said no. The undercard was canceled also-damn.
I think Abraham is going to beat Miranda 4 sure this time-he has skills and don't get it twisted-he has a high knock out percentage 2. Anyway it should be a barn burner.
Look out for the Witter vs Bradly fight on Showtime 2morrow. This fight is a little under the radar -but garbage fights such as De La Hoya vs Forbes or Cotto vs Gomez catch the publics attention.
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 6, 2008 9:26 PM
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> > This fight was weak, at first I thought De La
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> Because of the war of nutrition?
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 6, 2008 9:19 PM
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The best highlight reel of the Forbes/DLH fight,was the singing of the national anthem, by Nicole Pussy Cat.
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 6, 2008 7:00 PM
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> This fight was weak, at first I thought De La Hoya
> had a chance with Money May but now I know for sure
> that he'll loose to PBF in the rematch.
Because of the war of nutrition?
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 6, 2008 6:39 PM
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This fight was weak, at first I thought De La Hoya had a chance with Money May but now I know for sure that he'll loose to PBF in the rematch.
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 5, 2008 9:25 PM
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> Next time you want to be grammatically correct use
> the alphabet O and not the Number 0
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 5, 2008 9:08 PM
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DE LA HOYA GETS HIS FOOT
IN THE DOOR
By William Dettloff
To the extent that Oscar De La Hoya?s win over Steve Forbes in California Saturday night was an infomercial for his rematch with Floyd Mayweather, it worked. It did for me, at least.
That?s not to say De La Hoya so impressed me that I?d favor him over Mayweather or that I buy his prefight claim that, after 43 pro fights and a couple hundred amateur he finally learned to relax in the ring.
There?s always some breakthrough or revelation with him that compels him to declare beforehand that he?s in the best shape of his life. And then he deflates down the stretch. You know how it goes. It?s marketing.
I?m gullible, but not so much that I expect De La Hoya to do to Mayweather what he did to Forbes. For one, Forbes is no Mayweather. If that wasn?t evident by the fight?s midway point, by when it was clear Forbes would be content with lasting the distance, it certainly was in the moments after the fight ended, when he could be seen laughing and joking with his cornermen.
Talk about handling a loss graciously. I don?t profess to know Mayweather all that well, but I get the sense he?d sooner lop off a leg than lose to De La Hoya?especially with his father on the other side of the ring looking at him. And if he did lose, he wouldn?t be laughing about it.
One of the many things that makes Mayweather special is a nearly pathological refusal to lose. All the great ones have it?until they?ve lost a couple times.
De La Hoya didn?t do anything to show me he will beat Mayweather, but he didn?t do anything to rule it out, either. To the contrary, his jab looked as fast and as stiff as ever. He moved pretty well on his feet for a 35-year-old. He threw nice, tight combinations with lots of nifty, short little uppercuts and left hooks. And he wasn?t gasping at the end.
De La Hoya looked good. Not so good, even against a second-rater like Forbes, that I would pick him against Mayweather, but good enough that the possibility can be entertained. Good enough to have created the old legal standard, a reasonable doubt.
"The Golden Boy?s" infomercial didn?t make the sale. Not against Steve Forbes. But it got his foot in the door. And as any good salesman will tell you, that?s half the battle.
Some miscellaneous observations from last week:
Jeff Mayweather seems a nice guy and all, but I?ve yet to hear him impart any useful between-rounds advice to anyone.
Much to the dismay of our friends over at maxboxing.com, there were no phony-baloney titles at stake during De La Hoya-Forbes. Cripes, how are these fighters supposed to make any money?
In a related story, representatives of the WBC deny reports that Jose Sulaiman was seen in The Home Depot Center stands instigating brawls that he then offered to sanction as title fights in exchange for a fee.
Nicole Scherzinger: Hottest rendering of "The Star Spangled Banner" ever.
Who else is mildly surprised that Johnny Tapia, who pulled out of a scheduled comeback fight on Friday night, is still above ground?
The only reason Evander Holyfield hasn?t formally announced his retirement is Mike Tyson isn?t completely broke yet.
If Golden Boy Promotions is so concerned about how business will be after their stars retire, why do they keep putting together such deplorable undercards?
Good for Andre Dirrell and Joel Julio for taking potentially dangerous fights and winning them in good form.
So exactly how many WBA cruiserweight "champions" are there now?17? 18?
More proof that bulging biceps don?t win fights: Firat Arslan?s relatively easy win over Darnell Wilson in Germany on Saturday.
Bernard Hopkins managed to get on camera about 117 times during the De La Hoya-Forbes telecast. Sure. He?ll retire.
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Re: WCB: May 3, 2008: De La Hoya vs. Forbes
May 5, 2008 2:07 PM
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Next time you want to be grammatically correct use the alphabet O and not the Number 0
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