Seems Oscar De La Hoya needs a history lesson.

“Boxing is made up of weight classes,” De La Hoya criticized. “Stick to your weight classes.”

“You fought Hopkins for the title at a catchweight,” I reminded him.

“What weight class?” asked Oscar.

“158,” I replied.


“Well, yeah. That was the arrangement, you know?” He explained. “Would I have considered myself the champion at 160 if I would have beat him? No. There’s weight classes and there is a reason we have weight classes. But boxing is now a business. And it seems that people are heading towards that direction.”

http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Gabriel/Montoya072710.htm

BTW I stole this from Vinze 76 @ ESPN. Thanks Vinze if you're lurking.

i stoped reading this BS half way threw when he gave the excuse for his anser that the fight is getting close to being done..oscar better stop taking the -im kissing floyds ass pills.the credabilty of shaffer the non existent oscar and golden boy has droped a ton..its almost in the class of the shell non existent mayweathers promotions..

Yea, I had posted something before about Shaw saying Angulo was willing to fight at Heavyweight then retracting when someone asked him if he'd fight Martinez at 155.

There's so much bullshit in the sport. Even the people who say it can't keep track of it. Looks like De La Hoya is starting to embrace his role as a promoter though.

Oscar is always full of shit. As a fighter his interviews before every single fight would have him saying he had a great camp, he is in the best shape of his life, etcc... same bullshit every time.

"Boxing is full of shit man" - Paulie Malignaggi


I remember Roach saying "I dont care if Cotto comes in at 200 lbs Manny is still beating him". And yet they still wanted a catchweight.

Manny would have lost an ear, an eye, and his nose would have fallen off ^^^^^^^^