This is crap. Manny is amazing but De La Hoya is too big and skilled. I've been an Oscar fan for years but he's a chump for refusing to fight Margarito. Margarito is the legit champ at 147 right now, something Oscar hasn't been in a long time. Instead of taking on an elite fighter his own size he's picking on a much smaller opponent. It's just sad.
All Oscar's losses came to guys who were arguably the #1 P4P fighters in the world when he fought them; Floyd, Mosley, Hopkins, and Tito (even though I thought he won). De Le Hoya's legacy will be on the line for his last fight. He's never beaten anyone when they were considered the undisputed best fighter in their division. With Margarito he could've done that. Instead he chose to take on a much smaller and overall less dangerous opponent. I think that speaks volumes about his true character as a fighter.
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