De La Hoya scored a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision over Forbes at the Home Depot Center Soccer Stadium in Carson, CA. Forbes was never hurt or in danger of being knocked down for the first time in his pro career, but everything he can do in the ring, Oscar can do better. Unlike most De La Hoya fights that go the distance, there was no drama awaiting the official scorecards. Two judges gave Forbes a round; the third had it a shutout: 119-109, 119-109 and 120-108.
If all goes according to plan on Oscar's farewell tour, the Golden Boy's next bout will be a September rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Beating a "Contender" is one thing ... beating a world class champion is another. Since decisioning Ike Quartey in 1999, De La Hoya has defeated all the "solid pros" he has faced (Oba Carr, Derrell Coley, Arturo Gatti, Javier Castillejo, Fernando Vargas, Yori Boy Campas, Felix Sturm, Ricardo Mayorga and Forbes), but has come up short against every elite-level opponent (Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley twice, Bernard Hopkins and Mayweather).
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I guess Julio Caesar Chavez was a nobody
Not at all, but Oscar’s two wins over Chavez, as well as his win over Pernell Whitaker, were all BEFORE his decision victory over Ike Quartey on Feb. 13, 1999.
Then, as a boxing analyst, you have to admit that he may not of won the Sturm fight. As well, he may not have lost the Trinidad or Mosley fights. That’s certainly after Ike.
If we judge solely on wins and loses and not the transactions of the fight, we make a mistake.
Oscar get’s a C+ for this fight..that’s right a C+ why well because Forbes has no punching power,forbes had to come up, and forbes is on the decline…yeah he’s a credible name but did anyone really think he was going to pull this off????? Oscar has given us some good fights…his destruction of Jeff Mayweather(yep that’s right a mayweather),Troy Dorsey,Jorge Paez,John John Molina(but actually that should of been a draw because he was beating that @$$ off DLH),Rafeal Ruelas,genaro Hernandez,but we gotta pause when it comes to Pernell Whittaker(Sweet P truly won that fight but the judges gave it to DLH why? because DLH never landed cleanly but P did, Sweet p landed more punches blocked more punches slipped more punches but the industry saw in the young Golden one a Golden EGG hey wanted to hatch)enter IKE Quartey who really beat DLH after Oscar Knocked him down and he got up and dropped Oscar Oscar practically ran the rest of the fight and yeah he knocked Quartey down again and stole the 12th round but he did not win the other 9 rounds)enter Felix strum who out boxed Oscar clearly..now what do all 3 have in common with each other other than a loss to DLH…Oscar would never man up to rematch them..anyone who came close or really beat Oscar he would’nt rematch them…now if you beat him say Mosley,Pretty Boy he wants a rematch and will cry and demand it….i dont count B-Hops because B was to much for the start he thought he had an old man and bam!!!!! and felix Trinidad really lost that fight i gave that to Oscar by 8-9 rounds to 3…….Oscar if you really wanna cement your true heart rematch these guys except Sweet P torn Rotator he’s done fer good…. but Ike and Strum are still alive and kicking..well strum is Ike would be a decent fight
Oscar certainly won the fight but it was not a very impressive win. Forbes was smaller and does not have much of a punch, yet he marked Oscar up pretty good. It was smart doing HBO and not PPV–would have been a dead PPV fight and it does tempt people to put down bucks for a Mayweahter fight. Now if Oscar was really serious, he would try for a Cotto match–of course he would lose, but it would be interesting. By the way, I gree that Sweet P and Sturm both clearly beat Oscar.
Oscar is an awesome fighter and this win was a hard job at this stage of his career due to various committments. He is fantastic for boxing and a great business man. What he has done over the years is awesome and I fancy him to do well against Floyd (who I think needs a good smack to the jaw). We need more Oscar’s in our sport so lets support him !!!