Golden boy?

I personally would take boxing any day over the MMA which is not dominating PPV.  However, when you have DLH fighting nothing more than a punching bag, you have to question boxing.

This sport is more about marketing, hyperbole, and finding stiffs to pad your record.

If Boxing ever wants to be great then they need to get a single orgnization for each division and have mandatory bouts against top contenders in very short periods of time.

I have had enough of big name fighters fightings bums and fighting for years.  The champions and top contenders should be required to fight so many times a year and be forced to have at least half the fights against top contenders.

Boxing is going to have to change or it will continue it's decline.

Boxing also needs to fight a legimiate heavyweight champion as the heavyweight division has been a joke since Tyson was young.  we need another Ali, Frazier, or even Larry Holmes at this point as there are no great boxers in the heavyweight division.

Dean

DLH needed a tune-up fight before fighting Floyd, Jr., again.  Tune up fights have been part of boxing for years and years.  The most important thing the fight showed was that Oscar could go 12 full rounds without wilting as he did in his previous fights. 

If he  comes into the fight in the same kind of shape, and is able to cotinually use his jab against Mayweather in September, I like his chances of winning the fight.  Mayweather is obviously a much better fighter than Forbes, but noone is unbeatable.

I don't think it would be a good idea for him to finish his career against Miguel Cotto in December.  That guy is scary.

DLH had to make one fight to get a probable rematch................He didn't make big $$$ (at least compared to his usual championship purses).............He fought without Pay Per View, so no one got suckered into another $50 waste of money.

What was anyone expecting from a non PPV fight? 

And he can beat Mayweather IMO............They fought to a split decision their last match, and De La Hoya isn't a threat to be KO'd by Mayweather.  That will make him aggressive, and make it a great fight...............(unless Pretty Boy decides to try to make it a patty cake fight.)