Some technical difficulties erased my Saturday posts, so I'd like to reiterate my prediction for tonight's fight: Oscar De la Hoya. Sure, Bernard Hopkins has been fighting at middleweight his entire career, while De la Hoya has come up almost thirty pounds since his Olympic victory in 1992. I'll also concede that in their co-headlining card back in June, Hopkins looked better than De la Hoya. But underdog De la Hoya has fought the best fighters at multiple weight classes--Felix Trinidad, Shane Mosley, Ike Quartey, Arturo Gatti, Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Fernando Vargas, etc.--for nearly a decade. Hopkins, on the other hand, has fought nobodies for most of his career and has been involved in only one fight that was considered a superfight when it occurred (Hopkins-Trinidad). I like that De la Hoya weighed in at 155, and will be fighting as an underdog for the first time in his career. Oscar's quickness and experience in big-time fights, coupled with Hopkins's age and diminishing power (When was the last time Hopkins has sent a fighter to the canvass on a power shot?), compel me to go against the odds and predict an Oscar decision victory.

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