Rusty Rubin is the editor-in-chief of the Ringsports.com magazine, website and the author of three acclaimed boxing books! “Woozel, Boxing and Me” (Authorhouse.com #31810), “Off the Canvas” and “Billy Soose, the Champion Time Forgot” #31809, co-authored by Tom Donelson.
The big fight this week is in Los Angeles where Oscar de la Hoya takes on Steve Forbes. Since the fight is at 150 lbs, pretty much a walking around weight for the “Golden Boy”, it gives him a solid advantage. The light hitting Forbes normally fights twenty pounds less.
A lot of people feel this is a tune-up for Oscar and a prelude to a re-match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. This may be true, but fighters like Oscar will, if they fight long enough run out of gas.
But I don’t see that here. Even if Oscar tires a bit more towards the end of the fight, he should have little trouble catching Forbes when he needs to, and thus take an easy decision over him.
With the odds being very high, I think the safest bet would be the fight goes the distance. Little risk of a knockout here, Of course a small parlay Oscar and may work a bit better.
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