[Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023)

[TimeTeller]

Tank Davis is certainly a very agile boxer, even turning his stature to an advantage. Every movement is very smooth foot steps smooth strokes so it is a very effective machine itself. Ryan Garcia has almost no footwork, and we know his jaw isn't that strong. Ryan Garcia's shortcomings are more clear. Height isn't a downside for Tank Davis. He beat too many people taller than himself before. He's on both sides because he has hard punches. Everyone wants that excitement this game so it can be instant TKo.

If both fighters will take that early engagements maybe we can see an early TKO but for it will going to depend in how both fighters prepared for their respective opponents, both can start slow and observe one another, I also see your point in terms of Tank advantages though the chance of Garcia to land a solid combination can bring Tank to kiss the floor.

Fans wanted to see them fighting in a toe-to-toe confrontation. It will add the value of this fight and the entertainment that will be satisfy the fans.

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

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[Fredomago]

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

Being an underdog can be used as your motivation as you wanted to prove something, especially in the eyes of the fans. With how they throw trash talks together and you are facing the champ, inside him he really wanted to bring him down and be on top. Let see if how both of them will execute all the plan and preparation inside the ring.

Both can surprise the fans. Even Tank got the favor from the bookies, as he was the champ here, but Garcia can also bring something to upset him if the timing is right.

[Hypnosis00]

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

Being an underdog can be used as your motivation as you wanted to prove something, especially in the eyes of the fans. With how they throw trash talks together and you are facing the champ, inside him he really wanted to bring him down and be on top. Let see if how both of them will execute all the plan and preparation inside the ring.

Both can surprise the fans. Even Tank got the favor from the bookies, as he was the champ here, but Garcia can also bring something to upset him if the timing is right.

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

[yazher]

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

He needs to put everything into this fight because this is the peak of his challenges and when he gets through this, he will no longer be bullied by the others saying he is only capable of winning on small fishes and can't take a big one. If he successfully finishes Davis and knocks him out, it will be a huge statement and even be added to the Fight of the Year nomination. They really need to make this fight happen because this is the era and their chance to further expand their popularity with this fight and be one of the legendary boxer once they finally step out of the ring.

[carlisle1]

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

He needs to put everything into this fight because this is the peak of his challenges and when he gets through this, he will no longer be bullied by the others saying he is only capable of winning on small fishes and can't take a big one. If he successfully finishes Davis and knocks him out, it will be a huge statement and even be added to the Fight of the Year nomination. They really need to make this fight happen because this is the era and their chance to further expand their popularity with this fight and be one of the legendary boxer once they finally step out of the ring.

He need that to happen if he wanted to be recognized as one of the best fighter, right now he doesn't have any belt, so even how
good he is, there's no supporting achievements.

But if he wins this fight against Tank for sure he will earn lots of respect and a possibly bigger fight/ money fight for his career.

Waiting for whatever these two fighters will offer inside the ring, hope to see aggressiveness between them.

[Yaunfitda]

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

Being an underdog can be used as your motivation as you wanted to prove something, especially in the eyes of the fans. With how they throw trash talks together and you are facing the champ, inside him he really wanted to bring him down and be on top. Let see if how both of them will execute all the plan and preparation inside the ring.

Both can surprise the fans. Even Tank got the favor from the bookies, as he was the champ here, but Garcia can also bring something to upset him if the timing is right.

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

I guess every fighter will have to go this experienced, become a underdog, but then win the fight. So everyone is on the hands of Ryan Garcia now, even if he is the underdog and for sure he knows this, but he has been clamoring for this fight even before the pandemic and he calls out Tank because he wanted to get the respect by beating him.

So regardless of him being the underdog, doesn't matter for him. In his might this is a winnable fight. By the way he goes to the media and saying that he will knockout Tank Davis.

[Fredomago]

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

Being an underdog can be used as your motivation as you wanted to prove something, especially in the eyes of the fans. With how they throw trash talks together and you are facing the champ, inside him he really wanted to bring him down and be on top. Let see if how both of them will execute all the plan and preparation inside the ring.

Both can surprise the fans. Even Tank got the favor from the bookies, as he was the champ here, but Garcia can also bring something to upset him if the timing is right.

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

I guess every fighter will have to go this experienced, become a underdog, but then win the fight. So everyone is on the hands of Ryan Garcia now, even if he is the underdog and for sure he knows this, but he has been clamoring for this fight even before the pandemic and he calls out Tank because he wanted to get the respect by beating him.

So regardless of him being the underdog, doesn't matter for him. In his might this is a winnable fight. By the way he goes to the media and saying that he will knockout Tank Davis.

He always loves to talk, but that's another thing to prove. Even a newcomer can say that they KO any champ, something that we usually hear when there's an upcoming fight. There are many trash talks that will be published to bring the attention of the fans. Two things can happen. Either he will prove those words or it will backfire on him and he will be the one that will going to be KO.

Knowing Davis, he loves playing and he will take the ring as his playground. Anything is possible to happen. Let see how both fighters will showcase their skills and capabilities.

[btc_angela]

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

Being an underdog can be used as your motivation as you wanted to prove something, especially in the eyes of the fans. With how they throw trash talks together and you are facing the champ, inside him he really wanted to bring him down and be on top. Let see if how both of them will execute all the plan and preparation inside the ring.

Both can surprise the fans. Even Tank got the favor from the bookies, as he was the champ here, but Garcia can also bring something to upset him if the timing is right.

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

I guess every fighter will have to go this experienced, become a underdog, but then win the fight. So everyone is on the hands of Ryan Garcia now, even if he is the underdog and for sure he knows this, but he has been clamoring for this fight even before the pandemic and he calls out Tank because he wanted to get the respect by beating him.

So regardless of him being the underdog, doesn't matter for him. In his might this is a winnable fight. By the way he goes to the media and saying that he will knockout Tank Davis.

He always loves to talk, but that's another thing to prove. Even a newcomer can say that they KO any champ, something that we usually hear when there's an upcoming fight. There are many trash talks that will be published to bring the attention of the fans. Two things can happen. Either he will prove those words or it will backfire on him and he will be the one that will going to be KO.

Knowing Davis, he loves playing and he will take the ring as his playground. Anything is possible to happen. Let see how both fighters will showcase their skills and capabilities.

Yeah and he has face some trash talkers in this career as well. But he all knock out, knock them down so the hype train continues with Garcia. Although some may say that he has a weak chin because Campbell was able to knock him down. However, Ryan come back on that fight and win via knockout, body shots and Campbell can't recover.

Both loves to talk though and both can back up that s**t.

That's why fans love them and their is hype on this fight as compare to other fight in this division.

And Ryan has been ripped already, seen some pictures of him on his social media and definitely ready for this big fight. And probably he is just walking within 140 lbs now and just need to cut to get into the 136 lbs catchweight.

[bbc.reporter]

And it's according to one thread, in this fight, someone will make it official about the Errol Spence vs Bud Crawford fight. So we will see if it is going to happen because that is one of the most anticipated much as well. Just like this fight, two boxers in their prime and both are champions.

They will be making a huge announcement using this fight as many people will be watching. Hopefully, they will announce the undisputed fight between two undefeated champions that we have been waiting for. If they seal that fight, there will be no more speculation that either one of them is trying to evade it.

The boxing industry is getting bored right now, as it feels invaded by this popular YouTuber that want to get in to the pro scene. These (Davis vs Garcia & Spence & Crawford) are the fights that fans really want to watch.

I agree, it was taken by the Paul Brothers and making millions in their exhibition fights. And this should be a challenge for boxing, promoters, networks affiliations and boxers themselves to bring back the glory and make the right fights and not allow politics and corruption to take over in the industry.

So hopefully by April 22, we will now that Errol Spence vs Bud Crawford is officially on the calendar of fights for this year.

We still have Haney and Loma, but we wanted to see more great fights and hoping that everyone involved can deliver it like the Ryan Garcia vs Tank Davis fight.

Is Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford confirmed for June already? In any case,  you forgot to mention Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue hehe. It will certainly be a fight that might change the super bantamweight division if Inoue gets the WBC and WBO championships.

As of now, that specific bout is not yet sure if it will really materialize even if they will announce it in the Ryan Garcia vs Gervonta Davis fight while the Inoue vs Fulton has been delayed because the Japanese former undisputed champion at 118 was injured recently which resulted into a delay but now they got a new schedule.

Also, did everyone watch how Israel Adesanya knockout Alex Pereira? Izzy pretended to be hurt and caused Pereira to begin to punch and kick which caused him to be open for Adesanya's very quick counter panch. I reckon King Ry can use the same tactic to trick Tank hehe.

That was a sweet revenge and Adesanya surely prepared well to execute and finish Pereira in a much shorter time. But I'm not sure what you mean that Garcia can use a tactic like that because somehow boxing is quite different compared to the UFC.

However, it was Izzy who copied a tactic from boxing called the rope a dope. It was used first by Muhammad Ali when he was fighting George Foreman who was a powerful knockout artist very much similar to Izzy's opponent Alex Pereira.

In any case, okay Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence is only an extended April Fool's joke hehehe. I will wait for April 22.

[Ziskinberg]

Both loves to talk though and both can back up that s**t.

That's why fans love them and their is hype on this fight as compare to other fight in this division.

And Ryan has been ripped already, seen some pictures of him on his social media and definitely ready for this big fight. And probably he is just walking within 140 lbs now and just need to cut to get into the 136 lbs catchweight.

Since we know that both fighters aren't boring, they can choose not to trash talk against each other. However, once they are out in the ring, they cannot control their aggressiveness and eagerness to win. I see this as a big rivalry between two great boxers, and Garcia needs to win here for Davis to activate a rematch that could potentially result in a trilogy.

[Yaunfitda]

I also don't want to give a finality of opinion on this fight as most of the time, it is the preparation that matters once inside the ring.
As both boxers are studying the weaknesses and strengths of each other, they will come up with a good plan or good training plan.
But we will only see if their plans and strategies will work once they are already fighting, because some plans can be scrape if it won't work on their opponent.
Over-all, this fight is gaining hype from boxing fans, so the likelihood of selling out gate tickets would be fast. But for most of us, we can just always wait for the live streaming.
Garcia is stil the underdog on this fight. So that would be a good motivation for him to train harder. The very reason why Davis should not take this fight for granted.

Being an underdog can be used as your motivation as you wanted to prove something, especially in the eyes of the fans. With how they throw trash talks together and you are facing the champ, inside him he really wanted to bring him down and be on top. Let see if how both of them will execute all the plan and preparation inside the ring.

Both can surprise the fans. Even Tank got the favor from the bookies, as he was the champ here, but Garcia can also bring something to upset him if the timing is right.

Garcia probably hasn't felt like an underdog before, as he has been mostly the favorite in his previous fights, if not all. So it's not a big deal to him. He will prove that he deserves bigger respect, and the only way to do that is to beat Tank Davis. Everyone is anticipating this big fight as it is the biggest fight that will happen this year so far.

I guess every fighter will have to go this experienced, become a underdog, but then win the fight. So everyone is on the hands of Ryan Garcia now, even if he is the underdog and for sure he knows this, but he has been clamoring for this fight even before the pandemic and he calls out Tank because he wanted to get the respect by beating him.

So regardless of him being the underdog, doesn't matter for him. In his might this is a winnable fight. By the way he goes to the media and saying that he will knockout Tank Davis.

He always loves to talk, but that's another thing to prove. Even a newcomer can say that they KO any champ, something that we usually hear when there's an upcoming fight. There are many trash talks that will be published to bring the attention of the fans. Two things can happen. Either he will prove those words or it will backfire on him and he will be the one that will going to be KO.

Knowing Davis, he loves playing and he will take the ring as his playground. Anything is possible to happen. Let see how both fighters will showcase their skills and capabilities.

Yes, but Ryan has proven himself that he can back up his trash talking. So we will see, the fight is nearing, he is posting a lot on social media and this two have a lot of interviews as well going on public.

@bbc.reporter - yeah old trick and Alex still fall for it, although he thought that he got Izzy already, boom, two quick punch and it was over.

Not sure who will do that strategy, both loves to fight in the middle. But if there is one, then it should be Ryan staying in the corner and try to time Davis.

[Jawhead999]

Since we know that both fighters aren't boring, they can choose not to trash talk against each other. However, once they are out in the ring, they cannot control their aggressiveness and eagerness to win. I see this as a big rivalry between two great boxers, and Garcia needs to win here for Davis to activate a rematch that could potentially result in a trilogy.

Yeah it should be, Tank isn't a trash talker, but if someone mess with him, he will trash talking back. Actually Garcia tend to become trash talker due to his high self confident. I think they're not a big rival, but most people just want to see Garcia fight with a tough boxer.

Even Garcia not fight Haney, but Tank should be considered as stronger than him.

[danherbias07]

It won't be a problem! Ryan Garcia's dad tells the rehydration clause won't be an issue for them.

Henry revealed that Ryan (23-0, 19 KOs) never gains more than nine or ten pounds when he weighs in. So if anything, it won’t be Ryan affected by the rehydration clause.

Source: Ryan Garcia's Dad Addresses Rehydration Clause For Tank Davis Fight - Boxing News 24/7 (https://www.boxing247.com/boxing-news/ryan-garcias-dad-addresses-rehydration-clause-for-tank-davis-fight/261504)

That's good news for them indeed but I still doubt it won't affect the performance of Ryan Garcia. It's not like he will be fighting a regular boxer, it's the Tank that he will be facing and one mistake could make a big difference while they are facing each other.
Well, it came from them. So that means it's not a handicap and if they lose they cannot reason out this clause that was made before the fight.

[DevilSlayer]

Since we know that both fighters aren't boring, they can choose not to trash talk against each other. However, once they are out in the ring, they cannot control their aggressiveness and eagerness to win. I see this as a big rivalry between two great boxers, and Garcia needs to win here for Davis to activate a rematch that could potentially result in a trilogy.

Yeah it should be, Tank isn't a trash talker, but if someone mess with him, he will trash talking back. Actually Garcia tend to become trash talker due to his high self confident. I think they're not a big rival, but most people just want to see Garcia fight with a tough boxer.

Even Garcia not fight Haney, but Tank should be considered as stronger than him.

I do like Tank because of his realness, I might say that he is a semi humble because he understand the game. I watched a clip regarding Tank and an interviewer where he asked by the inverviewer if he see the Left hook of Ryan Garcia is dangerous or not. I expect that he will become arrogant to say that he will belittle punch of Ryan but I'm surprised he respected his Left Hook and aswered to the interviewer that he knows that it is dangerous. He also said that he cannot measure it fully because he doesn't yet fight Ryan inside the ring. His humbleness makes him a feared opponent, his coach also says that you will regret if you bet against Tank because he is really working hard and he is really strong boxer. Garcia's name is so popular and we all know that he trashtalks very well, his online reputation is the one who always talk but he needs it for him to become more popular. Before I want to bet in Ryan but right now I'm having a doubt because Tank destroyed his previous opponents, Garcia doesn't yet have enough experiences to fight a veteran like Tank Davis but who knows maybe he can pull out something especial that can Knockout tank. I'm so excited to their match, who you got guys?

[bisdak40]

And Ryan has been ripped already, seen some pictures of him on his social media and definitely ready for this big fight. And probably he is just walking within 140 lbs now and just need to cut to get into the 136 lbs catchweight.

And the below picture is one of them hehe. Yeah, he looked ripped already with barely ten days into the fight and that 136 lbs catchweight is very attainable but with the 10 lbs limit rehydration clause i think he would still look like that picture below, i mean he will only be taller, and not a bigger boxer this time. Davis has done a good job of beating Ryan Garcia outside of the ring. His boss (Oscar) knows well how it is to be only taller but beaten by a faster Manny Pacquaio.


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[Kelvinid]

His boss (Oscar) knows well how it is to be only taller but beaten by a faster Manny Pacquaio.

Hilarious! Oscar surely knows that he would not forget a fighter that made him retire from boxing. He was even the big favorite in that fight, so what happened was an upset. He has to make sure to apply that lesson to his boxers, so that it will not happen again, hopefully.

[Fredomago]

And Ryan has been ripped already, seen some pictures of him on his social media and definitely ready for this big fight. And probably he is just walking within 140 lbs now and just need to cut to get into the 136 lbs catchweight.

And the below picture is one of them hehe. Yeah, he looked ripped already with barely ten days into the fight and that 136 lbs catchweight is very attainable but with the 10 lbs limit rehydration clause i think he would still look like that picture below, i mean he will only be taller, and not a bigger boxer this time. Davis has done a good job of beating Ryan Garcia outside of the ring. His boss (Oscar) knows well how it is to be only taller but beaten by a faster Manny Pacquaio.


ctto

10 days and we will see if how both fighters will talk without a voice inside the ring, they are both expected to be aggressive and wanted to put down / knock down on another, the ringside is the right venue to execute those trash talks that they are throwing from one another, I see a good advantage with Tank as Ryan still needs to lose some weight before the fight.

we will see if being tall but not in a usual form will affect Ryan's movements and fighting capabilities, or it can be a vice versa.

[Jating]

And Ryan has been ripped already, seen some pictures of him on his social media and definitely ready for this big fight. And probably he is just walking within 140 lbs now and just need to cut to get into the 136 lbs catchweight.

And the below picture is one of them hehe. Yeah, he looked ripped already with barely ten days into the fight and that 136 lbs catchweight is very attainable but with the 10 lbs limit rehydration clause i think he would still look like that picture below, i mean he will only be taller, and not a bigger boxer this time. Davis has done a good job of beating Ryan Garcia outside of the ring. His boss (Oscar) knows well how it is to be only taller but beaten by a faster Manny Pacquaio.


ctto

10 days and we will see if how both fighters will talk without a voice inside the ring, they are both expected to be aggressive and wanted to put down / knock down on another, the ringside is the right venue to execute those trash talks that they are throwing from one another, I see a good advantage with Tank as Ryan still needs to lose some weight before the fight.

we will see if being tall but not in a usual form will affect Ryan's movements and fighting capabilities, or it can be a vice versa.

If we based on the pictures, yeah, seems to be that Garcia has no problems making that 136 lbs catchweight. But still depend on how mentality he is ready for this fight. Remember that he had a big mental breakdown before and with this big fight ahead of him, we don't know that status of him inside, nevertheless we all hope that he had recovered already and that he is fine now.

Both of them have public workouts and looks amazing. But only one can be declared the winner. But the true winner will be us, boxing fans, even if we are not fan of either boxer, still good that we can see this kind of fight, two very young and undefeated boxers.

[Kemarit]

His boss (Oscar) knows well how it is to be only taller but beaten by a faster Manny Pacquaio.

Hilarious! Oscar surely knows that he would not forget a fighter that made him retire from boxing. He was even the big favorite in that fight, so what happened was an upset. He has to make sure to apply that lesson to his boxers, so that it will not happen again, hopefully.

We can't compare Oscar fight against Manny though, we all know that Oscar is already way past his prime and can't pull the trigger against and he was weight drain on that fight.

If there will be fight of Oscar on his prime, if will be against him vs Pernell Whitaker (RIP). That time Pernell is one of the best defensive fighter and we can even compare him to Floyd although Pernell is a southpaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PisRGWmSa0s

[Kasabus]

His boss (Oscar) knows well how it is to be only taller but beaten by a faster Manny Pacquaio.

Hilarious! Oscar surely knows that he would not forget a fighter that made him retire from boxing. He was even the big favorite in that fight, so what happened was an upset. He has to make sure to apply that lesson to his boxers, so that it will not happen again, hopefully.

We can't compare Oscar fight against Manny though, we all know that Oscar is already way past his prime and can't pull the trigger against and he was weight drain on that fight.

If there will be fight of Oscar on his prime, if will be against him vs Pernell Whitaker (RIP). That time Pernell is one of the best defensive fighter and we can even compare him to Floyd although Pernell is a southpaw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PisRGWmSa0s

Not way past his prime because if I'm not mistaken, Oscar Dela Hoya was just 35 years old at that time and he I believe that he could have still dominate the division if Manny Pacquiao wasn't around that time. It's just that he met his fate in the hands of the Filipino champion and learned a lesson to retire much earlier before he will be a clown in the industry for being a trophy for the younger ones.