Oscar De La Hoya Was Good But He Ducked Winky Wright

Now when people think of the word ducking one name usually comes to mind and thats Floyd Mayweather Jr., but what exactly is ducking. Well my definition of ducking is a bit different but my definition of ducking is simply avoiding a dangerous challenge to take on an easier fight for a lesser payday. People talk about ducking all the time heres one perfect example. Oscar De La Hoya at one time was the number one light middleweight in the world after defeating Fernando Vargas for the lineal title at the weight division. Instead of fighting Winky Wright who not only is an established name but a prominent figure in the division he instead fights Shane Mosley. Though a fight with Winky Wright was not as lucrative at the time it took Shane Mosley to make Winky Wright a household name among boxing fans. So Winky Wright is the champion at 154 he beats Shane Mosley who beat De La Hoya twice, Oscar never fought him. Instead he moves up to middleweight and challenges Felix Sturm for the title and wins a close decision, moves down and loses to Bernard Hopkins and takes an easy opponent in Ricardo Mayorga after a near two year layoff. Winky Wright during this layoff is an established name, and during this time he could have brought on a very lucrative fight for De La Hoya. This matchup could have been the biggest in light middleweight history at the time. By the time De La Hoya came back Wright was more than likely unable to make light middleweight anymore and moved up in weight, while De La Hoya took on Floyd Mayweather Jr. This is a fight I wish I could have seen it would have been a very tactical fight, but in this case you have to admit De La Hoya was ducking Winky. Winky was the biggest light middleweight in the world and brought more money than Floyd Mayweather Jr. did at one time and Oscar being the cash cow of boxing never took that fight and its a shame we never got to see De La Hoya vs Wright it would have been an interesting bout but it would be hard to score if you ask me