Oscar De La Hoya Has Lost His Focus on Boxing

Let me clarify the title - Oscar has lost his focus on boxing as a fighter. I think he is still highly motivated as a promoter. Oscar has done wonders within the sport of boxing. Not only has he been a great fighter he has been an extraordinary draw for a non-heavyweight. His box office appeal has been second to none in the sport for over a decade. Unfortunately, as much as he wants to continue fighting, I just don't think he is able to keep his focus on training or maintain the motivation to grind out tough battles in the ring. He is still the great Oscar but I think he needs to undergo a huge change in his current attitute towards preparation to continue to fight at a top level. Don't get me wrong he is still a solid fighter but the old Oscar would have made the Manny Pacquiao fight a lot more interesting. He probably would have still lost but at least put on a much better show for the fans. Sure, there are people that say he over trained not under trained but I say he simply over-lost weight by doing too much of the remedial type of training rather than truly crafting a game plan for victory and executing it. Doing a bunch of situps and running miles might be hard for the average Joe but that is just the price of admission for an elite boxer. You need to do a lot more to win at the top levels in the boxing ring. I just hope that Oscar picks his last fight well and decides to hang up the gloves sometime next year. He'll be in his late thirties by then and would have had a brilliant career.