“Oscar De La Hoya Overrated is crazy. Underrated actually,” Sims posted on X.

Bleacher Report focused heavily on the high-profile defeats. The Golden Boy retired with a 39-6 record after dropping fights to Felix Trinidad, Mosley twice, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Manny Pacquiao. The 2018 piece argued that his massive popularity elevated his reputation far beyond his actual ring achievements.

That argument becomes harder to defend once you look at the names on his winning record.

The 1992 Olympic gold medalist captured world titles across six weight divisions. He beat Julio Cesar Chavez twice, Pernell Whitaker, Ike Quartey, Fernando Vargas, Genaro Hernandez, Rafael Ruelas, and Ricardo Mayorga.

He also spent his peak years moving through divisions to chase huge fights instead of protecting his record.

Several of those setbacks demand closer inspection. The Trinidad decision remains heavily disputed. His second fight against Mosley was equally controversial. Bleacher Report even described Mosley’s victories over the Golden Boy as “controversial at best” while sticking Mosley on the same overrated list.

Hopkins stopped De La Hoya at middleweight, far above the 130-pound division where he won his first world title. Mayweather edged him by split decision in 2007. Pacquiao stopped a 35-year-old version in his final bout.

Those defeats happened, and nobody should erase them. Using them as the main proof that De La Hoya was overrated misses the bigger point.

He could have finished with a much cleaner record by taking fewer risks. Instead, he repeatedly lined up against elite opposition in multiple weight classes.

Sims’ reaction hits that exact contradiction. The record isn’t flawless, but those six losses came because De La Hoya repeatedly put himself in with fighters capable of beating him.

Calling a career like that overrated says a lot more about how people view defeats than it does about the fighter himself.