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Oscar De La Hoya will beat Pacquiao
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Because it’s personal to the Golden Boy.
It’s ON this Saturday, when the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada features the Oscar De La Hoya – Manny Pacquiao fight, a bout being dubbed as the ‘’dream match.’’
And as stated, yes, it’s personal for ‘’the Golden Boy’’ Oscar De La Hoya. He probably feels too that it’s his responsibility to save the sport from guys like Pacquiao who don’t know squat about boxing and just prey on boxers who are either retiring or simply too old to return to the ring.
Of course, De La Hoya has all the reasons to end the career of ‘’the Pacman’’ Manny Pacquiao too. Aside from bastardizing the name of one of the greatest franchises in video game history, Pacquiao doesn’t care about the sport at all. To this guy, it’s just all about money. And while he pretends to be a man of integrity, what happened back in 2006 between De La Hoya and Pacquiao simply suggests that he is anything but trustworthy.
For all ya’ll uninformed, the Pacman double-crossed De La Hoya’s Golden Boy promotions when Pacquiao turned his back on what De La Hoya thought was a done deal between the two. Pacquiao ended up signing with promoter Bob Arum instead for probably a bigger contract.
Of course, De La Hoya was disappointed. There he was ready to take a fighter like Pacquiao under his wing and finally get this guy some people to teach him how to fight like a true boxer for a change and he ended up getting stabbed in the back.
‘’When he looked into my eyes and I looked into his eyes…”
Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Can Oscar De La Hoya save boxing?
In case you haven’t heard yet, one prized fighter will collide with someone yet to prove he’s worth all the hype on December 6 at the MGM Mirage in Las Vegas. And in case you didn’t get that, it’s a ‘’Golden Boy’’ Oscar De La Hoya – Manny ‘’the Pacman’’ Pacquiao face-off in what many are calling as the ‘’Dream Match.’’
Dream match? More like mismatch to me. Oscar De La Hoya is obviously the better, more experienced fighter and probably the only way for Manny Pacquiao to pull off a win on this one is run around the ring, avoiding De La Hoya’s right hooks.
Oscar De La Hoya has a career 
record of 39 wins with only five losses. 30 of those wins came by way of knockout. However, De La Hoya has declined over the years. His losses came in the last nine years of his career with three of them happening in his last seven fights that spanned from 2003 to 2008, the last one of which against now-retired former WBC super welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
It was a stroke of genius that Pacquiao’s people scheduled a fight against De La Hoya at this point of De La Hoya’s career. Pacquiao has been doing this a lot lately, scheduling a fight against the aging Erik Morales, the retiring Marco Antonio Barrera and a slower and older Juan Manuel Marquez.
This time though, Pacquiao could be walking into a brick wall since De La Hoya will be taking advantage of all kinds of statistical data, from reach to weight, and a fighter of his caliber should be ashamed if he lets a fighter like Pacquiao score a win over him before he walks away from the ring.
Still, being a true fighting champion, the owner of…
De La Hoya V Pacquiao on Dec. 6
Friday, August 29th, 2008Oscar De La Hoya wants to prove that he’s still the very best.
And for his retirement match, he chose the boxer who has been on a mean streak lately, Manny Pacquiao.
Thursday, the ‘’Golden Boy’’ Oscar De La Hoya officially announced his scheduled bout with the lightweight champ on December 6. If De La Hoya pulls off a win over Pacman, he will be walking away on top like the champion that he is.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum still refuses
to confirm what could be the biggest fight of the century. What he did told everybody is De La Hoya making a big announcement about who’s going to be his next opponent.
‘’We’ll know who is he is fighting tomorrow,’’ Bob Arum said from Youngstown, Ohio, where he was attending a promotional event for the Kelly Pavlik – Bernard Hopkins fight that he is co-promoting with De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
‘’I made a commitment that I wouldn’t say anything and that tomorrow there would be an announcement. I’m not allowed to make any comments. Everything will be clear on Thursday.’’
Pacquiao has a knack for scheduling bouts with boxers who are either old or retiring, we all saw that when Pacquiao beat a retiring Erik Morales, an aging Marco Antonio Barrera and barely coming up with a win over an older and slower Juan Manuel Marquez despite the fact that I clearly saw the older Mexican winning it.
This scheduled…
Manny Pacquiao vs David Diaz for WBC Lightweight Title
Friday, June 27th, 2008It’s this Saturday as Manny Pacquiao will try to win the WBC Lightweight Championship from David Diaz.
The question is, can Manny Pacquiao beat David Diaz and become the first Asian to win four titles in different weight classes? Diaz has what it takes to shock the world and if the Pacman is not careful, he just might get shocked by the defending champ himself.
Pacquiao will return inside the ring against another Mexican fighter, David Diaz, to fight for Diaz’ WBC Lightweight Championship belt at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This will be a 12-round bout promoted by Top rank in association with MP Promotions. Manny Pacquiao, the reigning WBC Super Featherweight Champion, (who for some reason climbed up weight class to avoid Juan Manuel Marquez…) calls this bout his toughest battle yet.
‘’This will be my hardest-fought battle,’’ Manny Pacquiao said.
‘’It’s been over three years since I have changed weight divisions and I will be doing it against the lightweight division’s world champion. I saw how he took the fight to Erik Morales in his last title defense and I’m expecting to see the same firepower out of him when we meet. But this is my drive for five. Five world titles in five different weight classes and I will not be denied. I am fighting for history, for destiny and for my people of the Philippines.’’
‘’Manny Pacquiao has beaten many great fighters, especially Mexicans like Morales, Barrera, Marquez, Larios and Solis. That’s why they call him ‘The Mexicutioner.’ I will shock the world and beat Pacquiao at his…
Can David Diaz stop the Manny Pacquiao bandwagon?
Friday, June 20th, 2008It’s on June 28, when Manny Pacquiao will look to win the WBC Lightweight Championship from David Diaz.
Will a Mexican finally beat who is being dubbed now as ”the Mexecutioner” Manny Pacquiao? We’re hoping David Diaz does just that. He will come into this bout as the reigning WBC Lightweight Champion looking to defend his title from Pacquiao on June 28 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Will a new champion be crowned? Diaz will definitely have other plans.
David ‘’Dangerous’’ Diaz, the current owner of the WBC Lightweight Championship, holds a professional record of 34-1-1, with 17 KOs. He is a former four-time U.S. National amateur champion and 1996 U.S. Olympian, making his debut in November, 1996.
Diaz won the WBC Interim Lightweight world title in his last fight in August, 2006, with a sensational come-from-behind knockout against defending champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz. The win against Santa Cruz made Diaz the WBC’s mandatory challenger and when no agreement could be reached during the free negotiation period with WBC champion Joel Casamayor, the fight went to a purse offer.
Casamayor’s representatives did not participate and pursued another fight, and Casamayor was stripped of the title. And according to WBC rules, David was to take his place as WBC champ.
Diaz is a lefthander with an aggressive style and good skills. At his best, he keeps a busy pace, pressures his opponents and wears them down. He is tough and durable, possessing above average physical strength. He is always in good condition and has good stamina.
He is an aggressive lefthander who always makes exciting fights. Diaz is undefeated since February, 2005, giving him with all kinds of momentum heading to his…
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