Watch the thrilling video here: 8RD rout en route to a 9RD TKO victory of Pacman over the Golden Boy
It was absolved by the 3rd round that De La Hoya was going to need a miracle to override the biffing he was taking.
Pacquiao exhibited every punch in the armory, grazing the Golden Boy with straight lefts that almost closed De La Hoya’s left eye and dazing him with hooks, jabs and uppercuts.
It was so brutal of a beating that it was difficult not to feel compassionate for De La Hoya. At the end of the fight, a exhaustively beaten De La Hoya padded across the ring and met his one-time trainer, Freddie Roach.
“You are right,” De La Hoya said to Roach, who had groomed Pacquiao brightly. “I don’t have it any more.”
Pacquiao was a 2-1 underdog, mostly because he was challenging a man who had opposed at super welterweight or middleweight entirely for the last seven-and-a-half years. Pacquiao had only campaigned once as high as lightweight and had fought 75 percent of his bouts before Saturday at super bantamweight or lower.
Predictions: De la Hoya vs Pacquiao
System of logic would prescribe that an adept big man - in this case De La Hoya - should be able to overcome the good smaller man.
“I will be extremely, extremely disappointed if this fight doesn’t end in a knockout,” De La Hoya pronounced. “It will be a total tragedy for me.”
De La Hoya realizes, won’t be captivated by a competent victory over the ruling pound-for-pound kingbolt.
But most significantly, De La Hoya himself will not be fulfilled by anything other than a clean-cut, convincing victory. He’s brawling a guy who has spent incisively three-quarters of his boxing career at super bantamweight or lighter.
But to the Golden Boy, who is fighting the universally acknowledged pound-for-pound champion for the second time in his last three fights (the last one being his loss to Floyd Mayweather in May, 2007), anything other than a knockout is not acceptable enough.
“I will be extremely, extremely disappointed if this fight doesn’t end in a knockout,” De La Hoya pronounced. “It will be a total tragedy for me.”
De La Hoya realizes, won’t be captivated by a competent victory over the ruling pound-for-pound kingbolt.
But most significantly, De La Hoya himself will not be fulfilled by anything other than a clean-cut, convincing victory. He’s brawling a guy who has spent incisively three-quarters of his boxing career at super bantamweight or lighter.
But to the Golden Boy, who is fighting the universally acknowledged pound-for-pound champion for the second time in his last three fights (the last one being his loss to Floyd Mayweather in May, 2007), anything other than a knockout is not acceptable enough.
Predictions: Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar Dela Hoya
Despite all the crap talks about a “mismatch” between Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, one boxing analyst believes that the fight won't be one-sided at all. The reason: De la Hoya's expected loss of muscle mass in his mid-section.
Like most observers, EastsideBoxing.com writer Shawn O'Donnell agrees that the weight issue is the most important factor in the Pacquiao-de la Hoya “Dream Match” on December 6.
“The single most significant piece to this fight is the weight,” he said in his article, Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya: An Analysis of a Legacy.
O’Donnell, however, said that by shedding himself down to 147 pounds, De la Hoya puts himself at risk.
“If we examine this scientifically, De La Hoya will have to shed extra weight to fight at this limit. The excess weight will probably be lost in terms of muscle mass, which is something De La Hoya cannot afford to lose,” said O’Donnell.
While Pacquiao has to bulk up from 135 up to 147 pounds to make the dream fight a reality, De la Hoya has to cut excess pounds to make the limit.
Like most observers, EastsideBoxing.com writer Shawn O'Donnell agrees that the weight issue is the most important factor in the Pacquiao-de la Hoya “Dream Match” on December 6.
“The single most significant piece to this fight is the weight,” he said in his article, Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya: An Analysis of a Legacy.
O’Donnell, however, said that by shedding himself down to 147 pounds, De la Hoya puts himself at risk.
“If we examine this scientifically, De La Hoya will have to shed extra weight to fight at this limit. The excess weight will probably be lost in terms of muscle mass, which is something De La Hoya cannot afford to lose,” said O’Donnell.
While Pacquiao has to bulk up from 135 up to 147 pounds to make the dream fight a reality, De la Hoya has to cut excess pounds to make the limit.
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