I have to watch for Manny explosives style, I have to watch for his fast hands LOL.
If Manny was a proven welter like right now back in 08, this fight would break 2 mills PPV buys.
That wasnt a prime De la hoya but guess what, that wasn't a prime Manny Pacquiao either. Pacquiao is only 32 and still hasn't reached his prime. De la hoya could never have beat Pacquiao at any weight cuz hes a b*tch who lost all his big fights.
then why dela hoya challenged pacquiao?....
its amazing how people discredit dela hoya after seeing the result...
if dela hoya had won that fight, I bet the same people will be in dela hoya's nutsack...
Everybody thought Pac was crazy for taking the fight. Most experts were calling it a circus. Funny how everything changed after that epic beatdown.
doesnt change the fact DLH was past it and wasnt relevant in any division anymore. I mean, his performance in the fight was pitiful. not to mention he got pretty beat up by Forbes of all people.
people mostly just thought that Pacquiao was too small to make WW, ignoring the fact he weighed in at WW size since his super featherweight days.
I predited a Pacquiao win.:You_Rock_
wait, do people actually count the DLH win as anything for Pacquiao?
its obvious he was way past it and not a top fighter in any weight class at that point.
Everybody thought Pac was crazy for taking the fight. Most experts were calling it a circus. Funny how everything changed after that epic beatdown.
wait, do people actually count the DLH win as anything for Pacquiao?
its obvious he was way past it and not a top fighter in any weight class at that point.
never said he wasn't weight drained or shot against forbes.
against forbes he wasn't as weight drained because we wasn't trying to weigh in at 147 lbs on fight night... but he got hit more cause he thought he could take more chances against a midget and he wanted to look impressive.
I agree with you that dlh is bad against southpaws. In his prime couldn't beat up an aging Whitaker who only had his right jab going for him. I recommend you watch dlh vs Whitaker and dlh vs Manny. Whitaker might be better in defense but Manny is way better in offense
cause dlh was ignoring his defense cause forbes is a blown up LW without enough power to hurt him. he was willing to take the risks to try and get a stoppage.
is that a fact or your oppinion?
lol @ even trying to justify he was somehow resembled a good Oscar. He was dehydrated as hell (first time he fought 147 in years) and was shot to bits.
never said he wasn't weight drained or shot against forbes.
against forbes he wasn't as weight drained because we wasn't trying to weigh in at 147 lbs on fight night... but he got hit more cause he thought he could take more chances against a midget and he wanted to look impressive.
lol @ even trying to justify he was somehow resembled a good Oscar. He was dehydrated as hell (first time he fought 147 in years) and was shot to bits.
dlh was never good against A class left handed fighters even in his prime had a hard time fighting an aging Whitaker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUo3zBkmToo see that he most of the time was punching air. No way could dlh beat Manny either he was prime or not.
cause dlh was ignoring his defense cause forbes is a blown up LW without enough power to hurt him. he was willing to take the risks to try and get a stoppage.
lol @ even trying to justify he was somehow resembled a good Oscar. He was dehydrated as hell (first time he fought 147 in years) and was shot to bits.
dlh was never good against lefties period. Watch his fight against an aging Whitaker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUo3zBkmToo and then Manny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlwLvtw4PB8you will see that he couldn't figure out how to handle a lefty. Manny and his team incorporated the same tactics used by Whitaker by moving constantly to dlh's left side. Note: that in other fights Manny moves to the right side of his opponents constantly e.g Margarito http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFMRxLkAWk and for Cotto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlLO29K3fZQ . In my conclusion prime or not dlh would have never beat Manny.
Stevie Forbes busted him up the fight before.
cause dlh was ignoring his defense cause forbes is a blown up LW without enough power to hurt him. he was willing to take the risks to try and get a stoppage.