Left Out in the Cold: Losers in the Pacquiao Sweepstakes

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By Mark Vester - Last week, Dave Scholler penned an article for BoxingScene.com titled “Left Out in the Cold: Losers in the Oscar Sweepstakes.” In the article Scholler ran down a list of candidates who were in the running, or trying to get in the running, for a possible fight with Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas.

Last Thursday, after weeks of back and forth negotiations, a deal was finally struck for De La Hoya to face WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao. The Filipino icon will move up by two-weight divisions, from 135 to 147-pounds.

Pacquiao stands to make $15 million dollars from the fight, by far his biggest payday to date. The payday is so high that it’s already been revealed that Pacquiao is planning to fight two more times in 2009 and then retire from boxing to once again pursue a political career in his native Philippines.

While fighters like WBA welterweight champ Antonio Margarito, Winky Wright, 154-pound champ Sergio Mora, Miguel Cotto and Felix Trinidad were left out in the cold on the De La Hoya side, there were also a number of fighters who were left out in the cold on the Pacquiao side. [details]

[v.cassiusali@ya]

now that delahoya has made up his mind fighting a man almost half his weight, i lost respect to the olden boy. i hope pacman will upset him and erode his "legacy" in boxing.

his grand exit will be a nightmare.

[v.cassiusali@ya]

marquez should win his next bout convincingly so that pacman will be enticed to fight him after his fight with olden boy. he should stop making comments that he already beat pacquiao twice. pacquiao may not fight marquez if he gets annoyed by his comments. pacquiao calls the shot. pacquiao don't need marquez but marquez needs pacquiao. marquez will not make comments if doesn't need pacquiao.

depending on how he will fare with olden boy, arum has lined up exciting opponent for pacquiao, and a fight with ugly boy floyd is not a remote possibility.

if pacquiao beat olden boy, im pretty sure ugly boy floyd mayweather will rise from the grave and fight pacquiao. that might also be pacquiao's farewell fight.

if that happens, marquez will be left out again in the cold as the biggest and sore loser.

[denix]

It's a pity that even without a fight, JM Marquez lost another one, yet and this one, the battle to earn a fight against Pacman. Now that Manny announced his retirement after 3 more fights in 2009, all appearances will most likely be against Oscar, one for a win, one for rematch and lastly deciding match. :-)

[MANGLER]

I really wish we coulda gotten Pac against any of those guys but DLH or Hatton.

[BlackHat]

It's a pity that even without a fight, JM Marquez lost another one, yet and this one, the battle to earn a fight against Pacman. Now that Manny announced his retirement after 3 more fights in 2009, all appearances will most likely be against Oscar, one for a win, one for rematch and lastly deciding match. :-)

LOL! hopefulluy not. I would like to see Pac vs Nate Campbell for the LW unification then against Hatton/Mayweather for his final fight.

[wakwak]

pac will not retire because he's gonna lose all those money after losing in the coming elections

[oneiros1313]

Enough already about JMM. As much as I loved those two, extremely competitive fights that admittedly could have gone either way, Pacquiao fought him twice and JMM lost twice in squeakers. He had his shot.

[Mojita]

if i was pac and won againest DLH, i go after Hatton, then JMM and retire. JMM vs Pac 3 would do great numbers around 500k+ especially if they fight at 135 for belts in a very loaded division. great way to retire.

[sportsplato]

The difference in both Pac vs JMM fights are the knockdowns. If JMM could manage to stay on his feet and stay off his butt, then he would have won both. Both Marquez' bros are whiners. Both get dropped in big fights, and complain they got robbed. Stay off your azz and you might win the big one.