Oscar to keep fighting after 2008........

[MJ406]

I have trouble seperating ur post from ur sig MJ lol
Must be cuz im stoned...

oh boy surfin the net stoned, yeah that'll impair your judgment lol.

but my sig's got a ---- in it to differentiate. and about that sig, well it's making reference to someone who always bet against Cotto and well I said "you'll get him one of these days"

Yeh it would not suprise me for Oscar to have a rematch clause
His gonna milk it for all its worth

well Oscar's already milking it dry, heck i think it's pretty much "common knowledge" that Oscar/Hatton is on the cards for 2009

and the cynic in me almost wants it to happen.

I mean if Oscar's gonna suck the life outta the sport slowly and make these Super Mega fights .. why let him stop at Pacquiao right?

[The Gully Gad]

well Oscar's already milking it dry, heck i think it's pretty much "common knowledge" that Oscar/Hatton is on the cards for 2009

and the cynic in me almost wants it to happen.

I mean if Oscar's gonna suck the life outta the sport slowly and make these Super Mega fights .. why let him stop at Pacquiao right?

I hear ya...
But im a boxing fan **** im still gonna watch it..
I cant understand the peeps that are saying there disgusted by it and are
not watching it..

[MJ406]

see this is where I differentiate between a fanatic and boxing fan

I mean just because it's boxing .. do you absolutely HAVE to watch it?

**** I hear other posters praising people for having the self control to not watch it.

my stance is that this fight's been talked about so damn much my serious interest level at the moment is 3 outta 10

and I'll reserve judgment depending on how 24/7 plays out + how it's promoted. (if Oscar's gonna continue with this goal of kayoing Pacquiao that'll decrease the interest)

and anyway as for your last points, I'll attack it in 2 parts hopefully you see what angles im going for

as the peeps who are disgusted by it ... just something to put in perspective.

Manny's been rocked at 130 by Marquez .. and did admit to getting hit hard vs David Diaz at 135 (yes I saw the fight and Manny dominated, but im pretty sure Pac said something along the lines of feeling Diaz power, even if it was one punch)

so factor that in with going up against DLH .. what'll happen when Oscar lands flush?

I think we can throw triangular logic out the window because I'd think a 147 DLH hits harder then anyone at 130 or 135 Manny could face.

and regarding the comment about peeps not watching.

compare the last DLH PPV with all the hype it got .. and how it turned out.

maybe people are just sick to death of DLH in big money huge fights every year.

hell when this fight was seriously being talked about, I almost threw up in my mouth.

so there's the sick to death of Oscar factor, which you maybe seriously under estimating.

[Left Hook Tua]

DLH would knock him out.

prime oscar vs. prime miguel would look like delahoya-vargas.

i don't know about this version of oscar though.

[chosen1]

de La Hoya Plans To Keep Fighting After ‘08
By Dave Skretta, Ap Sports Writer
21 Minutes Ago



Ap - Oct 1, 5:58 Pm Edt 1 Of 8 Boxing Gallery New York (ap)—the Golden Boy Got The Golden Fight He Wanted. Turns Out It Won’t Be The Last One, Either.

Shading His Eyes In The Shadow Of The Statue Of Liberty, Oscar De La Hoya Said Wednesday That He Wants To Fight At Least A Couple More Times After Taking On Filipino Hero Manny Pacquiao On Dec. 6 In Las Vegas, In What Is Sure To Be The Biggest Fight Of The Year.

“there’s No Doubt About It. My Mind Can Still Do It, My Body Can Still Do It,” Said De La Hoya, On The First Stop Of A Promotional Tour That Will Include Such Landmarks As The Alamo And Golden Gate Bridge. “i’m Going To Ride The Wave For A Little While.”

De La Hoya Broke Box Office And Pay-per-view Records With His Narrow Loss To Floyd Mayweather Jr. Last Year, And The Sport’s Most Bankable Star Said That Fight Proved He Could Still Compete At An Elite Level.

Perhaps Stung By The Disappointment, De La Hoya Announced He Would Retire After This Year And Focus On His Many Business Interests. But Almost Immediately He Had Reservations, Especially When It Seemed That Every New Champion From Welterweight On Up Wanted A Crack At Him.



“let’s Say I Retired After The Mayweather Fight. I Would Have Come Back. There’s No Doubt About It,” De La Hoya Said. “i’m Definitely Going To Fight After This.”

That Doesn’t Mean De La Hoya Is Overlooking Pacquiao. Figuratively, At Least.

The 10-time Champion Will Be Coming Down To 147 Pounds For The First Time Since Beating Arturo Gatti More Than Eight Years Ago. Accustomed To Being The Smaller Fighter, For Once It Was De La Hoya (39-5, 30 Kos) Who Towered Over His Opponent When They Stood Face-to-face On A Platform With The Skyline Of Lower Manhattan In The Background.

Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 Kos), Considered The Current Pound-for-pound King, Is Only Six Months Removed From Fighting Juan Manuel Marquez At 130 Pounds. But The 5-foot-6 Southpaw Didn’t Have A Problem Carrying His Speed To Lightweight When He Knocked Out David Diaz In June, And Thinks He’ll Be Even Stronger At Welterweight.

“some People Are Criticizing Oscar For Picking On A Small Guy Like Me. Some People Say I’m Picking This Fight For The Money,” Pacquiao Said. “i’m Going To Prove Everyone Wrong.”

They’ll Both Make Plenty Of Money, Though.

Tickets For The Bout Sold Out In A Matter Of Hours, Guaranteeing The Second-largest Gate In Boxing History. Golden Boy Ceo Richard Schaefer Said Ticket Revenue Will Be Nearly $17 Million, Second Only To De La Hoya-mayweather, And About 33,000 Tickets Are Going To Be Offered For Fans To See The Fight On Closed-circuit Tv Around Las Vegas.

Then There’s The Pay-per-view Take. De La Hoya-mayweather Smashed Records With 2.4 Million Buys And $134.4 Million In Revenue, Helped Along By The 24-7 Reality Show That Chronicled Both Fighters In Their Lead-up To The Bout. Hbo Is Filming Another Four-episode Series To Boost The De La Hoya-pacquiao Showdown.

And There Should Be Plenty Of Intriguing Story Lines.

Pacquiao’s Longtime Trainer Is Freddie Roach, Who Also Prepared De La Hoya For His Bout Against Mayweather. The Golden Boy Said That Intimate Knowledge Concerns Him, And Roach Confided That He Saw Something In The Later Rounds Against Mayweather That Pacquiao Can Use To His Advantage.

“i Learned A Lot During That Nine-week Period And Now I’m Going To Use It Against Him,” Roach Said. “can He Still Pull The Trigger? We’ll See.”


Current Wbc Lightweight And Wb…

Ap - Oct 1, 6:08 Pm Edt
Insider Knowledge Won’t Be Limited To Pacquiao’s Corner.

De La Hoya Had Hoped To Lure Floyd Mayweather Sr. Back To His Camp, But He Had Already Committed To Training Ricky Hatton For His Fight Against Paulie Malignaggi. So De La Hoya Turned To Nacho Beristain, Who Helped Prepare Marquez For Both Of His Bouts Against Pacquiao.

Along With His Return To Welterweight, De La Hoya Plans To Return To His Old Training Grounds In Big Bear, Calif., Where He Prepared For Many Of The Biggest Fights Of His Career.

When Asked About The Circular Nature Of Going Back To Where It All Began, In The Twilight Of His Career, De La Hoya Smiled.

“i Have To Prove To Myself That I Can Still Do This,” He Said. “yes, I’m 35. Everyone Says That’s Over The Hill For Boxing. But I’m Still Young, I Didn’t Get Beat Up. So I Still Want To Do This.”

Hes Just Sayin That...he Gone Retire After The Fight