De La Hoya: "If I Don't Knock Him Out, A Total Disaster"

[v.cassiusali@ya]

no need to say that. the fact of his choosing pacquiao to fight is already a disaster.

that would even be the worst if he will lose.

nobody will forget him getting ko'd by a fighter almost half his size.

[Pullcounter]

no need to say that. the fact of his choosing pacquiao to fight is already a disaster.

that would even be the worst if he will lose.

nobody will forget him getting ko'd by a fighter almost half his size.

yeah but letting manny go 12 rounds will be hella embarassing.

[Kelly Robinson]

Let's see what happens. It would be quite embarassing if Pacman KO Golden Boy.

[gibo]

oh my god, i cant beleive this fight is going to happen without one bit of criticism from HBO or anybody with a voice in boxing. i know that the fight is going to break records and make them rich as hell, but that doesnt benefit the sport and the true fans that follow the sport and understand. picture if this was manny pacquiao vs miguel cotto,antonio margarito,paul williams,shane mosley or joshua clottey, HBO wouldve laughed at the matchup and take away fan interest while doing it. but since its vs de la hoya, they hype it up calling it a great matchup,the fight of the year and so on. i used to be a oscar fan,but im a die hard boxing fan, and in my opinion oscar's hall of fame card has been revoked. everything floyd mayweather said about him in the buildup to their fight turned out to be correct. oscar has the nerve to say if he beats manny then hes the pound 4 pound best? WTF,this is the same guy who picks only opponents that he thinks he can push around.when he fought mayweather, he was 15 pounds heavier, which is a huge advantage but floyd turned out to be too good regardless. then he fought steve forbes, a good boxer with a style similar to floyd who presented no threat to oscar, he only had 11 ko's.now hes fighting a guy that began his career at 105 pounds. i wanna know who the **** cheers for oscar in a situation like this,why does he have so many fans. he promised antonio margarito a shot but then realized he had to a go to a photoshoot and couldnt afford to get his face battered. i understand money will flow that night,if i wasnt a boxing fan i would give him props for getting his money but i am a true boxing fan who loves the sport so i cant tolerate gimmick events such as these. manny has so many flaws as a fighter, if oscar wants he could end the bout in one round. manny has a lot of power but oscar has big man power and he has speed with head movement and footwork which is something manny does not care to work on. the way he lunges inside will most likely set him up for a brutal knockout with most likely a left hook by oscar.so im certain this bout will not reach 12 rounds. so with all that said, im going to pray the manny pulls off probably the bigggest upset in recent history, so i pick manny by 9-10th round stoppage with oscar's history of wearing down late in fights, his poor stamina will be the reason he wont continue on.he is the best promoter in boxing,hands down but after this fight i hope he doesnt fight no more unless its with an actual challenge

NO ONE CAN SAY IT ANY BETTER....YOU GOT OFF...

[gibo]

For some reaon I doubt Oscar cares that you teenagers, who wouldn't buy the PPV anyways, are 'boycotting' the fight. Instead, he'll be laughing all the to the bank in his money hat.

If Oscar can land some clean punches, I don't see how he can't win by KO. Watch some of Pacquiao's past fights, he is pretty easily pushed around by punches, if Oscar still has his power in his left hook, he should be able to drop him.

IT SHOULD BE EASY FOR oscar TO PUSH A LITTLE GUY AROUND...

[gibo]

But I thought Ivan Calderon beat up De La Hoya in sparring? We keep hearing all these stories comming from De La Hoya's camp about little guys beating up on him.

Why would it be a total disaster if DLH doesn't get a KO? If you listen to the propaganda, DLH will be lucky to last 12. Right?

THAT'S dlh PROPAGANDA, TRYING TO CONVINE THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS A EVEN FIGHT. EVEN SCHAFER SAID THAT PAC IS "BIGGER" THAN oscar. WHAT PROPAGANDA HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MANNY?

[Wiley Hyena]

Mannie has nothing to lose here. I've said it before. Oscar gets to beat up a big name guy that's half his size! How pathetic. It seems the whole world of boxing would now like to see Pacman KO his ass.

[JDCruz]

During his early career Oscar was renowned for being an extremely heavy hitter. As the years (and weight divisions) have gone by he's lost a bit of his sting, but he retains enough to put Manny flat out on the canvas.

I agree, Oscar's left will probably flatten Manny. The problem will be if he fails to make it land. Should Manny succeed in making the fight reach at least 9 rounds, Oscar will probably collapse due to exhaustion. Fighting Pacquiao will be nonstop action and we all know that Oscar is not the young fighter that we knew. He will get tired.

[diavoli]

I can't wait for De La Hoya to knock Manny out.... I'm tired of hearing everyone complain about how much this fight is meaningless, etc etc. Who cares what you think? The general public is loving it and people are talking about boxing and highly anticipating this event. This fight is generating more interest than any other fight De La Hoya could've possibly made. I'm also sick of people saying DLH doesn't belong in the HOF anymore blah blah blah. Oscar's done more for boxing over the last 16 years than virtually anyone out there, he's faced the toughest opposition and been very smart about his money and investments. Let him fight whoever he wants to fight....... And lastly, I'm tired of all the Manny nut huggers that know nothing about boxing predicting Pacman to KO de la hoya, I made a $2000 bet straight up with a filipino classmate who never watches boxing but has heard of Pacquiao and knows he's gonna win just because he's from the Phillipines....

I just hope that you do have $2K

look who's whining