De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Are You Buying the Hard Sell?

[FasTHarD]

Look i'm gonna buy the PPV because i can afford to quite comfortably

But i also have this niggling feeling that we are being set up for the biggest con job in boxing history

I am praying for Pac to be competitive, that is all

Well don't worry like always pacman will..... I'm just curious about my feelings that if Oscar would be competative against pacman....

[We want Floyd]

PAC facing current day Joto presents a much bigger problem than if PAC would've fought Corrales or Casamayor.

****, Joto today is still much better than a prime Diego and Casa combined!!

Joto can get hit easier these days(nowhere near as hittable as Gatti), but he's still has good speed, his timing is still their, his sense of distance is still their, it's the "pulling the trigger" part that he has slipped on.

Joto is still a formidable 147-154lber today!

[theggamme209]

De la hoya not a fighter anymore! He is a business man, trying to get richer! When the casino's announce that the phillipine people bet a record amount of money on manny, then you will know manny has no chance in hell to win!

[Jose Rizal]

lol Lets be serious, it's not like Paq will face a dangerous fighter at full strength. And if Oscar wins this fight and retires, him and his career will be cut up to say the least.

For other welters like Margarito or Cotto, probably not, but for a fighter with only a single fight notched up at lightweight and going up to 147, I'd say DLH is dangerous and strong. This is still the Oscar that was competitive against Mayweather.

[We want Floyd]

De la hoya not a fighter anymore! He is a business man, trying to get richer! When the casino's announce that the phillipine people bet a record amount of money on manny, then you will know manny has no chance in hell to win!

Oh, no doubt about that. the Filipinos will be betting on 12/06/08!













Filipinos will be betting alright, they'll be betting on what round PAC gets KTFO.Believe that.

[MANGLER]

Good article. Real talk. DLH is old, but not shot yet, so Pac has no chance. I've been sayin all along I just hope he lands 1 nice left on DLH before he gets KTFO.

[RisAri0]

I'm sold to any fight Pacquiao is in.

[titleholder]

****ing Oscar, why you trying to rob these pinoys for their money? At least in making business you're still a true Mexican, you rip off the dumb people with no apology. It's cool I guess, make that money, no hate. LOL like if Oscar would read that.

[trainhard_187]

****ing Oscar, why you trying to rob these pinoys for their money? At least in making business you're still a true Mexican, you rip off the dumb people with no apology. It's cool I guess, make that money, no hate. LOL like if Oscar would read that.

So what your saying Pinoys are dumb for rooting for their countrymen, who has not only beat but demolished legendary fighters such as MAB and EM? Now Pac has the courage to move up and fight an bigger man and your calling his people dumb for supporting him?

[edgarg]

By Cliff Rold - It’s almost here and the head scratching continues about exactly what is coming.

In little more than a week, 29-year old WBC Lightweight titlist Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KO) will step up 12 pounds from his latest home on the scale to face 35-year old former lineal Jr. Welterweight, Welterweight and Jr. Middleweight champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KO) at Welterweight. They’re two of the biggest and most storied names in the modern fight game but skepticism about the matchmaking remains. Something about this fight still just doesn’t feel right, feels cynical. [details]

This is probably the best, and certainly the most perceptive article I've read this year, and, possibly, since I began reading BoxingScene, many years ago.

The write has said EVERYTHING which has absolutely NEEDED to have been said about this fight, has looked into every aspect, and every point, both pro and con.

I, myself, not long ago used the Jimmy McLarnin example, but the realised after, that Jimmy was only a "flyweight, bantamweight, feather" and so on, up to welter where he finally settled, I say he was only those lighter weights because he began fighting at a very early age. Therefore he was a growing kid, who grew taller and heavier, and matured into a Welterweight. He had a trainer/manager, who promised Jimmy's parents trhatbhe'd look after him well. .............

And he did, piloting him to several world Championships, and looked after his money, invested it well and turned Jimmy into a prosperous businessman when his career was over. "Pops" Foster managed only Jimmy, and when Jimmy retired, so did he.

I've heard Jimmy on TV several times, and even though he fought in a very tough era, and had many battles, he was as sharp in his old age, as a needle. Probably was, as i recall, very hard to hit cleanly, which stood him well.

Another point, the only correction, and a poor one at that, needed for this fine article, is that the Ceferino Garcia-Henry Armstrong fight was, as I recall (and always open to correction) only for the "NEW YORK version" of the 160 lb title, a single state, and very contrived at that....like this Manny-Oscar fight.

Also, I do believe that they were both inside the welterweight limit, or very close to it. Certainly I believe that Armstrong never weighed more than 140 for any of his fights, being a true featherweight, who was as tough as nails. Here again I can be corrected, and here again I say this is the finest article of this year for sure.

Anyone who says differently will have to fight ME.

All line up on the left...........