De La Hoya Needs a Knockout Win To Sustain Career

[Fenom]

Real talk. He looks bad enuf for this without carryin Pac to the cards.

exactly.... i think if DLH knocks Pac a lot of out people wouldnt like em anymore

[Pullcounter]

exactly.... i think if DLH knocks Pac a lot of out people wouldnt like em anymore

nah, imho dlh chose the role of the villians... he's got to play it to the bone

[FLY TY]

he doesn't need a ko, he just needs a win. you have to look at this from a casual fans perspective, and most casual fans think pacquiao is the best boxer in the world and if dlh even takes him to the cards, they will see it as a big accomplishment. the casual fans are the meat of the boxing market.

Most casual fans don't even know who Pacquiao is. Years ago when I was just a casual fans and Tyson fought Lewis, I had no idea who Lewis was. It didn't matter to me if Lewis was a bum or the reigning heavyweight champ, all I wanted to see was Tyson kill someone. That's what the casual fans want. I agree with the writer of this article, in a fight that DLH should win based on all his attributes, he needs a KO, period.

agree and disagree. casual fans dont know who pacqao is, and dlh doesn't need a KO, he doesn't even need to win.......he's a cash cow, and the most popular fighter in boxing, so as long as he fights, ppl will watch and the top fighter will wanna fight him. having said all that, he SHOULD have no problem KO'ing manny.......

Oscar needs nothing, he's getting a grip on the boxing world with Golden Boy (is'nt Haton in bed with them as well now?), even if he does lose to Manny he will still make that super fight with Hatton IMO somehow i think

exactly.... i think if DLH knocks Pac a lot of out people wouldnt like em anymore

nah. DLH needs to KO manny's little ass, or he'll lose even more credibility, from the HARDCORE boxing fans.......he's already hated, just for taking this fight in the first place, but to lose or win a decision, he'll be an even bigger joke.....

regardless of how it turns out, he'll still have his fan base, and he'll still be the highest paid fighter in the game. when tyson wasn't **** anymore, ppl still watched, still bet, and tyson still got paid....

[SceneSpectator!]

exactly.... i think if DLH knocks Pac a lot of out people wouldnt like em anymore

U-uh! you mean either way win or lose, dlh will be hates by the people????!!! Oooooh-no, You're BAd iBox4Real! that's not fair!

[MJ406]

I agree with most all of what the poster 2 above me said

but even Tyson died out

how much longer can DLH cash out?

as besides this fight vs Pacquiao it looks like Hatton and Margarito are the only big fights left

**of course ruling out a Mayweather rematch.

[gibo]

Nah, all he needs is a win in a good fight and that should be enough to move him along to his next big PPV event against probably Ricky Hatton.

A loss on the other hand would probably send him into early retirement, although that may not be enoug considering his fan base, I'm sure he could still broker a big fight.

Say he loses, and then decides to go afer Margarito or Cotto at welterweight. YOu guys don't think both of those guys would jump at the chance to fight Oscar?

HE SHOULD OF BEEN "GOING AFTER" MARGARITO OR COTTO FROM THE GET GO. NOT AFTER LIGHTWEIGHT MANNY PAC. ....