Exclusive: De La Hoya’s Conditioning Coach Speaks Out

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By Brent Matteo Alderson - After Oscar De La Hoya was dominated, and eventually stopped in eight rounds by Manny Pacquiao on December 6 - a mountain of rumors began to circulate all over the boxing world. Rumors that Oscar overtrained to make the welterweight limit, rumors that he was beaten up by sparring partners Victor Ortiz and Edwin Valero, and rumors that he came to ring with absolutely no plan of attack.

BoxingScene.com sat down with De La Hoya’s conditioning coach, Robert Garcia, to discuss all of the rumors, what exactly went wrong in De La Hoya’s fight with Pacquiao and whether or not De La Hoya has anything left in the tank. Garcia has been with De La Hoya since 2001. [details]

[AztecWanker]

so he lost cause he had crap sparring?

[Im Horny]

that's a lot of explanation.

[gancho_al_igado]

By Brent Matteo Alderson - After Oscar De La Hoya was dominated, and eventually stopped in eight rounds by Manny Pacquiao on December 6 - a mountain of rumors began to circulate all over the boxing world. Rumors that Oscar overtrained to make the welterweight limit, rumors that he was beaten up by sparring partners Victor Ortiz and Edwin Valero, and rumors that he came to ring with absolutely no plan of attack.

BoxingScene.com sat down with De La Hoya’s conditioning coach, Robert Garcia, to discuss all of the rumors, what exactly went wrong in De La Hoya’s fight with Pacquiao and whether or not De La Hoya has anything left in the tank. Garcia has been with De La Hoya since 2001. [details]

interesting read, I really believe it was one of those freakish nights for Oscar. I still think he has some left on the tank. I do feel he needs to get back with Mayweather.

[billionaire]

lol at 'if you solve valero you solve pacquiao'.....i was watching the fight again last night...look at dlh legs they look like sticks....he wouldve got beat anyway at 54 but put up a lil bit of a fight

[OctoberRed]

I guess he admits that Valero and Ortiz beat his ass in camp.

[pistol whip]

lol at 'if you solve valero you solve pacquiao'.....i was watching the fight again last night...look at dlh legs they look like sticks....he wouldve got beat anyway at 54 but put up a lil bit of a fight

Poor preperation for a fight like this just adds to how Oscar just doesn't have it anymore.

[Nacho_Analstain]

Valero is absolutely useless.

[JAS_JAS]

there you have it you haters, dont belittle manny's achievements because it was manny's skills that beat up ODLH not oscar being so shot he cant punch ^_^

[Kris Silver]

That made absolutely no sense whatsover and seemed to be littered with excuses, usually begging the question, why didn't you flag it then?

Awful conditioner, really.