De La Hoya was gonna get Knocked out by Manny if the fight wasnt stopped! 100%

[Zarco]

i don't think he wold have been dropped or hurt but th ref would have had to stop it.

+1........

[Chuckguy]

What? Floyd is unbeatable..I thought you knew?, plus you dont want those pics than dont ask for them.

REally Sad and
just
FYI
Flaud is beatable but too conservative to fight a real challenger
I heard he is targeting Juanma next and is only going to ask him to jump4 weight divisions

[Bushidō]

What's more embarassing is that people think that was the REAL DLH in there.

[larry x]

No the ref woulda stopped it or DLH could have finished it until the humiliating UD. No way Pac was gonna KO him. DLH wasn't KOed by middleweights, Pacquiao couldn't KO him when he landed 1000 times on a dehydrated version of him.

???he fought 2 middleweights...got a gift decision to sturm and was ko'd by hopkins

[larry x]

oscar wouldnt have gone down before the ref stopped it

[blaze778]

That was an unhealthy, past his prime De la Hoya who still had a great chin that night, but the accumulation of punches would have caught up to him. Also, Manny wasn't really sitting down on his punches as he usually does because he didn't want to get countered. Roach advised him before Round 9 to go for broke, but Manny never had the chance. The iron chin Margarito took the best Mosley had to throw, but the accumulation of those flush shots eventually wore him down. Same would have happened with Oscar, but the ref would have probably stopped the fight before anyways.

I know this is an old subject, but why the hell did Oscar weigh 145 two weeks prior to the fight. I have been watching boxing since I was a little kid during the Hagler years and I never seen any fighter do that. Yeah, it wasn't Oscar's fault for being past his prime, but he is definitely an idiot for weighing in under 147 2 ****ing weeks before the fight! I am no boxer or nutritionist, but I know that is very unhealthy thing to do for an athlete. The body will adjust to that weight after 2 weeks and it would be almost impossible to rehydrate in only 24 hours. He is lucky he didn't get seriously injured that night, as dehydration not only effects his the body but the brain as well.

[Junito-Rulez]

???he fought 2 middleweights...got a gift decision to sturm and was ko'd by hopkins

When i say middleweights i include junior middleweights like Vargas, Castillejo, or 154 Mosley too. All those guys are stronger than Pac.

DLH has a granite chin and even though Pac has a lot of power, i believe DLH could have gone the distance if his corner and the ref were ****** enough to let him do that. But DLH quit as we know so this thread is useless.

[MOREBASS]

What's more embarassing is that people think that was the REAL DLH in there.

Was it a De La Hoya clone?


Everybody knew which version of Oscar was coming in to fight Manny.


That's the reason why the fight was made. It made things a little bit more even. We ALL knew that his best days were past him.

But, everybody thought that despite that fact...he would still be too much for Pacquiao.


Wrong.

[Junito-Rulez]

So that only proves Pacquiao is really a blown up WW right? That he shouldn't be fighting @ 147lbs as everyone wanted the Cotto fight. Also implying that he basically has no chance against Cotto who is going to be more natural and comfortable, in his prime, with power? Well, you my friend just might be right!

No i don't think so. Pacquiao's power is still there and actually it improved more than anything else. Pacquiao, just because of his destruction of 140 pounds champ Hatton, is a real challenge for Cotto to prove he's the best at 147.
Cotto 58% Pacquiao 42%, it's a hard fight for both but as i explained too many times Pacquiao should have stayed at 140 and Cotto has exactly the tools to annihilate Pacquiao's assets.

[sycomantz]

manny hit DLH with everything he had over all the rounds and couldnt drop him. Floyd buckled DLh with two rights against a much stronger and healthier opponent.

so much for Pacs "POWER" dude is overated