Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: I Knew Pacquiao Would Beat Me Up, I Was a Dead Man

[Elroy The Great]

Fun fact: Pac really didn't drain him.... Oscar was coming down to 147 too fight Floyd in the rematch but Floyd retired so he fought Pac instead.

who wouldnt go down in weight to make that pay day ? may would have blitzed slh too.

[Thraxox]

PTI......

its easier to move up than down. rjj moved up to hw, for example, and easily handled ruiz. moved back down and was never the same.

Too many excuses. That fight ****ed Pacquiao;s body also for eating six-seven times a day, he did not look in good shape in that fight because how flabby his stomach was, he was fat coming in to the fight . Dela hoya thought he can match Pacquiao's speed by not rehydrating back to 150+ and that screwed him. Blame Oscar, not Pacquiao, he thought he can beat a Lightweight, but instead got an ass whooping.

[Elroy The Great]

Too many excuses. That fight ****ed Pacquiao;s body also for eating six-seven times a day, he did not look in good shape in that fight because how flabby his stomach was, he was fat coming in to the fight . Dela hoya thought he can match Pacquiao's speed by not rehydrating back to 150+ and that screwed him. Blame Oscar, not Pacquiao, he thought he can beat a Lightweight, but instead got an ass whooping.

i respect your opinion. mine is most ww would have beaten that dlh. he was clearly done.

imho

[hitking]

Fun fact: Pac really didn't drain him.... Oscar was coming down to 147 too fight Floyd in the rematch but Floyd retired so he fought Pac instead.

He wasn't gonna fight Fliyd at 47 in a rematch. That's complete horse****.

[hitking]

According to GGG fanboy logic, Manny was the bigger guy.

[SplitSecond]

You made some 5'5 midget jump up 3 weight divisions and still got your 5'10½ ass pushed in.

[Lester Tutor]

He cheated his win? He lost even with the illegal IV. Roach said the day before the fight Oscar looked like a ghost, and could not even run a lap in the gym without stopping. He knew the IV was illegal but knew it wouldn't matter. Floyd, by the way, did the IV legally.

Its good for DLH to finally admit him losing in that condition is not a fair comparison to Floyds win over DLH. Hatton was also severely drained, as Roach mentioned him running in the hot sun the day of the weigh in. Pac got too much credit at the time.

[Bronx2245]

It wasn't just that Oscar came down approximately 15lbs., he was 35 years old when he did it! This wouldn't be like GGG coming down to fight a 40 year old Maywether, this was Oscar coming down @ 35 to face a prime Manny Pacquiao!

[rrayvez]

Although catch weights occurred in the past, this was officially the fight that made it the thing to do for A siders looking for an advantage to drain their opponents physically. Pac ran with it several times, Floyd did it, cotto did it after being victimized by it, and Canelo has taken it to a whole new level but instead uses catch weights to make little guys move up and get outweighed on fight night.

[b00g13man]

Although catch weights occurred in the past, this was officially the fight that made it the thing to do for A siders looking for an advantage to drain their opponents physically. Pac ran with it several times, Floyd did it, cotto did it after being victimized by it, and Canelo has taken it to a whole new level but instead uses catch weights to make little guys move up and get outweighed on fight night.

You say it like Oscar wasn't the one cherrypicking here.