Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: Matthysse Fight May Be The End of Pacquiao

[Bronx23]

Ok so this fight may make it on ESPN

But which ESPN? ESPN+ or what?

Regis Prograis is scheduled for ESPN on the same day.

I wonder how they are going to work this one out?

Regis prograis or pacquiao....I think that's a no brainer. Have a feeling they'd rather put Pac on the app to boost the hell outta their subscriptions like they tried to do with Bud

[pasawayako]

This will be a very exciting fight.

[Boksfan]

Delahoya you scumbag stick something up your bum

[Bluebird]

dela hoya was weight drained for the manny fight at 145 pounds
Matthysse KO PAC IN ROUND 6 EASY WORK !!!

Matthysse is not even half as good as Marquez and how come you got Rios instead of Marquez in that picture? Marquez deserves the recognition, not Rios because Pac just made Rios a walking punching bag.

[Mrsantiago]

If pacman looses to matthysse then he should definitely retire or move to c class fighters. Hopefully though pacman has enough in the tank to ko matthysse because if pacman is 65-70% of his former self he should have an easy time if he is 75-80% + then he should stop matthysse probably by matthysse quitting pretending to be injured before pacman sends him to the icu on a stretcher.

[True That]

Regis prograis or pacquiao....I think that's a no brainer. Have a feeling they'd rather put Pac on the app to boost the hell outta their subscriptions like they tried to do with Bud

That's what I'm thinking too.

Pacquiao on ESPN+

And Prograis on ESPN

I'll try to watch both.

[Tatabanya]

You must have just started watching boxing last week huh? Oscar has forgotten more about the fight game than you will ever know.

I'm probably twice your age, kid. I was watching boxing live in the early 70s. Shut up.

[Tatabanya]

YOUR ******ED Oscar De La Hoya – Champion In Six Different Weight Classes, De La Hoya inducted into Boxing Hall of Fame 2015 !!!

I'm proud to be a ****** if this is the depth of your level of analysis, buddy.

While we're at it, get some writing lessons. It's "You're", not "your". As a fellow ******, you should know better.

[Tatabanya]

Hype job? Are you high on Shabu or something? Oscar was kicking Chavez Sr.'s ass in sparring when he was 16.





For real man. Oscar was the real deal.

De La Hoya lost against every serious foe he met, and got a couple of gifts decisions here and there for good measure (Whitaker and Quartey). This is just slightly balanced by the semi-robbery he had against Trinidad (after four final rounds in which he got on his bike).

Listen, I know that this is a sore spot for many fans of Oscar, but believe me: many REAL experts think the same. De La Hoya was a good fighter, but not an ATG. Olympic medals and multi-titles have been as meaningful as crap for decades, now. Come on.

[Tatabanya]

Mr., either you are super ****** or on something? I am not a big fan of De La Hoya these days either. I get that you don't like him. That is your right, but you embarrass yourself when you babble nonsense. De La Hoya fought the best fighters of his generation and won 6 championships. How many other "hype jobs" have been elected to the boxing hall of fame?

As I told to someone else a little earlier, I am proud to be ****** if this is the level of depth of your analysis.

Against people like Bredahl, Ruelas and the likes it's easy to become a multi-titlist. But the real names - barring perhaps Trinidad - have all defeated De La Hoya, including Quartey and Whitaker (in spite of what a couple of bought judges said).

Chavez was already finished (though I would have loved to see their first fight go on till the end without that cut). People like Castillejo, Coley and Kamau were nobodies. Lost TWICE to Shane Mosley.

Oh, right - he beat all-time greats Oba Carr and Felix Sturm (well, sort of).

Come think of it, the only meaningful win of DLH was against Fernando Vargas, who himself was on his way to become a shot fighter at the time.

Of course the fact that the guy becomes a major promoter after the end of his career does not suggest anything to the biased minds, right? Not even the fact that the guy buys The Ring magazine and fires all the old boxing writers who don't want to kiss his ass (Nigel Collins, for example) will enlighten the Oscar-adoring keyboard warriors.

That's all, folks. And remember: everyone's entitled to their own opinions, no need to react like hysteric půssies when one of your idols gets grilled.

Now go back and retrieve your treasured VHS tapes of De La Hoya vs Patrick Charpentier and Giorgio Campanella.