Posted on 12/06/2008 9:35:11 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao fought a lot bigger than he looked. Oscar De La Hoya simply looked old.
Pacquiao dominated his bigger and more famous opponent from the opening bell Saturday night...
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Did De La Hoya run out of his under-age girls?
Well, De la Hoya got $15 Million at a time when millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Nothing really to complain about.
And he lost to Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines — considered today’s best pound for pound fighter in the ring.
Hey that guy Pacauiao is one class act. After the fight, he approached De La Hoya and told him — “You’re still my idol.”
Come to think of it, De La Hoya is a class act too — he replied : “No, you’re my idol now.”
Now, why can’t everyone be as sportsmanlike as this ?
Did they start fighting again over who was whose idol?
Manny Pacquiao had gotten advise from Mike Tyson, beware de la Hoya’s right hand sudden killer hooks. I think even Pacquiao himself wasn’t sure he could beat up his idol.
Manny Pacquiao had gotten advise from Mike Tyson, beware de la Hoya’s right hand sudden killer hooks. I think even Pacquiao himself wasn’t sure he could beat up his idol.
It’s not the size of the dog in a fight....it’s the size of the fight in the dog that wins................ Pac was much hungrier than his opponent and a lot younger, wasn’t even close......
LOL! Great comment! I see where you got your name from....
You should. It was impressive.
Was it $55 worth of impressive?
I thought that De la Hoya's natural size would make the difference until I watched the weigh-in. Oscar looked like he had come out of a POW camp recently. No muscle tone except for the abs.
Pacquaio is one of the best in recent generations of fighters.
Manny is THE man ... the fight was a thing of beauty.
There had to be an ugly side, however, and it occurred per-fight.
Compare the quite moving singing of the Philippine national anthem by a beautiful, traditionally dressed Filipina, to the travesty of the American anthem delivered by what appeared to be some crack ‘ho’.
And, as Oscar was born in the US and is an American citizen, what was with the Mexican anthem being presented?
It was all so silly that I could not begin to explain it to the Indonesians with whom I watched the fight in Jakarta.
Oscar has dual citizenship. The primary reason he kept it was marketing.
Constantly seeing Harry Reid @ringside almost ruined the fight for me.
Pacquiao vs Mayweather will have to happen sooner or later.
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