Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya bout is ON!?

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“David vs. Goliath”, this I think should be the best title for the match between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) and Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) for the Golden Boy’s farewell match to his very illustrious career on December 6, 2008. David won against Goliath in the story, but does anybody think Pacquiao has the slightest chance against the Golden Boy? Well, I’ll assume all the PacHugs probably think that Pacquiao is going to knock out the Golden Boy.

Manny Pacquiao vs Oscar dela HoyaThis fight was one of the match up I personally staged in Fight Night 2 [a Playstion video game], including Arturo Gatti vs. Holyfield, Jose Luis Castillo vs. Ali and many more mismatches that I created in the Fight Night Video game. Well, that was a video game, so I could match anybody I want, I was the matchmaker in all sorts, but, Pacquiao vs, Dela Hoya on December 6? In a business standpoint, this could make sense, this could really make a lot of $en$e. Dela Hoya, the sports’ most bankable star, against the Pound-for-Pound King, or to rephrase it, the Pay-Per-View King vs. Pound-for-Pound King. But for legacy’s sake, this bout does not make sense at all! Oscar wants his last fight to be a bang, but does defeating a shorter fighter like Pacquiao cements his name in the boxing books? NOT! If Oscar wanted to go out with a bang, he should have fought Margarito, Pavlik, Calzaghe, Williams or anybody on top of the division with his size, but he chose the easy way out, challenging Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao isn’t in a bad situation here. He gets his biggest purse. If he loses, as is generally expected, he will lose no prestige whatsoever, but an upset win will send Pacquiao’s earning power and all-time status soaring into the stratosphere. It’s a win-win situation for Pacquiao, but on Oscar’s side, he only wins money-wise. He does not prove anything if he will defeat Pacquiao.

I really don’t have any problem with the match, it’s just that, not every hardcore boxing fans want to see this fight. Every hardcore boxing fan wants to see Oscar fight and Pacquiao fight, but they don’t want to see both fighters agains each other because it’s just wrong. Another thing to point out, Mayorga, Mosley, Trinidad, Vargas and others were not able to KO Dela Hoya, if Pacquiao thinks he can KO Dela Hoya, then he must be kidding. Oscar is not David Diaz that he can outclass and knock out, maybe he can outrun and out box Dela Hoya, but he can’t KO Dela Hoya.

It remains to be seen how the fight will turn out. I am favoring Dela Hoya to win this by KO. I am a Filipino and I should support Pacquiao, but not now, I can’t be biased and tell everybody that the Pacman can KO the Golden Boy, even if there is a chance, it is just so slim. For now, let the hype begin.

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao vs. Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya on December 6, 2008.

 

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Comments

7 Responses to “Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya bout is ON!?”

  1. harvey on September 2nd, 2008 4:22 pm

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  2. ceblogger on September 30th, 2008 10:11 am

    a miracle is all manny needs right now.

  3. ceblogger on September 30th, 2008 10:17 am

    i’ve never been a de la hoya fan ever since. I saw him fight ike quartey a decade ago and even that bout, i think he’s a hype.

    cebloggers last blog post..Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao: Fight Results Predictions

  4. Javen on November 5th, 2008 4:21 pm

    This gonna be a history in the making that’s why I make my own blog for it… I can’t help myself just to watch.. this is really the dream match…

    Javens last blog post..THE DREAM MATCH-OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS MANNY PACQUIAO

  5. EUTIMS on November 17th, 2008 10:00 pm

    yes dream match really! i’m for pacman…..his great ….in ring….

  6. jeff on November 24th, 2008 3:27 pm

    miracle is not realy needed whoever you are who wrote the article your stupid no matter how huge the enemy is its the weight does matter… physics says speed and motion is entirely in proportion to weight(machine) with respect to human being .. stamina endurance and power (gifted) are being considered this is due to training and discipline ….. so wheres the advantage nothing except the ht. and reach thats all… not much pacquiao’s opponents were all taller than him since he was fighting at 16 … if your really for dlh place a bet to him,, as i did to manny ……

  7. JORA on December 7th, 2008 11:16 am

    Im a Filipino my heart belong to Pacman,but my mind belong to my wallet because i bet all my month salary for Golden Boy, and i think it a miss match for a 10 time word champ compare to 4 time word champ,a small boy and a big boy plus the experience matter most,Pacman just only playing a small field in the Philippines way back long years, while Golden Boy has earned his name in the Word Champion… Speed does not matter to Power w/ experience….Its true that only Dream win

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