Pacquiao forces Oscar to quit after eight one-sided rounds
by Scott Christ on Dec 7, 2008 12:01 AM EST
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One-sided.
Manny Pacquiao: 224/585, 38%
Oscar de la Hoya: 83/402, 21%
Pacquiao landed 59% of his 333 power punches.
And after eight one-sided rounds, Oscar de la Hoya quit on his stool, advised by trainer Nacho Beristain and warned by referee Tony Weeks that the end was near.
Amazing.
It wasn't just a beating. It was an eight-round assault. Manny Pacquiao slaughtered Oscar de la Hoya. He made a very tough, very proud man quit. He forced Oscar de la Hoya to QUIT.
Oscar not only couldn't pull the trigger, he came to this fight unarmed. The speed was too much. The power was too much. The movement, the footwork, the gameplan -- everything was way too much for Oscar de la Hoya. David Diaz was closer to being in the fight against Manny Pacquiao than was Oscar de la Hoya.
Manny Pacquiao so thoroughly dominated Oscar de la Hoya that it made Joe Calzaghe's beating of Roy Jones and Bernard Hopkins' whooping of Kelly Pavlik look like child's play.
His punches landed at will. He pinned the taller man against the ropes repeatedly and battered him mercilessly. And Oscar de la Hoya, at 35, had zero answers for the hurricane that is Manny Pacquiao. Absolutely none at all.
Manny and Ricky
Let me tell you something. I like Ricky Hatton. When Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton lock up in 2009 -- and they are going to, we all know that's next -- Manny Pacquiao right now should be favored to flatten Hatton. On paper, that fight is no longer even close, if you ask me.
But then again, how much of this is pro-Pacquiao, and how much of the result of this fight should be considered anti-Oscar? Oscar was terrible tonight. It was without any question the worst performance of Oscar's wonderful, Hall of Fame career.
Retirement?
"My heart still wants to fight, that's for sure, but when your physical doesn't respond, what can you do?"
We'll have more tomorrow evening. For now, all Pacquiao fans revel in the victory. My head picked Oscar; my head was way wrong. My heart was with Manny, the man who could come out of this fight and keep helping boxing for years and years.
He's done it. Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter on the planet, and Larry Merchant put it best: "Manny Pacquiao is a fire that can't be put out."
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Manny and Ricky
Wow,four blowout fights. Oscar quitting on his stool,I never thought I’d see the day. Kudos to Juan Manuel Marquez for what he did against pac-man.I must say I thought this would be that type of fight with plenty of back and forth action. What a backfire on the ‘’Dream Match’’.Any word on what weight class Manny and Ricky may be fighting in?
140
That’s where Ricky’s staying and where Manny wants to fight from now on.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Dec 7, 2008 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
worst under-card ever
Ive been watching boxing along time .And that was the absolute worst under-card I’ve ever seen.
it was horrendous
The matchups were pathetic.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
by Scott Christ on Dec 7, 2008 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
very little, to be honest
No real size difference and Manny is way too good.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
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Watching Manny Pacquiao fight live--great...
Watching Manny Pacquiao shadow boxing on the roof of an abandoned building--priceless
out with the old in with the new
Ive been a fan of Oscar when he came out of the Olympics.i hated to see him take such an a— beating .But i was also happy for Manny.
Not that he needs career advice from me...
…but if I were Pacquiao, I’d fight Hatton in March or April, then make an offer for Floyd Mayweather. If Floyd won’t bite, then I’d try fighting somebody else at 147, just to see how good he really could be at that weight.
Hell, even if Pac-Man doesn’t move up to 147 and stays at 140, he’ll clean that division out within two years (Witter, Bradley, Paulie, etc.). Maybe he should go back to 135…
Manny literally has the world of boxing at his beck and call at this moment.
by hakimdropstheball on Dec 7, 2008 1:05 AM EST reply actions
Marquez says he'll fight Manny at any weight
And I believe it. He’ll fight Hatton, then I think they’ll make a play for Floyd, and the third fight with JMM is on the table, always.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
i agree
with manny vs hatton being a mismatch.. itll be a better fight than oscar vs manny
also imagine how ugly oscar vs coto woulda been
to lose is one thing..
as a huge Oscar fan, it was extremely dissapointing to see him quit. In my opinion, he should have went out there, showed heart, and got ko’d.
Not that Oscar had any chance...
But what do you guys think he should’ve done? I didn’t see Nacho’s game plan as being an effective one. I really can’t even say what their plan was… besides be agressive, which De La Hoya was not, for most of the fight.
If you’re not as fast as Manny (and how many fighters are?), you’ve got to be stronger. I think the only way anyone beats Manny in the foreseeable future is by bullying/pummeling him into submission. If you can’t do that, you don’t stand much of a chance.
Congratulations to the Pac Man and hopefully we see him matched up sooner than later with someone who gives him a good fight.
I get the feeling...
1. The weight was a real problem for Oscar.
2. The speed of Pacquiao was blinding to him.
3. He didn’t have the reflexes offensively or defensively.
4. Neither Nacho nor anyone else could have trained him to win this fight.
I didn’t think Oscar was this far gone, but he was. But I hate taking credit from Manny Pacquiao — he fought brilliantly, as always.
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
Agreed
What gets me is how ill-prepared Oscar seemed to be for the beating he received. You know he’s seen Pacquiao fight plenty of times….
Oscar has to be done. If he can’t make reasonable decisions outside the ring (and money factors into alot of those descisions…) how the hell can he make good decisions once he’s in the ring.
Moral of the story: Don’t underestimate Manny Pacquiao, unless your payday > your pride.
i dont think he was "ill-prepared"
manny isn’t a fighter with a complex style like a b-hop of calzage, you pretty much know what you’re gonna get from manny, even with the improvements he’s made. i think what happened is that he was so overwhelmed by mannys speed and power that it made him defensless. there was nothing he could do to keep manny off him because manny didnt let the reach bother him. oscars only chance after that was to trade and be quicker to the punch and we all know that wasnt going to happen. i think oscar, like everybody else, was just overwhelmed by the explosiveness of manny and couldnt handle it. (sorry for the spelling errors lol)
by Eddie Gonzalez on Dec 7, 2008 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
They GOT US!!!!!!!!!!!!
That fight had to be fixed. I already knew that Pac man would win the fight but that was crazy. DLH didn’t win one round and he looked like a sparring partner . I honestly believe that DLH and Hopkins put their own money on Pac man. DHL was asked was he surprised at the way the fight went and he responded, No! I kind of thought this would happen when asked by Larry Merchant. Let’s do it again… A movie that starred Bill Cosby and Sidney Portier.
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