If a picture paints a thousand words...

Oscar de la Hoya on picking Miguel Cotto over Manny Pacquiao-


"Cotto has a good chin and a big heart. He's a natural welterweight who hits hard and is also smart and fast. Pacquiao doesn't hit hard enough to knock anyone out in the welterweight division. I'm basing that on my fight against Pacquiao. I could've stood there and put my face in front of him and he couldn't hurt me."


Obviously, Oscar de la Hoya is still smarting from the boxing lessons that Manny Pacquiao taught him almost a year ago. This is expected from the Golden Boy whose legacy was tarnished by the smaller Filipino bomber when he quit on his stool in the 8th round rather then be knocked out in the latter rounds of the lopsided fight.

If in his mind Manny Pacquiao can't hurt him then why did he quit in the fight?

Anyway, notice what happened to Oscar's pretty face after he tasted Pacman's trademark pepper- flavored punches?




Fearless forecast: The Pacman will destroy the Boricua Bomber in 4.

The Dream Match: De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao

12 Rounds Welterweight 147

Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) vs. Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs)

De La Hoya 145 vs. Pacquiao 142







My head says it will be the Golden Boy but my heart says it will be the Pacman. Anyway, may the best fighter win…

But I do pick Manny to win via a 10th Round TKO. Go Pacman! He-he.



Update 12.06.2008: Pacquiao was relentless in pummeling Oscar de la Hoya from the opening bell forcing the Golden Boy to quit on his stool in the 8th round of the fight scheduled for 12.



Here's a compilation of Pacman's greatest fights as he gobbles one great Mexican fighter after another-

The Golden Boy & Pacman- "Big Apple Bite"

Oscar de la Hoya & Manny Pacquiao in New York City





Photo credits: Ed Mulholland
Fightnews.com

The Golden Boy versus Pacman

Ring Magazine’s reigning pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in an interview with ABS- CBN’s Dyan Castillejo confirmed that the megabuck fight with the Golden Boy Oscar De la Hoya is on with both sides finally agreeing to the division of spoils, ok prize money that once hindered the negotiations between two of boxing world’s biggest draw.

The scheduled December 6th fight will be De la Hoya’s farewell fight and Pacquiao’s biggest fight. The fight is pegged at a catch weight of 147 lbs. This will be Pacman's heaviest weight and De la Hoya's lightest in years.

I have some misgivings about this fight because on paper, Manny Pacquiao is in a disadvantaged position and the consensus underdog here since except for youth, De la Hoya has the edge in everything (experience, weight, height and reach). But I guess money talks in this case and so the fight with the popular and smaller Pacquiao will indeed pursue.

Frankly, I just lost my respect for Oscar as a fighter for taking this fight because for all of Pacquiao’s vaunted power and hand speed, this fight is not the fight that should even be considered to be his farewell fight. If he is man enough and wants to cement his legacy, he should fight Antonio Margarito instead.

I just hope that Manny will emerge from this fight unscathed considering that Oscar De la Hoya can really punch the lights out of him. So, I am keeping my fingers crossed that this will be a competitive fight and not a lopsided one.

Although I will be rooting for Manny to win, my head tells me to put my money on the Golden Boy. But who knows, Pacman will once again rise to the occasion and prove all the skeptics wrong.

Good luck Manny.