Billed as "The Dream Match".

De La Hoya will be dropping a weight class, while Pacquiao will be going up two classes from the weight in which he has fought most.

Thoughts on the bout? Any one know of any local bars showing the fight?

12/5/2008 8:44:40 PM

is this one of those if la hoya loses he will retire type matches?

12/5/2008 8:45:27 PM

I believe De La Hoya has said that if he loses he will retire.

However, some people - myself included - don't really think he can "win" in any meaningful sense. If De La Hoya wins in a KO, he beat up a smaller fighter. If he wins a decision, especially a split-decision, there will be controversy that he won because he is the "Golden Boy". If he loses the fight by decision or KO, he is a washed up old man.

12/5/2008 9:02:22 PM

Quote :

"Pacquiao will be going up two classes from the weight in which he has fought most"

He actually only fought at 135 once (his last fight). He became famous fighting at 126 and actually got knocked out fighting at 112 in 1999.

Quote :

"However, some people - myself included - don't really think he can "win" in any meaningful sense. If De La Hoya wins in a KO, he beat up a smaller fighter."

It would be big for Mexico if he won. Manny has beaten some of Mexican legends already (Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Erik Morales) which has won over some of their fan base but irked them as well. I think Oscar is hoping a win would cause him to gain more acceptance in the Mexican community.

Prediction: Manny by decision. The fact that Manny got knocked out by a guy weighing 112 lbs is concerning. But I think Oscar has lost a couple of steps and Manny is able to use his speed and hopefully avoid taking too many risks.

12/5/2008 9:49:13 PM

^^lets hope the last situation happens then

12/5/2008 9:57:35 PM

who all is airing the fight?

i know that jax is. $5 cover for 21 and up and $10 under

12/5/2008 10:06:14 PM

^ Only place I have heard of so far.

12/5/2008 11:36:54 PM

Was I crazy when the ESPN crawler said there was only a 3-lb difference between both of them? I know Pacquiao (weighing in at 142) has beefed up and won like 5 times before, so don't try the size excuse. Manny can get out of control so it really depends on who comes out focused.

12/6/2008 4:04:19 AM

^ That is not really the whole story.

De La Hoya has been known to gain back as many as 10 pounds, likely almost entirely water weight, before a fight. The weight difference for the fight will be a bit larger. De La Hoya is used to fighting larger opponents, so we'll have to wait until the fight to see if Pacquiao's punches really hurt De La Hoya or not.

Yes, Pacquiao has beefed up before and won, but has never beefed up this much. When your strong suits are speed, agility, and stamina, each extra weight class is a more treacherous task.

12/6/2008 8:43:45 AM

WAR! Manny!

12/6/2008 11:39:41 AM

I didn't expect Pacquiao to win in his last bout against Diaz and completely surprised me when he beat the crap out of him....I hope he does the same thing this time against De La Hoya...Watchin it tonight with the gf's family.

12/6/2008 12:31:56 PM

Jax the only place around campus showing the fight?

Jack Astor's maybe too?

12/6/2008 3:39:32 PM

sooo its not on at jax...

12/6/2008 9:56:12 PM

I think this will go down as the worst PPV undercard ever. Only one of the three fights made it to the second round.

12/6/2008 10:48:56 PM

is this on sopcast?

12/6/2008 10:55:40 PM

I found it here

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/386999

I am pretty sure it's some guy recording it off of his tv, you can hear them talking in Tagalog and clicks

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:08 PM. Reason : s]

12/6/2008 11:03:53 PM

Oscar bleeding already

12/6/2008 11:15:30 PM

Pac takes Round 1

and Round 2

close Round 3

Pac killed him Round 4

De La Hoya in Round 5

haha "Pac is beating De La Hoya's beautiful face" Pac takes Round 6



[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:33 PM. Reason : k]

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:37 PM. Reason : d]

12/6/2008 11:18:16 PM

Boy de la hoya is fucked

hes gettin worked like a slave

12/6/2008 11:41:17 PM

Holy shit Pac lands 48 Powershots in Round 7, DLH's trainer told him to throw punches or they'd throw in the towel

8-0 Pac, DLH done

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:45 PM. Reason : s]

12/6/2008 11:41:52 PM

hes using well timed body punches to open up that head

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:45 PM. Reason : stoppin it??]

12/6/2008 11:45:20 PM

STOPPED

12/6/2008 11:45:42 PM

ha that fuckbag de la hoya didnt wanna be in there

its all about that $$$ for him

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:46 PM. Reason : x]

12/6/2008 11:46:12 PM

OVA!!!!



III

12/6/2008 11:46:27 PM

Philippines #1

12/6/2008 11:46:37 PM

de la hoya is big, pequeno is small

12/6/2008 11:47:39 PM

That was humiliating.

12/6/2008 11:49:41 PM

its one thing if you are at risk of taking permanent damage or if you got some freak injury


its chickenshit to stop the fight because "O HES JUST TOO FAST FOR YOU"

12/6/2008 11:49:46 PM

Yeah DLH wasn't even punching. Pac landed 4x the Power punches

PAC PAC

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 11:50 PM. Reason : ds]

12/6/2008 11:49:47 PM

that was a mismatch.....Pac dominated from the 1st bell and didnt even break a sweat

hope Mayweather comes out to fight this guy.....i'd like to see Mayweather's constant defense against Pac's speed

12/7/2008 12:05:33 AM

Woooooo!!!!!

12/7/2008 2:24:58 AM

Hopefully this is the end of De La Hoya. He's been a douchebag for years. He didn't want to fight in the first few rounds, and he was scared to take the punishment and get knocked on his ass in the last few rounds. Good for Pacquiao!

12/7/2008 8:09:14 AM

Quote :

"I think this will go down as the worst PPV undercard ever. Only one of the three fights made it to the second round."

the undercard with the glass joe-lookin dude was HILARIOUS


we must've watched his first knockdown in slo-mo like 20 times, where his whole face ripples and then he just checks out

12/7/2008 9:02:10 AM

does anyone have a vid of this fight?


namely the undercard, I want to see it again

12/21/2008 12:53:20 AM