Manny Pacquiao: Little BIG man

[Mozza]

A passion for boxing Mozza no probs mate.

 

20 million dollars !!!!

 

Jeez man.

 

I watched the Froch fight and was glued to the screen for the whole fight, top stuff

 

 

I missed the Froch fight, i was working midnight til 8am Gutted but needs must, Ive seen the Oscar/manny fight today, Kahn did well too i suppose although when he steps up again he'll get his arse handed to him, Glad to see Audrey harrison got beat too, How many taxi drivers have to batter him before he lets go of his olyimpic gold medal dream and realise hes not good enough for a world title fight!!

 

I hear that Froch wants Calzaghe next? one step up too many for Froch just yet in my opinion

[Dean Lofthouse]

I hear that Froch wants Calzaghe next? one step up too many for Froch just yet in my opinion

 

Froch is not disciplined enough to take on Calzaghe, he gets drawn toe to toe quite easily and keeps his chin too high

[Mr Ed]

And Calzaghi is nigh on unbeatable...

[scotspine1]

Was Oscar de la Hoya ever one of the best anyway? Mayweather and Hopkins beat him and some other guy I cant remember. Hoya is a old part-timer these days and this fight proves what happens if you dont train hard enough, pacman was just too strong and fast. Suppose this means Hatten Vs de la Hoya at Wembley is off next year?

[Big dog]

What about ricky v manny? Oscar was way past his prime, but isnt he something like a five weight world champ? A formidible force in his time.

[RC0]

I quote "picking on the worng man" what the **** are you talking about??? He did not "pick" on him at all, Manny stepped up and proved him self the best fighter in the world, How can you say Oscar "picked" on him when he got knocked out?? it was billed as the fight of the decade so its not exactly david and goliath, manny has been around for years as has oscar!!

 

Hey, just settle down a minute...

 

Fine, if you see it differently but dont start throwing bad language in my direction over a post that made no personal reference to you whatsoever:thumbdown:

 

Pacquiao at 5.6 is a natural super featherweight who won his first title at flyweight....this fight was made at welterweight. De La Hoya has had it in for Pacquiao for years since he signed for Bob Arum instead of Golden Boy Promotions and has made no secret of this.

 

With De La Hoya's star fading over the last couple of years, he only took on Pacquiao because he assumed he'd over power the naturally smaller man....same as his philosophy in his previous fight against shop-worn lightweight Stevie Forbes, before that it was another lightweight in Mayweather (who also beat De La Hoya), before that it was consistent loser Ricardo Majorga. During all that time De La Hoya has completely ignored the true Dangermen and respective champs in his own weight class - Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto and Paul Williams....they've been calling out De La Hoya for years but to no avail.

 

Had De La Hoya in fact beaten Pacquioa, his plan was to fight another naturally smaller man Ricky Hatton....again, avoiding the most worthy opponents, and bigger Stateside names Margarito, Williams and Cotto. Winky Wright is another that DLH has spent years avoiding, instead beating up puchbags like Auturo Gatti!

 

In fact, the most character the man has shown was in facing Felix Trinidad, whom he lost to and was booed for running like a scared Rabbit throughout the fight, and the only naturally bigger man he's ever faced Bernard Hopkins, who KO'd him also.

 

How can you say Oscar "picked" on him when he got knocked out??

 

Manny Didn't knock him out though did he, De La Hoya quit.

 

Ironic how De La Hoya was so damming of an 'old' J C Chavez all those years ago when Chavez quit during they're second fight and yet De La Hoya chose the same option against Pacquiou! But in comparison, Chavez fought the much bigger De la Hoya like a lion, while DLH seemed only concerned with self preservation in his timid showing against Pacquiao!

 

Mozza, how old are you and how many of De la hoyas fights have you actually seen?

[Robert_S]

RCO says the truth, it was a good fight though here is a link if anyone wants to see it,

 

 

http://www.boxing-core.com/videos/_Manny_Paquiao_vs_Oscar_Dela_Hoya?vid=10000657&tid=107

 

 

 

Here is the khan fight as well,

 

 

 

http://freemma.110mb.com/boxing/Amir_Khan_Oisin_Fagan.htm

Edited December 8, 2008 by Robert_S

[Mozza]

I do apologise for the bad language last night, I had had one too many drinks and had been arguing with the Mrs and it sems i chose this to let off some steam, So i do apologise for the language! I didnt mean any offence to anyone

[old snake]

recorded the froch fight on sky plus due to being out satorday night,managed to avoid the results on sunday,got to the last 30 seconds of the fight and my sky plus hadn't recorded it all!!! awesome....

[RC0]

A little more on the Great De la Hoya

 

Shane Mosley was a fabulous lightweight champion round about 98-2000, regarded second best only to Roy Jones in the pound for pound rankings back then. De La Hoya owned a version of the welterweight title, and obviously put-out by Mosely's status, challenged the much smaller Mosely to move up 2 divisions to welterweight. Mosley did and beat De la Hoya convincingly. Mosley's reign didn't last long though as he was beaten by Vernon Forrest (another one who definitely didn't figure in De la hoyas plans).

 

After a second consecutive defeat to Forrest and one no-contest, Mosley was considered to be a fighter on the slide. However, recognizing this, De la hoya (now a junior middleweight) challenged Mosely to a rematch but at junior middleweight, forcing Mosely to fight even further out of his natural weight category. Mosley, being the true fighting man that he is was happy to oblige and guess what....beat De La Hoya again!

 

Mosely then went on to lose twice to junior middleweight champ Winky Wright (another one on DLHs 'to be avoided' list) and more recently to Miguel Cotto. Mosely now has another shot in January in the form of formidable and avoided welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. Mosley is not expected to win, but such is his willingness to fight anyone (unlike De la hoya), he is still likely to receive a huge amount support and recognition, whatever the outcome!

 

In light of his recent surrender to Pacquiao, it seems unlikely that De La Hoya will want to go out on that note, so his company 'Golden Boy Promotions' will probably look to make a another 'Fight of the Century'.....but dont be surprised Barry McGuigan and Jim Watt are on Oscars shortlist of suitable opponents!