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[uaeboy25]

PACMANSHOCKED THE WORLD!!!

 

Pacquiao Caps-Off Hall of Fame Year with Boff Performance

Published by BoxingInsider

Sunday, December 7th, 2008 at 7:18 am

 

OH HENRY!

PACQUIAO’S MANNY-HANDLING OF DE LA HOYA CAPS OFF ARMSTONGESQUE YEAR!

 

HBO Sports To Present The Exclusive Replay, This Saturday! December 13 on HBO

 

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (December 7, 2008) – In a battle between Oscar De La Hoya, boxing’s top attraction, and MANNY PACQUIAO, the sport’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, Pacquiao, a 2 -1 underdog, emerged victorious last night, stopping De La Hoya at the end of round eight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

 

While securing his claim as 2008’s Fighter of the Year, Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs), also capped off a Henry Armstongesque year, winning three fights in three different weight divisions – two of them for world titles. Armstrong, the Hall of Fame fighter, is the only man to hold three world championships simultaneously, a feat he accomplished 70 years ago, capturing world titles at featherweight, welterweight and lightweight (in that order) during a nine-month span between November 1937 and August 1938. Pacquiao, officially proclaimed a National Treasure by the Philippines, captured the WBC super featherweight title in February by defeating Juan Manuel Marquez and the WBC lightweight title in June by knocking out defending champion David Diaz. He completed his personal trifecta by stopping De La Hoya in a welterweight battle. It should be noted that Pacquiao’s last two victories were his debut in each weight division with the latter two full divisions above his previous fight.

 

“Speed was the answer to this fight,” said Pacquiao. “I was connecting with everything and he was connecting with nothing. The only thing that surprised me in the fight was that my trainer picked the correct round the fight would end! [he was close!] I am very happy that this victory will contribute honor to my country.”

 

And let’s not forget World-Famous Freddie Roach, a shoo-in for Trainer of the Year, and the architect of Pacquiao’s victories, who confidently predicted that Pacquiao would knock out De La Hoya in the ninth round.

 

“I knew the first round would tell me how this fight would go and it did,” said Roach. “I knew we had him. Oscar had no legs. He was hesitant. He was shot. The flaw in Oscar is that he doesn’t know how to cut the ring off. We took advantage of that and Oscar paid the price by eating left hands all night long. In the corner after the seventh round I told Manny it was his job to knock Oscar out so go out there and do it. Oscar has had a great career and he has been a great champion. I hope there will be no hard feelings between us. ”

 

HBO Sports will present Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, the exclusive replay of their welterweight showdown, This Saturday! December 13 (4:45 p.m. ET / 1:45 p.m. PT with a same night replay at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. The Sports team, which was ringside for the live event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, will call all the action. The replay will be available in HDTV.

 

Below, please find the early rave reviews of Pacquiao’s boffo performance:

 

Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press: “Pacquiao Dominates, Stops De la Hoya”

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...Loj6OAD94TOFA00

 

Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times: “Manny Pacquiao Leaves No Doubt Against Oscar De La Hoya”

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre7...,6509784.column

 

Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: “Pacquiao Era Begins with De la Hoya Demolition”

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AvwH...o&type=lgns

 

Mark Whicker, Orange County Register: “Pacquiao Humbles De la Hoya”

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hoya-os...9316-left-never

 

Ron Borges, Boston Herald: “Pacquiao Defeats De la Hoya”

http://bostonherald.com/sports/other_sport...&position=4

 

Tim Smith, New York Daily News: “De La Hoya is Golden Boy No More”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_spo..._no_more-2.html

 

Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Sadly, De la Hoya Couldn’t Beat Father Time”

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/35674339.html

 

Mark Kriegel, FoxSports.com: “Pacquiao Proves He’s The Best in the World”

http://msn.foxsports.com/boxing/story/8905...st-in-the-world

 

Nancy Gay, San Francisco Chronicle: “Pacquiao Too Fast, Too Strong in Lopsided Win”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../SPSC14JKCI.DTL

 

Dan Rafael, ESPN.Com: “Mismatch Indeed: Pacquiao Dominates De La Hoya”

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/co...&id=3751226

 

KIeran Mulvaney, Reuters: “Pacquiao Stuns De La Hoya with TKO”

http://www.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/...E4B608E20081207

 

Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated: “The End Has Come for De la Hoya”

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writ...uiao/index.html

 

Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe: “Dream Fight a Nightmare”

http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/...ht_a_nightmare/

 

Doug Krikorian, Press-Telegram: “Pacquiao Delivers Golden Beat Down”

http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_11159464

 

Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun: “Pound for Pound Champ Proves It”

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/0...ates-mgm-grand/

 

Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: “Analyzing Pacquiao’s Victory Over De La Hoya”

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-boxing...0,1568087.story

 

Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal: “Pound for Pounding: Pacquiao Dominates”

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/35674319.html

 

Robert Morales, Press-Telegram: “Pacquiao Shows Big Heart in Upset”

http://www.presstelegram.com/moresports/ci_11159462

 

Paul Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee: “Commentary-OK,Oscar, It’s Over Now”

http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/1455146.html

 

John Whisler, San Antonio Express-News: “Pacquiao Outshines De la Hoya”

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/Pacquia...De_La_Hoya.html

 

Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times: “Pacquiao Overpowers Golden Boy”

http://www.elpasotimes.com/sports/ci_11159607

 

Carlos Arias, Orange County Register: “Speedy Pacquiao Tarnishes Golden Boy”

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/hoya-pa...49318-kos-round

 

David Avila, Press-Enterprise: “Oscar Can’t Match Speed”

http://www.pe.com/sports/breakout/stories/...07.48bc45d.html

 

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times: “Pacquiao Forces De la Hoya to Quit”

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-boxin...0,2656956.story

 

Brett Okamoto, Las Vegas Sun: “Is De La Hoya Done?”

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/07/de-la-hoya-done/

[thedynamite007]

sana di maaga mag retire si pacman kaduwagan ung ganun tulad ni mayweather na aga retire. By the way na leech ku na gif nung combo punch ni pacman

Edited December 8, 2008 by thedynamite007

[dragonei]

Objectively, kay Marquez lang nahirapan si Pacquiao sa last 9 fights niya

 

Dela Hoya - TKO 9 - Easy Win

David Diaz - TKO 9 - Easy Win

Marquez - Split Decision (debatable)

Barrera - Unanimous Decision - Easy Win

Solis - KO 8 - Easy Win

Morales - KO 3 - Easy Win

Larios - Unanimous Decision - Easy Win

Morales - KO 10 - Ito medyo hirap din sya

Velaquez - TKO 6 - Easy Win

Morales - Lost UD

 

well nonetheless kung yung 2 laban lang pag-uusapan 4 na beses ng pinabagsak ni manny si marquez. At obvious naman na kahit mas maraming suntok na naibigay si marquez, the cleaner and more accurate ones came from pacquiao.

 

That time din, medyo nahihirapan na din siya sa superfeather weight, bumalik uli siya sa niche nya nung umakyat na siya ng timbang

[dragonei]

sana di maaga mag retire si pacman kaduwagan ung ganun tulad ni mayweather na aga retire. By the way na leech ku na gif nung combo punch ni pacman

 

Umiiwas lang si Floyd Mayweather noon kay Miguel Cotto. I believe pag inasar siya ng todo, babalik at babalik din siya sa ring. Afterall his ego is bigger than his mouth.

 

Sabi nya siya ang best fighter ng panahon na ito. Ngayon nya yan patunayan

[uaeboy25]

hahaha. gayweather. ayaw na daw nya lumaban. pero lumaban kay big show. :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

 

para nde ot. i like the opening song ni pacman.

 

we will rock you!!!(he shocked the skeptics)

[simpatiko]

See tama sinabi ko.... Hehehehehe

[jetlag143]

pacquiao is have tremendous power and agility......de la hoya looks like a grandpa to him, congrats to pacquiao

[thedynamite007]

nice ung .gif mo bro...pwedeng parequest ng .gif??

 

ungg sa my introduction kay ODLH ung pabukabuka ung bibig nya..hehehe

 

kakatuwa un e....tnx....

 

actually thats normal most boxers even in MMA or even in basketball they do that to stretch there muscles on there face so there face will be tougher not feeling stiff. Ung iba nga bagu makipag halikan ganun dun ginagawa going back I think Mayweather must prove that he really is best fighter in the world. Not retiring at once to save his record wins, Si rocky marciano a former Heavy weight champion in the 50's na undeafeated nag retire lang ung matanda na di tulad Mayweather nag tagu na agad.

 

about dun sa gif na share ko nakakaawa muka ni Dela hoya sayang gwapo pa naman sabi ng auntie ku

Edited December 8, 2008 by thedynamite007

[ixnay]

Only flaws I saw:

 

1. Karylle's rendition of the national anthem (sorry, I know her personally)

 

2. Manny thanking all those f#&king politicians in the post fight interview.

 

But I loved the magnanimity of Manny in victory (calling ODLH "still my idol"). Makes you proud to be Pinoy.

 

 

thanking those politicians in which he gave them their tickets... a sounding 27M is said to be lessened to pacman's pocket bcOz of them. :thumbsdownsmiley:

[rafer_alston]

sana Hatton -- Pacquiao naman, hehehe

 

Hatton is one tough dude pero i'm sure Manny will punish him bad!!

[photographer]

Heard the analysis of Al Mendoza, the veteran sports columnist, interviewed by Ted Failon and Korina Sanchez sa DZMM. He said that it was scripted kasi OldenBoy did not boxed/punched Pacman in the 6th and 7th round. Marami daw ganyan sa boxing and Al even went as far as naming boxing as the "red district of sports" Nilaglag daw ni DeLa Hoya ang laban. Any comments on this?

[photographer]

sold the match ampotah....

 

katarantaduhan!!!!!panong sold the match.. e hindi nga magkandaugaga si DLH sa pagcover sa babyface nya.....

 

kung nilaglag ni DLH ung laban..ang laking ulupong nya!!!

 

disgrace sha sa MEXICAN Community...wala na shang dignity wala pa shang integrity!!!!

 

mag promoter na nga lang sha....t** sha!!!!

 

 

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If ever a boxer will "sell" a fight, hindi magpapabugbog ng ganun ka terible sa kalaban niya. Like the recent Pacman-dela Hoya fight. its too risky trying to make the other fighter punch you up and down at baka ma tsambahan, ikaw ang ma KO. Anong mukha naman ang ilalabas mo sa iyong promotional outfit? People will say......"si dela Hoya? Promoter? Eh naglalalaglag yan at na KO pa sa huling laban niya!" That reaction will surely be a death blow to Oscar;s promotional outfit.

[thedynamite007]

okay crab mentallity time sabagay ulam ku talanka today. Eto guys merun bang mag bebenta na halus mag pakasira ng muka at jaw na nakakamatay?

[photographer]

lol @ Al Mendoza talking out of his ass

 

 

 

That was the Oscar of 10 years ago. The Oscar that manny fought was the same oscar that eked out a decision win over Steve Forbes who also jumped weight from 130lbs. This is the same Oscar who hasn't fought top-caliber fighters in 10 years, but instead opts for fighting over the hill fighters (ala Chavez) or fighters coming up in weight to fight him, all while avoiding top ten fighters who fight in their natural weight classes (Margarito, Pavlik, etc.)

 

Thinking about it now, I don't see how Manny became the underdog in this, when judging from their careers, Manny has fought better competition (Morales, Marquez, and Barrera) all in their primes and brutalized all of them.

 

 

LOL

 

if you cut weight that fast (as evidenced by the HBO 24/7 documentary, Oscar weighed in at 159 at one point almost 4 weeks before the fight), you will lose something. Plus his special diet was crap. You can't train right if you're body isn't prepared for it.

 

Al Mendoza has officially lost his credibility.

 

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Pacman once suffered the same fate when he tried to maintained a weight limit when he fought Thailand's 3K Battery years ago in Bangkok. He was so dehydrated as a result of the weight loss that he fell on his fours and could not stand up. Nanghina siya ng husto so he decided to climb up to another weight class.

 

Al Mendoza, you are a crap! How much did you loose sa pustahan? Shame on you ! . Even Ted Failon and Korina Sanchez bought and drummed up your analysis. (well, I understand coz Pacman left them in favor of GMA-7)

[ixnay]

sourgraping Lng yan c al mendoza kc laki ng oLats nya s pustahan...