De La Hoya Loses To Pacquiao For All The Wrong Reasons
December 7th, 2008
By Manuel Perez: I don’t care that Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) quit on his stool after the 8th round against Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. De La Hoya has nothing to be ashamed of, because he didn’t get beat by Pacquiao on Saturday night. Instead, he screwed up and beat himself by coming into the fight so slim at 147, which as it turns out, left him weight drained, sickly looking and very weak – much too weak to fight effectively against Pacquiao.
De La Hoya, who normally walks around at 180, had to strip off a ton of weight in order to get back down to the welterweight limit, where Oscar hasn’t fought against a competitive opponent for roughly seven years.
The weight loss clearly left De La Hoya in a weakened condition against the speedy Pacquiao judging from Oscar’s lack of power, ring movement and stamina in the fight. Instead of going into the fight at around 160 and losing the last 10 to 13 pounds with temporarily draining water from his system, Oscar made the fatal mistake of melting down to 147 and fighting at that weight.
This was the complete opposite of what most fighters do, and essentially sealed De La Hoya’s fate against Pacquiao. In the process of taking off weight to get to 147, De La Hoya appeared to have lost quite a bit of muscle in the process along with fat, leaving him as weak as Roy Jones Jr. was when he fought Antonio Tarver for the second time. De La Hoya may have looked to be in shape for the fight, but he wasn’t in fighting condition.
He was more of thinned out, dieter than an actual fighter. Losing the extra muscle really hurt him, as he was only able to fight hard for one round of the fight and after that, he was weak, slow and tired looking. Those are all hallmark symptoms of a fighter that has taken off way too much weight for a fight. Believe me, no fighter loses it overnight like De La Hoya.
In his last fight against Steve Forbes in May, Oscar looked great, showing a lot power and speed and throwing beautiful combinations. That wasn’t the case against Pacquiao on Saturday night. De La Hoya looked considerably smaller, his muscles looking atrophied and melted down like a person that has been deprived of food for a considerable amount of time.
I hope he doesn’t see this fight as evidence that he’s shot as a fighter, because I don’t he is. If he came into the fight at a reasonable weight, I think he would have beaten Pacquiao on Saturday night. However, he made a critical mistake of starving himself down far below what his body can take anymore.
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Honey,
Please, stop lying to yourself. It’s hurting your family. Dela hoya is done. Please STOP doing this to yourself.
Maybe Oscar paid Mr. Perez to write this article.
lol dont make excuses. dela hoya is a loser. thats it
de-la hoya has to retire pacman was brilliant take nothing away from him.oscar looked in good shape to me!!you can only go to the well so many times.i’m a massive hatton fan and pac-man shuld fight the hitman next,at least hatton will give him a decent fight!!lets not get too carried away with this victory though as pacman struggled with marquez twice and styles make fights hattons all out aggression along with pacmans will be a thriller believe me!!!!
Manuel Perez,
This is what you stated in a previous article, “I go to say that I don’t see Pacquiao having much, if any, chance at beating De La Hoya. The added weight that Pacquiao has put on his small frame, some 12 pounds, has had the effect of making him slower, less mobile than he was at the lighter weight classes.”
Now you are stating that Dela Hoya had no chance of winning.
Make up your mind!!! You obviously need to wake up and realize that you’re impartial to Dela Hoya. I just dont see that people can respect your opinion as you only look at one side of the coin. You better get yourself straight or else there will be no DLH to keep you from staying employed as a columnist.
Manuel Perez, you dont know anything about boxing. By the way, Juanma Lopez scored his third lucky fluke in a row. HAHAHA
Oscar may have had a business edge advantage going into the fight, but take nothing away from the peoples champ Pacman. + If Oscar is concerned with money he would have stopped before the eighth when he was already being pummeled.
Took a lot of guts to write that article though Mr. Perez, or perhaps just a melancholy moment or childhood crush on your part for the Golden Boy
After a showing like that…how dare you try and take anything away from Manny!!!
Oscar was probably a little drained, but I didn’t hear him cmplain. He even said he felt so good at the weight he wanted Hatton at 140!!!
This writer is obviously a bias ‘Golden Boy’ fan.
I didnt get a chance to see the fight,i must admit i’m suprised it was over that quickly.question is who next?hatton and then mayweather?I might be a step too far for him to go up and chase the likes of cotto and margarito.they’re both highly avoidable just ask floyd.
You hate pacman that much do you mr perez.
dela hoya loses not for wrong reasons! DLH just can’t keep up with Pacman’s speed and power. DLH is totally clueless and was not able to execute his fight plan (if he has one?).
shame on you mr perez youre such a non sense boxing columnist you should retire! how can you underestimate a boxer at his prime? damn you!
I remember Duran doin the same thing when he was outclassed.I remember Oscar rolling around on the floor like he was doin a matress comercial when he faught Hopkins.Oscar was beaten silly and he’s through.He is WAY passed his prime and its settling that the fighter known as the Mexican killer put him away.Pacquiao has beaten every Mexican fighter on the planet.They can’t compete.Forget about it.
Excuse me, Mosley not Winky
Manuel Perez, you knew that he DelaHoya had to lose weight for this fight bro. how come your makin excuses now? your prediction was way vato! you should’ve wrote this column before the fight.