De La Hoya Wants a Rematch With Pacquiao?
December 17th, 2008
By Manuel Perez: According to the latest boxing news, the rumor has it that Oscar De La Hoya is troubled by his recent 8th round stoppage by Manny Pacquiao on December 6th, and is interested in a possible rematch with Pacquiao. Apparently, De La Hoya’s not happy with getting beaten down so badly, and doesn’t want to go out on a sour note like this. He’s also said to not be happy with his training, believing that he was over-trained for the fight.
If the rumors turn out to be true, De La Hoya would be quite right because he was badly weight drained for the fight and not anything near his normal ability on that night. In my estimation, Oscar looked to be about 50% of what he was in the Steve Forbes fight that had occurred just seven months earlier. De La Hoya looked to be completely starved for the fight with not only important fat resources removed from his body, but also a considerable amount of muscle along with it.
Even with the starved condition that Oscar was on that night, I think with Mayweather’s guidance, he would have won the fight by using much better strategies against Pacquiao. De La Hoya seemed lost without the calm, confident guidance from Mayweather Sr., who has had a calming effect on De La Hoya in fights where the going was getting especially tough.
The question is, would Pacquiao give De La Hoya rematch if he asks for one and would the pubic want to see another fight between the two? I think Pacquiao would fight him again, but only after Pacquiao faces both Ricky Hatton and possibly Floyd Mayweather Jr. After fights with both of them, De La Hoya will be Pacquiao’s biggest option available for another big money fight, and depending on whether or not he’s successful in beating Hatton and Mayweather, he might be interested in a fight with De La Hoya.
This time, however, Pacquiao would be facing a whole different De La Hoya, one who would be coming into the fight at a proper weight and not starved like he was last time. Also, De La Hoya would probably have Mayweather Sr. back working his corner, making Oscar that much more dangerous.
With a better diet next time, and with Mayweather working with him, I see De La Hoya beating Pacquiao in the rematch, using his size advantage and power to hurt Pacquiao from the distance. I can see De La Hoya beating Pacquiao by a one-sided decision, if not a knockout.
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Sorry pacman fans…the weight was the issue!!!! Oscar walks around at 170 and went down to 145! Let them fight at 154 or 160. All bets that an old Oscar will beat the Pacman.
we’ll see about that. Pac take DLH very serious but DLH didn’t take serious so he got beaten.
de la hoya can still beat Pacman, if he prepares right and takes Pac most seriously!
I AGREE THAT ITS CLEAR SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG WITH DE LA HOYA THAT NIGHT. HE DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THAT EVER BEFORE IN HIS CAREER. FORBES WAS ONLY SEVEN MONTHS PRIOR. BUT HE ALSO NEVER SEEMED TO TAKE PACQUIAO SERIOUSLY BEFORE THE FIGHT. THATS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE “WRONG”. IM JUST BEING VERY OBJECTIVE.
Oscar De la Hoya would be able to beat Manny Pacquiao, but he would have to change many things in his training and come in heavier than Pacquiao. It is possible, you can’t forget his fights with Forbes and Mayweather. It is obvious that something was really out of place against Pacquiao.
To the writer, you are entitled to your comments. I would love to hear these facts from De La Hoya and not based on your opinion.
Once this is clear, DLH admits MP is great. Whether their strategy was a mistake is yet to be verbalize by DLH.
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ODLH is a real shrewed businessman. The way he was b–ch-slapped by Pac, he must have realized there’s no other fight out there that will generate any semblance of interest other than a rematch with Pac.
boooooooooooooo
Get a reality check mate!!!
dipstick,
when will u ever accept the pacquio was the better figher. stop making excuses. either u didnt watch the fight or you choose to be incredibly biased. de la hoya was on his heels the whole fight. he was too scared to go in and have a go. why would there be a rematch, it wasnt close and could have been stopped a round earlier.