News – De La Hoya Picks Hatton to Beat Pacquiao; Pascal vs. Diaconu on June 19th
May 1st, 2009
By Manuel Perez: Former six division champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) is choosing Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) to defeat Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) by knockout this Saturday night at MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. You would think with De La Hoya getting savagely beaten in an 8th round stoppage loss to Pacquiao in December that De La Hoya would naturally side with Pacquiao in beating Hatton.
However, De La Hoya wasn’t bothered by Pacquiao’s power in the least, he said after the fight. De La Hoya was just lacking in speed and energy to compete with Pacquiao due to drastic dieting that De La Hoya had to do in order to melt down to the 147 pound weight class.
De La Hoya states that he’s not choosing against Pacquiao because he was beaten by him, because he feels no ill will towards the Filipino fighter.
De La Hoya has always been a straight shooter, so if he says that he feels that Hatton will win by a knockout, you have to believe him. De La Hoya isn’t the type of person that would hold a grudge against someone that beat him, because De La Hoya has always been a forgiving person, even adding former opponents Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins, both of whom beat him during his boxing career, to his Golden Boy Promotions company.
No, De La Hoya is picking Hatton because Oscar has seen what Pacquiao brings into the ring and probably knows enough about Hatton’s offensive and defensive qualities to see that he’ll be able to knock Pacquiao out late in the fight.
Pascal to Fight Diaconu on June 19th
Super middleweight contender Jean Pascal (22-1, 15 KOs) will be stepping up in weight to face World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-0, 15 KOs) in his adopted country of Canada at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, on June 19th.
Diaconu, 30, formerly from Romania, is making his 1st defense of his WBC light heavyweight belt that he won with a victory over Chris Henry a year ago in April 2008. The WBC light heavyweight division is devoid of interesting challengers, however, with the leading contender being Silvio Branco. The remainder of the division is filled with mostly obscure fighters that would likely give Diaconu very little money should he beat them.
Pascal, 26, known for his fast hands, was beaten by Carl Froch in a 12-round decision loss in a fight for the vacant WBC super middleweight title in December 2008. The fight was one of the most exciting bouts in 2008. However, Pascal looked much less impressive in a 5th round stoppage victory over Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas on April 4th.
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Well how about that….HITMAN realy got HIT…..BIGTIME…..PACMAN all the way baby!!!!! Excuses for the HITMAN….anyone????
PACMAN all the way baby…..yes hitman will be coming out heavier…but can hitman handle the sudden body weight change….rehydration has limits……becoming heavier doesn’t mean your 100% fit….
I think it shows just how bitter Oscar is over the outcome of his last fight. He underestamated Manny’s size, heart and pure will..Oscar suffered terrible loss that many see as a huge dent in a hall of fame career, and he wants to see Manny lose. It is possible if it happens like he hopes it to, that he would try to fight again to go out a little better than where he now sits. Not only that, but Flyod Sr. is there training Ricky only to give his son a better chance of beating Manny. Because if Flyod dodges Manny, no one will ever forget it and he can never be the true Pound for Pound Champion.
Pure, Lets put it this way. We will all see tomorrow if Hatton is as amazing as the Brits believed him to be. Except for PBF all his fights were against has-beens and nobodies and featherfists. I also think Mayweather has come back out of retirement because he knows he will get to fight Pacquiao. And wipe the canvas off with Manny’s arze. LoL. Doesn’t matter where Hatton fights, as long as he doesn’t mess with elite fighters like MP and PBF. Hatton is a 2nd rate fighter.
Lets put it this way. We will all see tommorrow if pacman is as amazing as the americans have been hyping him up to be. His last two fights have been hype fights and I think mayweather has come back out of retirement because he knows he will get to fight hatton again. HATTON MUST NOT FIGHT MAYWEATHER IN AMERICA – thats just plain unfair. I wont even bother watching it if its in America(well I will but you know what I mean lol)
Pac beats Oscar, so Oscar picks Ricky. Ricky beats Paulie, so Paulie picks Pac. Oscar and Paulie’s picks were tainted by emotion. I won’t put too much weight on what these guys say.
I think there are two very important factors why dela hoya, to wit:
1. business interest
2. to validate the belief by many that weight drain was the real reason of his defeat to pq/
rex hattons going to be about 5 pounds heavier than manny, that is a big advantage. hatton knocking him out.
manny pacquiao would not of had a chance fighting a prime dela hoya all hatton has to do is pound is body in he will knock him out inside 6 rounds
The “yanky bums” who sasid Cotto would beat Margarito also weren’t aware that Marg-go-cheato would be using plaster in their fight. Without the plaster, Margo-cheato was being given a boxing lesson the first 7-8 rounds. If Margo-cheato didn’t load his gloves, he wouldn’t have gotten past Cotto, and we sure as hell would not have picked him over Mosley. Highly doubt that this fight is going to be one sided, both fighters are in tip top shape so if you think Hatton is going to dominate Pacquiao, you’re in for a surprise. Leaning on Pacquaio, but I think the Hitman’s gotta shot.
all you yanky bums said manny couldnt beat oscer its a joke they shouldnt be fighting ‘now yor saying the pacman is king kong !! well he aint he a good fighter but ha aint a floyd maywether’ Ricky the man !!!!
most of you yanky bums said cotto would beat magarito most of you said magarito would beat mosley well i didnt .i called them right and now most of you are saying pacquiao to beat hatton. well i dont i think it will be a bit tricky for ricky ealey but once ricky gose thruogh the gears pacmac is in trouble he wont cope with rickys speed and power from body to head it will end up being very one sided RICKY HATTON WINS BY TKO around 8th or 9th!!!!!!!
I love it, every article lately involves a British fighter as the headliner!!! Says it all for American boxing doesn’t it!!! Keep it up, we can watch and laugh as you attempt to ridicule us but the bottom line is, us British are ruling it at the minute!!! Get in there.
My God DelaHoya is right about something. Ricky is going to win.
Finally-a decent article by Ms. Manuela Perez as I’m sure that it gave him great pleasure to write that ODLH was predicting a Hatton KO. I can imagine the huge smile on his face as he wrote this article, but at least it wasn’t biased and was someone else’s point of view. I think ODLH is favoring Hatton because he’s basically Hatton’s boss, however.
for now you are good writer ‘coz you dont base your comment in your pure hatred to pac….i hope u maintain that….but i still watching u on your baseless comment…….
How many times that a great talented guy wins over the bigger guy, answer “SOMETIMES”….And the fact that Ricky was not that big in compare to Manny it makes me think that size advantage wont play much on this fight but rather the more talented and finest fighter will most likely come out as the overwhelming winner. HATE TO SAY THIS BUT ITS MANNY THE PACMAN FROM THE PHILIPPINES WILL LIKELY TO WIN THIS ONE VIA KNOCK OUT N THE 6TH OR 8TH ROUNDS.
The more skilled or talented man doesn’t always win. sometime fitness, size and brute strength does.
Hatton is an animal and I feel he will just outwill Manny who is much more talented but I think this is a dangerous fight for him.
No Ukansadoff there are still many people who knows what the Hitman can still and capable of doing, but the thing is that he is facing the number one P4P fighter in World today and these people who knew Hatton have also the Idea that in compare to both fighters it is Manny who has the greater chance of walking away with the Victory. simple as that!
I have nothing against the Hitman actually I support him in all of his fight, cos I really love fighters who are small in size but have a big heart, but now its my countryman who he will go against so am for PACMAN in this one. GO Manny!!!
I was really backing hatton in this fight simply because he looks the best hes ever been. Amir Khan has admitted hes never seen him look to fit & quick. He seems confident but relaxed. And now we hear about a difference in camp. If Hatton doesnt come out 100% focused on what he needs to do then pacman by KO 9-11 Round
Super j c says hatton can do it and im not going 2 argue with him lol
the same people also said hatton would beat floyd jr aswell a look what happened there. they both have hearts of lions on will go into the fight as equals in my eyes a may the best man win. a we all no what hattons all about but we also no what mannys all about 2 a they are both champs win lose or draw and are decent honest hard working champs at that rather than others that i wont mention. lets just watch the fight and cheer on who we want to win instead of all the crap on here calling each others fighters.
de la hoya know what he’s talking about !
There doesnt seem to be many Pro’s out there tipping Pacman tomorrow.
Everybody else is though, i really do think that people are forgetting EXACTLY what Hattons all about.