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By Jim Dower: According to an article from J. Michael Falgoust in the USA Today, boxing trainer Emanuel Steward feels that Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) would have won his December 6th, 2008 bout with Manny Pacquiao if Oscar had come into the fight at a weight that was normal to him. [...]

By Jason Kim: Since losing to Manny Pacquiao in a brutal eight-round beat down on December 6th, there have been various explanations as to the main reason that Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) lost in such a terribly manner. The excuses have ranged from De La Hoya’s diet, which was more or less [...]

By Manuel Perez: Just what I thought, Oscar De La Hoya’s drastic diet for his December 6th fight with Manny Pacquiao, which included a lot of Kangaroo and Buffalo meat (both low in fat), may have ultimately played a major role in Oscar’s defeat to Pacquiao. De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) quit on his [...]

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 [...]

By Michael Williams: In Zaire, 1974, Muhammad Ali beats George Foreman in the eighth round to re-establish himself as one of the greatest boxers of all time. In 2002 Lennox Lewis places himself into boxing folklore after knocking Mike Tyson to the canvas in the eighth round of their clash in Tennessee.

By Michael Lieberman: The sight of seeing Oscar De La Hoya quit on his stool after the 8th round was frankly sickening for me to see. A once great fighter reduced to quitting on his stool against a fighter six inches shorter than him and not nearly in his class as far as boxing skills [...]

By Manuel Perez: I’m not taking anything away from Oscar De La Hoya for his performance on Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao, he did the best he could given his poor physical condition that he came into the fight on that night. At best, he may have been 40% of his optimal level after starving [...]

By Adam McGarry: This is always hard, to predict where someone will end up in the all-time pound for pound list. Not just because of the fact his career isn’t finished, but you never ever know what’s around the corner for any fighter. With Manny fighting from flyweight to welterweight there are so many things [...]

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 [...]

By Matthew Thomas Potter: For many people, boxing began with a name. For myself, and numerous others, that name was Oscar De La Hoya (39-6-0). Being so close to the era in which Oscar reigned makes it somewhat difficult to accurately gauge the Golden Boy’s influence, legacy and impact on the sport of boxing, and [...]

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 [...]

By Jason Kim: With only one win out of four huge PPV bouts, Oscar De La Hoya has been somewhat of a dismal failure on big PPV bouts with over 900,000 buys or more. For a fighter as popular as De La Hoya is, he probably should be a lot less popular than he is [...]

By Manuel Perez: In watching some of the sparring sessions for this Saturday’s mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya, 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 [...]

By William Mackay: With the huge mega fight showdown between Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) and Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) only days away, I’m wondering whether we’re seeing the last of The Golden Boy, De La Hoya. At 35, he still talks a good game, predicting with a gleam in his eyes [...]

Light middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade (2-0, 2 KOs) easily took care of a badly outclassed Eric Marriott (0-2) on Saturday night, stopping him in the 4th round of a scheduled 4-round bout at the Twin River Casino in Lincoln, RI. Andrade punished Marriot with huge shots in the early going, using his superior speed and [...]

By Jim Dower: There’s no doubt that Oscar De La Hoya has done a good job in coming down in weight to the welterweight division weight limit of 147, down from his natural fighting weight of 154 in the light middleweight division. Before he started training, there were some that doubted whether or not De [...]

Boxing promoter Frank Maloney hopes Lennox Lewis will stay retired. In recent weeks speculation about Lewis’ return to the ring has reached fever pitch. Reports say Lewis would return to the ring for a staggering $100m.
But Maloney, who managed the heavyweight for over 12 years, told Setanta Sports News he did not think it would [...]

By Manuel Perez: As the saying goes, Pride goes before a fall. This was never more the case when World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao refused the 70-30 purse split offer so generously offered up by Oscar De La Hoya for their December 6th bout. Pacquiao not only turned it down, but walked away [...]