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By Jason Kim: Light welterweight Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) may not have long to wait for another big money fight no matter how things work out between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao on their December 6th fight. Initially it was De La Hoya who was the main one eager to fight Hatton next, but now Pacquiao has come out saying “I’m Ready To Fight Him [Hatton].”
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Boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and five-division world champion MANNY PACQUIAO will give away free Norbest Tom Turkeys to the first 500 families who show up This Sunday!
What’s Next for Calzaghe, Jones? De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Who Will Win?
By Alan Thomson: In a startlingly unsurprising fight, Joe Calzaghe completely dominated Roy Jones save for a well placed first-round Jones forearm to the face of Calzaghe.
Jones Jr. vs. Calzaghe is a fight that should have happened 5 to 8 years ago. Calzaghe is still in his prime and Jones is well past his. But is it Calzaghe’s fault that Roy got old? Not really. The fight never took place back when it should have because Calzaghe was busy selling out arenas in the UK and couldn’t see coming to the States to fight for less money.
Latest Boxing News: Froch-Pascal, De La Hoya-Pacquiao, Holyfield-Valuev and Cook-Foster
Super middleweight boxer Carl Froch is confident he can overcome Jean Pascal when the pair battle it out for the vacant WBC super middleweight on the 12th of December. Speaking to Setanta Sports News Froch described his opponent as predictable.
De La Hoya-Pacquiao A Turn Off For Many Boxing Fans
By Jim Dower: As much as six division champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) might like for boxing fans to be interested in his December 6th fight with former featherweight Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs), so far the perspective bout seems to draw out more ridicule and disgust aimed at Oscar more than anything in the way of praise.
That, of course, won’t get in the way of the fight being a huge PPV attraction, one that will likely come close to matching the $120 million PPV that Oscar attracted for his 1997 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Sold Out – Latest Boxing News
By Scott Gilfoid: Only a few hours after going on sale, all of the tickets for the what will likely be a historic blockbuster bout between lightweight Manny Pacquiao and light middleweight Oscar De La Hoya sold out, leaving thousands of interested boxing fans forced to watch the bout on PPV rather than to see it live. As such, the fight what likely go down as the second largest gate attraction in boxing history, just behind the De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout which took place in May 2007. Pretty good considering that De La Hoya probably would be beaten by basically by most, if not all, of the current light middleweight and welterweight champions.
However, his name and crossover appeal is still golden with millions of boxing fans who vaguely remember how good he was in the past. Despite the mismatch in sizes between the two fighters, the fans don’t seem to care one bit.
Will Pacquiao Ever Fight Marquez Again?
By Manuel Perez: Now that Manny Pacquiao has a huge mega-fight with Oscar De La Hoya coming up, and possibly another big money fight following that one against Ricky Hatton, I doubt more and more that Pacquiao will ever risk facing Juan Manual Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) again. Twice they’ve gone at it, with the first fight resulting in a draw and the second a close 12-round split decision win for Pacquiao in March. As much as I like Pacquiao as a fighter, I think he’s been extremely fortunate to have escaped losing to Marquez on both occasions. And because of this, I think Pacquiao is going to steer around Marquez for the remainder of his career, making sure that he stays well clear of him to avoid facing a potential embarrassing loss.
Pacquiao wants to be paid well for a bout against Marquez, and apparently he believes that Marquez simply wants too much money to make the fight possible. However, other than fights against De La Hoya or Hatton, Marquez is the only other fighter near the same size as Pacquiao that can bring in big money. Of course, Pacquiao can always continue fighting opponents bigger than him if he does well against De La Hoya, and stay in the welterweight division.
Does Pacquiao Now Need Marquez More Than He Needs Him?
By Alex McMillan: There were some interesting comments both in the immediate aftermath and at the press conference of Juan Manuel Marquez’ superb eleventh round KO of former lightweight linchpin Joel Casamayor last Saturday night; a career highlight in a career simply crammed with highlights. Firstly from the fighter himself, who declared that where Floyd Mayweather had previously been the pound for pound king, he himself was now rightful heir to the throne, and secondly from his promotion team ‘Golden Boy’, led of course by Oscar de la Hoya, whose CEO Richard Schaefer made it clear that Manny Pacquiao at this stage ‘wants nothing to do with Marquez’, who it seems will be forced to look instead at other prominent lightweight challenges, of which, granted, there are many.
The pound for pound mantle has become boxing’s unquestionable holy grail, a title that eludes belts and governing bodies in a sport – or perhaps the term business is more accurate – heavily saturated with both. In recent years it’s been nigh-on impossible to argue the mantle away from Mayweather, try though some might; since his retirement (for as long as it lasts) the door has been opened, and pretenders to the crown aplenty.
De la Hoya Interested In Mayweather Rematch, Comments on Pacquiao, Casamayor-Marquez Bouts
By Eric Thomas: In an interview yesterday with Brian Kenny from the Sportscenter, Oscar de la Hoya commented on various things, from a second fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., how he’ll choose to fight Manny Pacquiao in their December 6th fight and his thoughts on the Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Joel Casamayor bout on Saturday night. When asked about a second bout with Mayweather, De La Hoya said, “If I could have that rematch, how different that fight would be. When I fought Floyd, it was easier when I was throwing the jab, but for some reason I stopped throwing it. If we did it again in the near future, it would be a whole different story, that’s for sure…I hear he needs money.”
In commenting on Pacquiao, De La Hoya had this to say, “I have to be smart, be rangy, and just have to make sure I have my hands up when he [Pacquiao] comes inside.”
De La Hoya-Pacquiao – In What Round Will Manny Be Knocked Out?
By Aaron Klein: I’ve long considered Manny Pacquiao (47-3, 35 KOs) to be the best pound for pound boxer on the planet, a fighter that few boxers even come close to being as good as. With that said, unfortunately I think he’s going to get to get his backside handed to him on December 6th by Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs). It isn’t that De La Hoya is still a top fighter at this point, because he’s clearly more B-class than A level at this point in his career, but his huge size advantage is going to make him much better than the shorter, lighter Pacquiao to have to deal with.
To be sure, Pacquiao looked nearly invincible in beating the limited lightweight champion David Diaz in a 9th round TKO in June to win the World Boxing Council lightweight champion. This was a good win for Pacquiao, I must admit, but it was still only a small lightweight that he defeated, not the 154 pound De La Hoya. Perhaps a true indication of how good Pacquiao really is, and how well he’ll do against De La Hoya, was Pacquiao’s 12-round split decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez in March. Aside from the fact that Pacquiao appeared to lose the fight, he looked helpless every time Marquez chose to use his jab on him.