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De La Hoya-Pacquiao: All-Set for Classic Clash PhilBoxing.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008  Filipino powerhouse Manny Pacquiao will know by December 6 if there can be too much of a good thing when he takes on super-powerhouse Oscar de la Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. A reading of their last ten fights has Pacquiao toting a 7 win-knockout slate, 2 by decision and a lone 12 round set-back while de la Hoya kayoed 4, decisioned 3 and was outpointed thrice. Manny is all keyed-up at his inclusive training quarters in Hollywood?hell-bent in retiring de la Hoya?one of boxing?s biggest attractions if we go by his chief strategist latest pronouncement. Oscar has been crooning his ultimo boxeo adios but has been awfully quiet on his exit strategy after terms of the ?dream match? were completed. ?Manny?s splendid gym work can only result in a stoppage of the aging Golden Boy who can?t shoot straight anymore,? bragged his chief guru Freddie Roach. ?The popular myth of ?big beating small? is what will prevail at the match-up? countered an aide as Hoya toughened his insurgent drills at his restricted Big Bear lair. Meanwhile, as we move to the issue of who?s having a better camp, troubling news flew out of the World Boxing Council of Jose Sulaiman, ordering P4P king Manny to cough up some 130,000 U.S. greens in sanction fee ? else ? he?ll be stripped of his belt. Previously, Sulaiman dubbed the Oscar/Manny fight a farce. Called it an unmitigated fraud. Far too long, boxing cartels have been duping boxers of the hard-earned cash they?ve sweated from rugged fights. Manny should heed the suggestion of friends to thrash into waste cans his belts. This, in keeping with champions who humiliated officers of past ring blocs by dumping their own tainted sash. It?s not the first time this cabal conned Manny. Take note of the WBC International title-trinkets where they extracted sanction sums in the past? Leave it to the transplanted Lebanese in crafting schemes where money is to be made. Sulaiman does not owe Pacquiao an apology. He owes him money from past bogus bouts. Click here for a complete listing of columns by this author. Click here for a complete listing of this author's articles from different news sources. |
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