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Promoter Bob Arum Defends De La Hoya-Pacquiao Clash, Fires Back At "Haters."
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
Without a doubt, Saturday night's big Oscar De La Hoya Vs. Manny Pacquaio "Dream Fight" has received its share of criticism. A number of fans, and indeed experts, have moaned out loud about how the match-up is nothing but a cynical money-maker of a fight, and that there is and was always only going Read Full Story >>>The day Skinny floored Pacman
By Jamie Pandaram, Wellington Times, Sat, 06 Dec 2008
SYDNEY car salesman Nedal Hussein still remembers the day he floored Manny Pacquiao.
Eight years on and Hussein makes a living selling used vehicles in Lansvale, while Pacquiao, widely regarded the world's best boxer currently fighting, will take on Oscar De La Hoya in the biggest promotion in ye Read Full Story >>> Is Pacman The Next Henry Armstrong?
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Boxing experts say a good big man always beats a good little man when you get down to the root of analyzing a fight between champions. Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao are going to vigor Read Full Story >>> PACMAN FEARS NOTHING
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Legend says that in Biblical Judah, there was a mighty warrior named Goliath, who terrorized the Israelites with his intimidating size and strength. As he walked to the ground of battle, he called for the mightiest of champions t Read Full Story >>> Tyson gives Team Pacquiao tips
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS -- As if words were not enough, former undisputed heavyweight champion ?Iron? Mike Tyson took a step back away from assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez, bobbed, wove and then ducked under a phantom left hook.
This is how you do it against Oscar De La Hoya, Tyson told Fernandez.
Tyson d Read Full Story >>> On target: 'Hitman' sees Pacquiao win vs Oscar
GMA News Online, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - Ricky Hatton couldn't wait to find out who he's fighting next.
So he's showing up for The Dream Match on Sunday (Saturday, US time) in Las Vegas.
Hatton, the man strongly considered to fight the winner between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya, will be at ringside at th Read Full Story >>> History suggests Manny Pacquiao can beat Oscar De La Hoya
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
As the fight approaches, expect to hear a lot about a good big man always beats a good little man. The rationale behind the cliche is that when all other things are equal (talent, heart, etc), victory goes to the bigger guy. That is usually true. But history is not always on the side of the bigger g Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum wants to make boxing more visible
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Reporting from Las Vegas -- Boxing has quietly undertaken a pilot program that, in the face of competition from mixed martial arts, may serve as a business model for its future.
Promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank said recently that a series of events working well in Mexico may be the key to his sport' Read Full Story >>> Nothing quite like buildup to a fight
By Ron Kantowski, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
It was on a big boxing night, however, when Caesars shone brightest. The sun would finally set and the celebrities would be preening for the cameras on the way to their $1,000 ringside seats, and Debbie Munch, the resort?s longtime publicist, would be running around the press room in her sneakers ma Read Full Story >>> OSCAR: THEY WOKE UP THE GIANT
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? A visibly irked Oscar De La Hoya said the unfavorable words of his critics led by his former gym mentor Freddie Roach have helped motivate him to aim for a quick knockout when he battles the world?s best Read Full Story >>> A CIRCUS WITHOUT CLOWNS
By Sid Bañez, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Sportswriters and fans have denounced the Dream Match as a circus. Others have called it a farce. Even Jose Sulaiman, the President of WBC, the alphabet-soup organization with a history of screwing boxers ?even their its Read Full Story >>> Boxing Prediction for Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao
By John Novoselac, DogHouseBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
I first asked Oscar about this fight over a year ago after Larry Merchant suggested the idea. Oscar said he thought the idea was interesting. I could see the dollar signs lighting up in his eyes, and I then knew that ther Read Full Story >>> "THE GOLDEN CHILD" OPENS UP FOR "THE GOLDEN BOY" ON DEC.6 PAY-PER-VIEW OPENING BOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LOS ANGELES, December 4 - Before "The Golden Boy", Oscar de la Hoya, enters the ring for his super fight this Saturday night against Manny Pacquiao, boxing's brightest young prospect, Daniel "The Golden Child" Jacobs, will put his perfect 12-0 record on the line against Victor Lares in the HBO Pay-P Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya Vs. Manny Pacquiao: Dream Match Or Mis-Match?
By Randall Stevens, Baller Status, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Some say boxing is a dying sport, with the quality of fighters diminishing (or maybe just their bank-ability) and the rise of MMA (mixed martial arts), but you wouldn't know that with th Read Full Story >>> Heading into bout with Pacquiao, De La Hoya already sparring with ex-trainer
By Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Throughout his 16-year professional boxing career, Oscar De La Hoya has hired and fired trainers as if he were George Steinbrenner orchestrating the New York Yankees' game of managerial musical chairs. With the recent addition of Mexican veteran "Nacho" Beristain, the "Golden Boy" is working on what Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya has style to beat Pacquiao: Dundee
By Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Renowned trainer Angelo Dundee believes Oscar De La Hoya has the perfect style to beat WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao in their highly anticipated welterweight clash on Saturday.
Dundee, who has trained such great fighters as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and Georg Read Full Story >>> THE DREAM IS ALMOST REALITY
Sportinglife.com (UK), Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Despite the criticism, despite the protests, it's almost upon us.
A year ago not even the most hardened of gamblers on the Las Vegas Strip would have risked their dollars on Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao meeting inside a ring.
But on Saturday night inside the MGM Grand they'll lock horns Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya victory might not be Oscar-winning to some skeptics
By Robert Morales, L.A. Daily News, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
BOXING: Skeptics believe
De La Hoya hurting sport
by taking fight against
smaller Pacquiao.
Vernon Forrest had just beaten Sergio Mora to win back his junior middleweight world title Sept.13 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Joel Casamayor in a lightweight fig Read Full Story >>> When it comes to De La Hoya, big wins just a memory
By Roman Modrowski, SouthtownStar.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
What was the last big fight Oscar De La Hoya won?
It's a question worth considering while discussing the showdown Saturday between De La Hoya (39-5, 30 knockouts) and Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs).
Even seasoned boxing fans need a second before answering.
It wasn't his technical knockout of Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, De la Hoya winning odds near even
GMA News Online, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - The Dream Match has been called a mismatch, a circus, and a no-contest.
Betting lines on Friday (Thursday, US time) in Las Vegas clearly showed otherwise.
Oscar de la Hoya's winning odds continued to slip after The Golden Boy was listed as a mere minus-165 favorite to bea Read Full Story >>>
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