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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 >>>Freddie Roach out to bite Oscar De La Hoya
By Tim Smith, New York Daily News, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - Oscar De La Hoya has a history of firing trainers after he loses a fight. Freddie Roach didn't mind ending up on that long list after De La Hoya lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. - the only fight that Roach worked on with De La Hoya.
But Roach didn't appreciate being made the fall guy for th Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao confident in cutman
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
When Juan Manuel Marquez was busting open Manny Pacquiao in their March 15 fight at Mandalay Bay, Joe Chavez might have saved Pacquiao from a technical-knockout loss.
Pacquiao had several lacerations around his right eye, and Chavez, working as the cutman in Pacquiao's corner that night, did a gr Read Full Story >>> RON BORGES Vegas Diary-Part 2
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? A promoter, by the very nature of his job, is an optimist. But Bob Arum seems to be taking that to a new level this week.
Amidst a sagging economy, American consumers putting away their credit cards and reducing their discretionary spending and the oncoming Christmas rush, Arum Read Full Story >>> Roach playing mind games with Oscar
15rounds.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach said he urged Oscar De La Hoya to see a sports psychologist when he was in De La Hoya?s corner before the loss to Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
De La Hoya refused.
So, now, Roach is trying to do what a psychologist might have done:
Get into De La Hoya?s he Read Full Story >>> De la Hoya's loss to Mosley should have asterisk
By Wallace Matthews, NewsDay.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
There are five blemishes on Oscar De La Hoya's 44-fight professional boxing career. One was a matter of Bernard Hopkins' left hook to the liver. Three were a matter of opinion.
And one, we know now, was a result of cheating.
De La Hoya, who has practically carried big-time pay-per-view boxing Read Full Story >>> Boxing fans trade playful jabs
Tennessean.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Cortland Finnegan is rooting for Manny Pacquiao against Oscar De La Hoya in Saturday's welterweight fight in Las Vegas.
That irks fellow Titans cornerback Chris Carr, the team's self-designated expert of quirky things, including the current state of boxing.
On Thursday, Finnegan sat out practi Read Full Story >>> Arum to sue Victor Ortiz camp over bankruptcy filing
15rounds.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS ? Bob Arum said he is appealing a bankruptcy ruling that allowed prospect Victor Ortiz to jump to Golden Boy Promotions and the Top Rank promoter threatened to sue his co-managers, Shelly Finkel and Rolando Arellano, whom he called creeps.
Arum angrily blamed Finkel and Arellano for inter Read Full Story >>> The Architect
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
On HBO's infomercial series '24/7', much has been made of the work being put in by Oscar De La Hoya and his long-time strength and conditioning coach, Rob Garcia, as he prepares for his first fight at the welterweight limit in Read Full Story >>> Picking Pacquiao to win on points
By Colin Seymour, S.F. Boxing Examiner, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
I still think Oscar De La Hoya can punch harder than Manny Pacquiao. But my money is on Manny to land more punches and upset Oscar in their welterweight megafight Saturday in Las Vegas.
My pick is not consistent with my long-held belief that a fighter should compete at the lowest weight possi Read Full Story >>> Boxing still has a fighting chance
Los Angeles Times, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Reporting from Las Vegas -- Billy Baxter has won -- and lost -- millions wagering on everything from boxing and billiards to football and poker.
Yet there is one thing the 68-year-old Baxter, a membe Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya?s legacy now at stake
By Ron Borges, Boston Herald, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS - These days it is difficult to be sure what Oscar De La Hoya is, but one thing is certain, he?s a multi-tasker.
Tomorrow night, De La Hoya will be a fighter, at least for 90 minutes or so. Wednesday, he was a salesman. In between, he?s a promoter, real estate executive, magazine publis Read Full Story >>> 411's Prizefight Preview: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao
By Matt Knowles, 411mania.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Welcome back to the Prizefight Preview! This week, we look ahead to a mega-fight that has the sports world buzzing, as two of the most popular and accomplished fighters in recent history look to add another credential to their respective Hall of Fame applications. In the main event, we have what is Read Full Story >>> Oscar in a verbal bout, too
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
It was Sept.13 and Vernon Forrest had just beaten Sergio Mora to win back his junior middleweight world title at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out Joel Casamayor in a lightweight fight on the same card, setting up this comment from Forrest in the post-fight news conference:
Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Needs a Knockout Win To Sustain Career
By Dave Sholler, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
?There are only two options regarding commitment; you're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in-between.? ? Legendary NBA coach Pat Riley
For much of the past few years, Oscar De La Hoya has been living life in-between. Some days, he?s a professional fighter who has built a fru Read Full Story >>> Oscar: Hungry to Win or Just Hungry?
By Laura de la Torre, 411mania.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Oscar's view on how fighters make weight and more specifically on how he's made weight for his upcoming match with number one pound for pound fighter, Manny Pacquiao.
In the final week of the much anticipated match between Oscar de la Hoya and Manny Pacquiao, the "Dream Match" is set for Decembe Read Full Story >>> Oscar seeks revenge for Mexican boxers
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
LAS VEGAS?Five years after they first caught a significant glimpse of each other, Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya find themselves in the center of a whirlwind; caught in a moment none of them ever dreamed then would happen.
In 2003, boxing?s Golden Boy was promoting a match between Mexican gl Read Full Story >>> 'Dream Match' mania grips Vegas
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
It's the talk of the town in Las Vegas -- the dream fight between superstar boxers Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and Mexican American Oscar de la Hoya.
Everywhere you turn, there are pictures of the "Golden Boy" and the "Pacman", posters, video walls, a special ring at the lobby of the MGM Gr Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, De La Hoya prep for fight
By Sharief Ali, The Rebel Yell, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
As future boxing hall-of-famers Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao (current pound-for-pound king) get set for their super fight, one thing is undeniable - this is by far the most anticipated and most intriguing fight o Read Full Story >>> Dundee Says Oscar De La Hoya and Ali Are Much Alike
By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 05 Dec 2008
Legendary hall of fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, who once trained Muhammad Ali, and is helping to advise Oscar De La Hoya for Saturday night's fight against Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, says that he sees many similarities between De La Hoya and Ali.
"Oscar is like Muhammad in the fact that he Read Full Story >>>
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