I don?t know if it?s the biggest myth in boxing. But it could be the biggest mythtake, if I may pull some Don King like ?trickeration? and invent my own word, that can be made right now.
What?s the grievous error? It?s the one being made by all the sky is falling, Henny Penny types who shrilly vocalize their deep-seated belief that Big Oskie is going to totally destroy Midget Manny.
These know littles want Barry McGuire?s ?Eve Of Destruction? playing in the background because, they claim, Manny Pacquio is going to hell wearing a gasoline suit when he shares a ring with Giant Oscar.
To hear these End Of Pacworld pundits tell it, De La Hoya-Pacman is a cruel mismatch of the worst kind. If there was an ASPCP, meaning an Association for the Prevention of inhumane treatment of Pacquiao, these people forecasting a fistic disaster in the ring on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas would be whistling for the cops.
To hear these unrational and stinker thinkers, this is going to be Goliath wiping out a Little David who does not even have a slingshot.
Balderdash, poppycock and absolute rubbish, your White Gorilla growls. I will shout it from the rooftops so hear me now.
Oscar may indeed win this fight. It?s possible Oscar might even KO or stop Manny. I don?t see that happening but more on that Michael Marley Magic Prediction later.
The one ?lock? in this competitive?and it will be?fight is that Pacman will not get tossed around like a small, brown rag doll.
The one guarantee is, that when it?s over, De La Hoya will know he?s been in a scrap against a real scrapper.
BUT OSCAR MUST DESTROY MANNY BECAUSE OF THE SIZE DIFFERENTIAL.
Hey, you don?t have to scream but you are so wrong. Making this false argument you come off sounding like Sarah Palin debating world affairs with Henry Kissinger.
But let?s remove emotion from the arguments. Let?s get ready to be cogent, reasonable and factual.
If you truly expect Oscar to wipe Manny out, let me ask you if?
You mean the same Oscar who covered bruises left by Stevie Forbes (a 140-pounder) with makeup after they went 12 rounds?
Or do you mean the same Oscar whose trigger finger ?broke? halfway through a 12-round dance with Floyd Mayweather?
I will grant you that on Cinco de Mayo weekend in 2006, Oscar did beat Ricardo Mayorga like a rug, dropping him thrice. You wouldn?t want to compare the skills of the Nicaraguan to those of Pacman, would you?
Perhaps you mean the Oscar who finished off Bernard Hopkins with a single body shot? Oops, my bad, it was Oscar who collapsed to the canvas when BHop nailed him to the ribs.
Certainly you do not mean the Oscar who got a free pass, an undeserved 115-113 on all three cards decision over unheralded German Felix Sturm in 2004?
In terms of utter destruction, you cannot refer to the second Shane Mosley fight which Oscar lost by unanimous verdict in 2003?
So far, I?ve recited and reviewed Oscar?sa last six bouts. The only destruction I see is when BHop took De La Hoya out of commission with a single punch.
In fairness, let?s mention that after losing to Mosley the second time that Oscar did destroy weary Yory Boy Campas in seven rounds and ended a close bout (Oscar was ahead by two points twice and one three point edge) against Fernando Vargas with an 11th round KO.
FDR?s words ring loud. Freddie Roach knows it, Pacman knows and all tried and true Pacman loyalists know it as well.
Manny Pacquiao has nothing to fear but fear itself.
Come Dec. 6, Pacman will not, repeat not, be devastated or destroyed.
Or else I will eat Burt Sugar?s fedora.
I reserve the right to ask for salt and pepper. Or better yet, a late night visit to the Boxingconfidential Suites at the MGM Grand, from Salt ‘n’ Pepa.
