Afterwards came the usual self-assured grin. In the swollen left eye there may even have been a glimmer. The entire fa?ade of certainty to uphold. That was the one and only game plan. ?I?m not shocked,? said Oscar De La Hoya of being humiliated by the lightweight champion of the world.
He sure looked shocked.
De La Hoya was beaten in a way one writer called ?sadistic? and Larry Merchant said was ?getting embarrassing? about 10 minutes in. Manny Pacquiao, known to some as Pacman and all as magnificent, reduced the Golden Boy to a shell and then broke him like an enameled egg. The official result: TKO-8. The unofficial result: After being beaten in every one of 24 minutes Oscar De La Hoya quit on his stool before the ninth round.
Actually, that doesn?t do the spectacle
