Richard Schaefer starts by saying, “Over the past few weeks, there has been much speculation as to who Oscar will fight….many opponents have been mentioned…however, there was only one fight which truly got people talking.”
“This fight will be a fight between two superstars…the two most popular fighters in the world…both guys go forward and don’t know how to go back…will it be youth and speed over size and skills…yes, the event I’m talking about is the dream matchup….
“Oscar De La Hoya against Manny Pacquaio…”
“Bob Arum and I cerainly had our worked cut out for us, but we pulled it off again.
December 6th from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas…
Oscar De La Hoya AND Manny Pacquiao will both be on the call.
*** */Oscar De La Hoya AND Manny Pacquiao will both be on the call. /* *Bob Arum: *”As someone of my age, I realize what the Philippines has meant to the United States…the Filippinos are a great fighting people and Manny Pacquiao is their greatest fighter of all…that’s why this fight will have worldwide interest.”
“This fight will demonstrated to everyone that there is no sport universally as popular as the sport of boxing…that’s why I am so pleased that Oscar and Manny agreed to engage in this fight.”
*Oscar De La Hoya: *”To me, this is a challenge…when a certain person in the boxing industry mentioned to me the possibility of fighting Manny Pacquiao, it stuck in my head…to this day, I say to myself, can I really fight Manny Pacquiao and beat the pound-for-pound champion of the world?”
“When people started saying, ‘Manny can beat you’….it started to become a challenge to me and now, now it is very personal especially when Manny Pacquiao beat all the legendary Mexican fighters…to me, it’s challenge…people are talking that Manny Pacquiao can beat me. Well, we’ll see December 6th.”.
