It?s crazy.
Perhaps people see something that I just don?t see.
A cold beer in the desert.
A fat stack of one thousand dollar bills laying on the ground.
Michael ?El Gordo? Marley consolidating articles rather than spewing off redundant blurbs with his stubby mustard-stained fingers.
Manny Pacquiao knocking out Oscar De la Hoya on the night of December 6.
All of these visions are mirages. No not like the MGM Mirage but more like something that the brain yearns to visualize regardless of the realistic possibilities.
Within the past several weeks, the odds have shifted somewhat drastically in favor of the southpaw fighter being that he?s no longer the 3-1 underdog that he started at. As of this current moment, Manny Pacquiao sits at +200 at widely recognized and respected internet sportsbook BoDog.
I suppose that the average, typical gambler is a bit more intelligent than initially perceived being that online should be the only place in which ?Pacman? backers should be wagering. With the ridiculous Vegas odds listing De la Hoya as merely an 8-5 favorite, the mudsuckers err? ?sharks?, have jumped on the online betting bandwagon in order to stretch their perceived ?value? as far as possible.
After having put a tiny bit of thought into the December 6 match-up, it got me wondering as to how Manny might fare against former top junior welter and full-fledged welterweights and what I might make as the opening line.
Ike Quartey 10-1 favorite? ?Bazooka? wins by brutal knockout.
Vernon Forrest 12-1 favorite? ?The Viper? wins by brutal knockout.
Kostya Tszyu 10-1 favorite? ?Thunder From Down Under? wins by brutal knockout.
Ricardo Mayorga 12-1 favorite? ?El Matador? wins by brutal knockout.
Cory Spinks 12-1 favorite? ?The Next Generation? wins by decision.
Floyd Mayweather Jr 25-1 favorite? ?Pretty Boy? wins by brutal knockout.
Is Oscar truly that far gone that he warrants the tight odds on the bout? His most recent losses have come at the hands of Bernard ?The Executioner? Hopkins, ?Pretty Boy? Floyd Mayweather Jr., and ?Sugar? Shane Mosley. All of these men would be listed as ridiculously heavy favorites over the ?Pacman?.
So what if Oscar got tagged by Steve ?Two Pound? Forbes in their recent May bout?
This is boxing.
Give me the name of one fighter today that has fought a full twelve rounds without eating even one piece of leather.
All I know is that it?ll be interesting to observe how things transpire in terms of the De la Hoya-Pacquiao betting line.
This fight is relatively simple to breakdown.
Oscar presses forward behind a stiff jab and combination punching, he disposes of the Filipino icon by the fifth or six round. Should the ?Golden Boy? choose to initially box carefully and defensively, he scores a late round stoppage as soon as he turns up the heat. It?s extremely difficult for me to envision Pacquiao stopping or even hurting Oscar with his vaunted left hand being that De la Hoya has consistently shown a sturdy chin over the course of his career.
As for the body? I just don?t see Pacquiao being able to get that close without having to take some hellacious hooks in the process.
Oscar by knockout is the play all day everyday?
