Posted on August 29th, 2008 by JJ Duque
WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao has agreed to fight six-time boxing world champion Oscar De La Hoya for a 12-round non-title bout at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds on December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada!
The Pacquiao vs De La Hoya fight is expected to be the biggest fight of the year, and will be a sure blockbuster pay-per-view event. Promoters Bob Arum of Top Rank and Richard Schaefer have already shook hands, but the share of the purse for this main event has yet to be announced. The Pacquiao vs De La Hoya match took three weeks of negotiations. Initially, Manny Pacquiao wanted 40% share of the purse while Oscar De La Hoya offered 30%. Eventually, the two parties agreed to something in between. 35% maybe?
Oddsmakers already opened a betting line for the Pacquiao vs De La Hoya fight, and odds makers are making Oscar De La Hoya as an 8-5 favorite over Manny Pacquiao. Well, that seems normal as Oscar De La Hoya has had experience fighting at 147 pounds even though he hasn’t fought at that weight since 2001. Meanwhile, Manny Pacquiao hasn’t found above 135 pounds, and it will be interesting to see how Manny Pacquiao gains the weight to match up against the size of Oscar De La Hoya.
For Oscar De La Hoya, this may be his last fight before he considers retirement at the age of 35. Oscar De La Hoya has wanted to fight Manny Pacquiao ever since he watched Pacquiao destroy the likes of Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez and David Diaz. Oscar De La Hoya’s desire was even pushed further after reading statements from Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach who said that Oscar De La Hoya will not be able to ‘pull the trigger’ against Manny Pacquiao.
“I felt challenged, especially from an expert trainer like Freddie Roach… If he thinks I can’t pull the trigger, then we’ll see on December 6,” said Oscar De La Hoya.
Freddie Roach was in Oscar De La Hoya’s corner in his fight against Floyd Mayweather, so maybe there is some basis of truth for the statements of Freddie Roach.
Meanwhile, Manny Pacquiao thinks that he has the advantage in speed and technique, predicting that he would beat Oscar De La Hoya in the same way he clinically defeated David Diaz where Pacquiao chopped down David Diaz until he won via a 9th round TKO.
“I’m faster and stronger than him, and I’m younger… He has an advantage in the height… but I believe I’m stronger,” was Manny Pacquiao’s statement.
Posted on December 11th, 2007 by JJ Duque
And the story ends in a fight as Manny Pacquiao finaly decides to fight the WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on March 15, 2008 in Mandalay Bay at Las Vegas.
Considered two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport, Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao already have staged one legendary slugfest, with that ending in a draw on May 8, 2004.
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In that match, the lightning-quick Manny Pacquiao attacked Juan Manuel Marquez, knocking him down three times in the first round. But the gritty Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez was able to pick himself off the canvas and battle his way back into the fight.
Since that memorable bout, Manny Pacquiao (45-3-2, 35 KOs) has emerged as a superstar, becoming a big name not just in his native Philippines, but also throughout the sport.
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Manny Pacquiao has won seven of his last eight bouts, with the only loss during that span an exciting decision to Erik Morales. But Manny Pacquiao avenged that loss, twice stopping Morales in 2006.
Juan Manuel Marquez (48-3-1, 35 KOs) retained his WBC strap by capturing a unanimous decision from Rocky Juarez last November 3.
Juan Manuel Marquez has won six of his last seven fights since his first encounter with Manny Pacquiao.
Juan Manuel Marquez, who defeated Barrera in March to win his belt, routed Rocky Juarez for a unanimous decision in his first defense Nov. 3.
Although Juan Manuel Marquez holds the WBC belt, the match will also be for the vacant Ring magazine title, which, in an era of four main organizations, recognizes the “real” champion in each division and doesn’t require any sanctioning fees.
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Posted on November 10th, 2007 by JJ Duque
Miguel Angel Cotto, born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, is the former WBO LightWelterweight champion and is the current WBA Welterweight champions. Miguel Cotto is undefeated with 30 wins in 30 fights and 25 wins by KO. Miguel Angel Cotto defeated fellow Puerto Rican Carlos “El Indio” Quintana for the vacant WBA Welterweight championship. During the Quintana-Cotto Welterweight championship match, Cotto won by TKO after Quintana quit on his stool before the start of the 6th round. Since then, Cotto has successfully defended his title twice. His first title defense was against Turkish-German Oktay Urkal, who lost to Cotto when Urkal’s corner threw in the towel after the referee took away a second point for a headbutt, which lead to Urkal’s corner thinking that the fight was unfair.
Miguel Angel Cotto then defended his title against Zab “Super” Judah of Brooklyn, New York. Judah lost the match in the 11th round when the referee stopped the match and gave Cotto a TKO victory. Of course, that match was a bit controversial, considering that Cotto hit Judah twice with a low-blow, the first one sending Judah face-first to the canvas. Cotto was stripped off a point during his second low blow, and that might have done a lot to slow down Judah and give the Cotto the advantage in the later rounds.
“Sugar” Shane Mosley from Pomona, California has won world titles in three weight divisions and is the only boxer to have beaten Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya twice. Mosley has 44 wins in 49 fights with 37 wins by KO. The last boxing match of Shane Mosley was against Luis Collazo on February 2007, where Mosley won a unanimous decision after 12 rounds to capture the WBC itnerim welterweight crown.
On November 10, 2007, Shane Mosley will be the top contender to go after Miguel Angel Cotto’s WBA Welterweight Title. The fight is being promoted by Top Rank, who is promoting for Cotto, and Oscar de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions, who is promoting on behalf of Mosley. The Mosely-Cotto boxing bout is tagged by boxing experts as one of the “fights of the year”
Oddsmakers have given the odds for the Shane Mosley vs. Miguel Angel Cotto WBA Wwlterweight Championship bout.
The 27-year old Miguel Angel Cotto is a favorite over the older Shane Mosley, who is 36 years old.
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