ODLH vs. Pac...why are you guys hating this so much?

[Violent Demise]

The fights a charade. But I got no problem with it no more. If Pac really wants to see ICU that badly than let him. I'm paying and watching

[TitoFan]

I think it was best summed up in another thread:

Oscar doesn't have the "cojones" to fight either Margarito or Cotto.

You can slice it.... you can dice it. You can put whatever spin you want on it. That is what it all boils down to. And that is what a huge percentage of boxing fans probably thinks. And the "money" excuse is pretty weak. Boxing is supposed to be about fighting the best... about making the most compelling matches. It's not like lil' old Oscar NEEDS the money. Sh*t.... I'd respect him a little more if he just admitted he's scared sh*tless to face a REAL welterweight.

Although I think an Oscar win is inevitable, I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to plant his Golden Boy face on the canvas.

[XaduBoxer]

I think it was best summed up in another thread:

Oscar doesn't have the "cojones" to fight either Margarito or Cotto.

You can slice it.... you can dice it. You can put whatever spin you want on it. That is what it all boils down to. And that is what a huge percentage of boxing fans probably thinks. And the "money" excuse is pretty weak. Boxing is supposed to be about fighting the best... about making the most compelling matches. It's not like lil' old Oscar NEEDS the money. Sh*t.... I'd respect him a little more if he just admitted he's scared sh*tless to face a REAL welterweight.

Although I think an Oscar win is inevitable, I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to plant his Golden Boy face on the canvas.

This should be our general sentiment towards this fight... Cheer for Pacquiao to do the impossible... If he succeed, we're all happy and it's a priceless moment... If he fails ... no big deal, he lost to a bigger guy...

But we can really expect PAC to give his best to win this fight and make it an entertaining and exciting fight... It's all worth the PPV money... Guaranteed...
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[TitoFan]

I think it was best summed up in another thread:

Oscar doesn't have the "cojones" to fight either Margarito or Cotto.

You can slice it.... you can dice it. You can put whatever spin you want on it. That is what it all boils down to. And that is what a huge percentage of boxing fans probably thinks. And the "money" excuse is pretty weak. Boxing is supposed to be about fighting the best... about making the most compelling matches. It's not like lil' old Oscar NEEDS the money. Sh*t.... I'd respect him a little more if he just admitted he's scared sh*tless to face a REAL welterweight.

Although I think an Oscar win is inevitable, I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to plant his Golden Boy face on the canvas.

This should be our general sentiment towards this fight... Cheer for Pacquiao to do the impossible... If he succeed, we're all happy and it's a priceless moment... If he fails ... no big deal, he lost to a bigger guy...

But we can really expect PAC to give his best to win this fight and make it an entertaining and exciting fight... It's all worth the PPV money... Guaranteed...
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So either way it's a "no-win" situation for De La Hoya. Hmmm..... I'm starting to warm up to the idea.

[XaduBoxer]

I think it was best summed up in another thread:

Oscar doesn't have the "cojones" to fight either Margarito or Cotto.

You can slice it.... you can dice it. You can put whatever spin you want on it. That is what it all boils down to. And that is what a huge percentage of boxing fans probably thinks. And the "money" excuse is pretty weak. Boxing is supposed to be about fighting the best... about making the most compelling matches. It's not like lil' old Oscar NEEDS the money. Sh*t.... I'd respect him a little more if he just admitted he's scared sh*tless to face a REAL welterweight.

Although I think an Oscar win is inevitable, I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to plant his Golden Boy face on the canvas.

This should be our general sentiment towards this fight... Cheer for Pacquiao to do the impossible... If he succeed, we're all happy and it's a priceless moment... If he fails ... no big deal, he lost to a bigger guy...

But we can really expect PAC to give his best to win this fight and make it an entertaining and exciting fight... It's all worth the PPV money... Guaranteed...
.

So either way it's a "no-win" situation for De La Hoya. Hmmm..... I'm starting to warm up to the idea.

[rjj tszyu]

I think it was best summed up in another thread:

Oscar doesn't have the "cojones" to fight either Margarito or Cotto.

You can slice it.... you can dice it. You can put whatever spin you want on it. That is what it all boils down to. And that is what a huge percentage of boxing fans probably thinks. And the "money" excuse is pretty weak. Boxing is supposed to be about fighting the best... about making the most compelling matches. It's not like lil' old Oscar NEEDS the money. Sh*t.... I'd respect him a little more if he just admitted he's scared sh*tless to face a REAL welterweight.

Although I think an Oscar win is inevitable, I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to plant his Golden Boy face on the canvas.

This should be our general sentiment towards this fight... Cheer for Pacquiao to do the impossible... If he succeed, we're all happy and it's a priceless moment... If he fails ... no big deal, he lost to a bigger guy...

But we can really expect PAC to give his best to win this fight and make it an entertaining and exciting fight... It's all worth the PPV money... Guaranteed...
.

So either way it's a "no-win" situation for De La Hoya. Hmmm..... I'm starting to warm up to the idea.

I wouldn't say that a fight that he will probably make about $100m from is a "no-win" situation!

[narsman]

I think it was best summed up in another thread:

Oscar doesn't have the "cojones" to fight either Margarito or Cotto.

You can slice it.... you can dice it. You can put whatever spin you want on it. That is what it all boils down to. And that is what a huge percentage of boxing fans probably thinks. And the "money" excuse is pretty weak. Boxing is supposed to be about fighting the best... about making the most compelling matches. It's not like lil' old Oscar NEEDS the money. Sh*t.... I'd respect him a little more if he just admitted he's scared sh*tless to face a REAL welterweight.

Although I think an Oscar win is inevitable, I'll be rooting for Pacquiao to plant his Golden Boy face on the canvas.

This should be our general sentiment towards this fight... Cheer for Pacquiao to do the impossible... If he succeed, we're all happy and it's a priceless moment... If he fails ... no big deal, he lost to a bigger guy...

But we can really expect PAC to give his best to win this fight and make it an entertaining and exciting fight... It's all worth the PPV money... Guaranteed...
.

So either way it's a "no-win" situation for De La Hoya. Hmmm..... I'm starting to warm up to the idea.

Uhmm, this shouldn't be news to you.

[Mar]

...if oscar wins, everyone will say so what, and he rides off with a lackluster win, if he looses than he just looks silly. Just like any fight i don't make the match-up's i just watch them.

[Thread Stealer]

I'm not going to lie and say I won't watch it, or have the usual goosebumps I do during the ringwalks whenever there's a big event, but the problem is that there's so many better matchups from a pure boxing standpoint than this. Fights between guys of roughly the same size.

DLH against a junior middleweight champ, or welterweights like Cotto, Margarito, Williams, etc...

Pacquiao against a Valero, Guzman, Soto, Marquez 3, etc...

I hope I'm wrong, but I think it might be a terrible mismatch due to size. DLH's been at 147 and above since 1997, while Pacquiao's had just one fight above 130.

When Pacquiao fought on the undercard of DLH-Castillejo six years ago, they were 32 pounds apart!!! The last fights, it's decreased to "only" 15.

[XaduBoxer]

...if oscar wins, everyone will say so what, and he rides off with a lackluster win, if he looses than he just looks silly. Just like any fight i don't make the match-up's i just watch them.

It may not be the best match-up out there but it isn't the worst either...
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