Is it advisable for Hoya to take this PAC fight personally?

[XaduBoxer]

Its neither nor,take it personal in the training,and train harder,which he seems to be doing. In the ring, use what youve trained for and make it cold and clinical

Hope that it's what Hoya's mindset... If Hoya brings so much emotions to the fight, I think it's not a very good idea...

Here's PAC side of this "personal" issues. I like PAC's mindset going to this fight...

De La Hoya, who can be as genial and vanilla in his pre-fight rhetoric as any marquee fighter in the history of the sport, has made it quite clear that he'd like to make 'the Pac Man' pay for his indiscretion. For him, this isn't just another fight, but an ongoing battle for the control of boxing and its chess board versus their arch-rival Top Rank (just listen to Bernard Hopkins' statement after his victory over Kelly Pavlik). And oh yeah, they want to punish Manny. This has become quite personal.

"That's his beliefs, I respect that, but for me, it's nothing personal," PAC would say a couple of weeks back as he finished up his roadwork at Griffith Park near Hollywood. "I'm going to go in the ring and fight like a man and to give a good fight to make people happy."

When asked if he had any bitter feelings, Pacquiao would tell Maxboxing, "I know he's angry at me, disappointed, but I don't want to bring that business to the fight on December 6th. I want to focus on my fight and don't want to be distracted in the ring."

[Bomp]

Any make him pay talk is just phoney baloney coming from DLH noawadays. He's a businessman and tells the press what they want to hear .

[XaduBoxer]

Any make him pay talk is just phoney baloney coming from DLH noawadays. He's a businessman and tells the press what they want to hear .

That's really the point... Hoya is a shrewd businessman... Money is more important for him...

All that PAC did to him eventually boils down to money:
- PAC destroyed his potential cash cow Barrera
- PAC didn't choose GBP as his promoter
- PAC didn't endorsed events promoted by GBP
- PAC asking bigger share than what Hoya is willing to give (at first)

If you screw Hoya about money, he will take it personally...
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[Master]

It is all hype. ODH says the same stuff every fight.

[zhubin]

Of course it's all hype. But to be honest...if anything...it has been a bad idea for Freddie Roach to be talking so much smack. Sure, Oscar is a businessman...but love him or hate him...he is still a very good fighter. No reason to put a fire under a champion. Roach is trying to hype it up as well, and take pressure of Manny...but it could backfire.

[XaduBoxer]

It is all hype. ODH says the same stuff every fight.

I don't remember he said "It's personal" in his every fight...
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[Kel]

It is all hype. ODH says the same stuff every fight.

I don't remember he said "It's personal" in his every fight...
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Well the Mayorga fight he said "he has insulted me" and "I'm gonna knock you out". With Floyd it was the "he needs to be humbled" and all that. He does say all the right things in a build up and I fall for it every time, it just might be very special, and if it is, I want to watch it as it happens...because if it is a special night Manny has his hands high come the final bell

[Taeth]

Oscar is too experienced in these type of fights, only once IMO did he go away from the strategy in a fight, and that was Chavez II. Either than that I feel that he has stayed with the game plan, and he will this Saturday.

[Master]

It is all hype. ODH says the same stuff every fight.

I don't remember he said "It's personal" in his every fight...
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Its the same type of rhetoric, he said he would shut Mayweather up because he was a brat.

[XaduBoxer]

Maybe DelaHoya was taking the fight too personal...
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