Did Oscar maybe aim for speed??

[pacfan]

You might be right there, Dizaztaaah. But according to the trainer himself, there was no weight issue both during the training and the fight (link below). He said they did very well in handling Oscar's weight. So it must have been just a case of an old boxer taking one fight too many and a young, extremely energetic fighter making him look more old than he usual is.

Nacho Speaks on De La Hoya's Weight, Pacquiao Loss - Boxing News

...The fact that he only put on two pounds sent signals that he killed his body to get down in weight. Nacho says there were no weight issues during camp. He said De La Hoya made the weight with no problems.

"This was a fight that should have been won. Oscar was able achieved a great physical condition during his training. I am a witness that he did not have problems with his weight and he was not dried out from the vapors [of a sauna]. During that time he had a nutritionist by his side who took charge of his weight and diet. But at the time of the fight he couldn't do things well. He couldn't deal with the versatility of Pacquiao," Nacho said.

[Taeth]

I think they treid to make him fight with the same game plan as Marquez, weight for Pacquiao to get off balance, but its Oscar wasn't changing the distance well enough, and he wasn't throwing punches in earnest. I definitely think he had the wrong strategy, I honestly thought he was going to fight similarly to how he fought Mayweather, and force Pacquiao backwards, but he really didn't do that often, though of course Pacquiao has extraordinarily fast feet so its not easy to chase him around ,but I thought Oscar would to that more, but he hardly used his jab at all, and despite an opponent being southpaw if he is 4 inches shorter you should be using it, if not for anything else, to keep the distance stop the opponent from coming in. Oscar's jab made it difficult for Mayweather to stand his ground, but against Pacquiao he wasn't snapping it at all.

I could also see this being that Pacquiao's feet were just too quick, he was always moving around, not letting Oscar get into a rythm, and his punches were being felt. Everytime OScar moved forward Pacquiao would move back then use lateral movement and Oscar couldn't really catch him, my problem is he didn't really try to follow up very much.

[brucelee]

I am of the firm belief that it was not an issue on weight. Pacquaio was just too fast and better in terms of skill.

As I have said in other thread, people are underrating Pacquaio's skills coz he's an awkward fighter. People misconstrue it as being easily beatable.

They're even laughing before at Pac's defense. So underrated that's why he surprises many. Barrera lost because he was also underrating Pac. Morales did not make that mistake during the first fight. He made that mistake during the second fight thinking he can cope up with Pac (Pac's had been improving in terms of skill during that time) so he was demolished by Pac. Marquez is not underrating Pac that's why he comes up with a very admirable fight against Pac.

Diaz underrated him and met the same fate as Marco and Morales. Same with DLH who was put to shame for underrating Pac.

Hatton should not make that mistake if he wants to win over Pac.

Mayweather may be in for a surprise if he underrates Pac... and I am absolutely sure with that.

[Dizaster]

Certainly, I don't think it was weight issues that lost Oscar the fight.. I think Pac would have won whatever weight... I was just wondering if the fact he didn't put on weight after the weighin was planned to give him a little more speed... All his team said he was fine with the weight,, and maybe that is a part of why he didn't bother to put weight back on after the weigh in, because he was settled there, and thought that as long as he was comfortable at that weight and not drained etc, then he should probably stay at a lower weight for the possible speed advantages....