De La Hoya on Pacquiao defeat: 'I was embarassed'

[BoomBoom]

Wow, that was as honest as anyone could be. Pure class from Oscar. I kinda feel for him cause that has to be one of the hardest things hes had to deal with and I think hes smart for taking time to think things over and let it sink in. I hope he does realize that that one fight doesnt define him and he was an excellent fighter and champion. Hats off to him.

[THE THIRD MAN]

All due respect to Oscar for his honesty here, but someone has to take the blame for being 141lb 1 month before the fight!!
Now i am no expert in this field as i am trying to lose my own soft belly, but my personal trainer tells me all the time to balance things out and do not try and lose to much weight to quickly. Oscar De La Hoya has been a professional boxer for 14 years! He has had access to the best trainers, dietitians and medical people money can buy, how did this happen? Who was advising him? did he listen to them? Something is not right about this and i cannot believe that someone with the experience of De La Hoya who we all know trains exceptionally hard and is a dedicated figter allowed this to happen and cause him to lose in such an embarrasing fashion.

[BoomBoom]

All due respect to Oscar for his honesty here, but someone has to take the blame for being 141lb 1 month before the fight!!
Now i am no expert in this field as i am trying to lose my own soft belly, but my personal trainer tells me all the time to balance things out and do not try and lose to much weight to quickly. Oscar De La Hoya has been a professional boxer for 14 years! He has had access to the best trainers, dietitians and medical people money can buy, how did this happen? Who was advising him? did he listen to them? Something is not right about this and i cannot believe that someone with the experience of De La Hoya who we all know trains exceptionally hard and is a dedicated figter allowed this to happen and cause him to lose in such an embarrasing fashion.

I think that he wasnt taking in enough carbs and his body didnt have much to burn. Not enough fuel, which im sure contributed to him not being able to do anything in the fight. I think every fighter has a weight that if you go below, your garbage, and I think that weight for Oscar is 150. Anything below that is a danger zone. Im also surprised that his nutritionist didnt make sure he was at around 155 up to about two weeks before the fight. He peaked way too early imo and then crashed.

[THE THIRD MAN]

All due respect to Oscar for his honesty here, but someone has to take the blame for being 141lb 1 month before the fight!!
Now i am no expert in this field as i am trying to lose my own soft belly, but my personal trainer tells me all the time to balance things out and do not try and lose to much weight to quickly. Oscar De La Hoya has been a professional boxer for 14 years! He has had access to the best trainers, dietitians and medical people money can buy, how did this happen? Who was advising him? did he listen to them? Something is not right about this and i cannot believe that someone with the experience of De La Hoya who we all know trains exceptionally hard and is a dedicated figter allowed this to happen and cause him to lose in such an embarrasing fashion.

I think that he wasnt taking in enough carbs and his body didnt have much to burn. Not enough fuel, which im sure contributed to him not being able to do anything in the fight. I think every fighter has a weight that if you go below, your garbage, and I think that weight for Oscar is 150. Anything below that is a danger zone. Im also surprised that his nutritionist didnt make sure he was at around 155 up to about two weeks before the fight. He peaked way too early imo and then crashed.

I agree, getting down to 141lb a month before the fight is simply crazy considering he has been fighting at 154-160lb for 7 years. Something went horribly wrong and really you have to point the finger at Oscar himself, surely someone was telling him this, nutrionists, medico's etc, my guess is he ignored their advice and paid the penalty.

[Beanflicker]

Not to take anything away from Pac, because we all know the guy is a monster, but that was a weightdrained Oscar that night. I can't believe he was 141lbs a month before the fight.

[Youngblood]

Was smart for him to stay on the stool and call it a night, or a career w/e.

[Gandalf]

That was a good, candid interview. I know I get on his case sometimes, but props to him for being so open.