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

[brucelee]

I dunno the article was ok, nothing wrong in what he said but I still sense the narcisissim and self importance of the man. He just comes across to me as a man who simply loves to talk about himself.

He'll go into great depths and be very outwardly humble and even agree with Freddie in that 'I can't pull the trigger any more' but he explains things in such a ways as to assume we will all go 'Ah the great Oscar, see how humble and dignified he is.......'

It honestly wouldn't suprise me much if he actually does own a solid gold halo, custom made with his name engraved on it, and that he polishes and wears at home.

I can picture him in a white toga, obviously with golden thread and stitching, reclining on a lounger by his beautiful indoor pool, halo in place, Millie, lying in a lounger next to him resplendent looking in a beautiful Cleopatra type outfit both with hand servants massaging their feet and feeding them grapes whilst a few disciples recite the from the De La Hoya autobiography: American Son, My Story.

You said it very well master Bilbo. I just can't accept his reasons why he was battered easily by Pac. It was as if he's saying that anybody can do that to him that night. Why can't he just admit that Pac was great that night. He was custom-made for Pac's style and he couldn't cope up with Pac, he lost hope early in the fight and Pac took advantage of it. End of story.

I can sense a malicious script in what he said and I can feel that there's no humility in there.

[ross]

You Philipinos cant have much else to worry about, Oscar lost, Manny wan, there it is, be happy.

Oscar isnt saying it wasnt him that quit, hes saying that hes gald his corner stopped it because he wanted to but didnt want to look a pussy by saying it himself, this way he didnt ask, his corner did and he didnt have to go through with another round of Manny hitting him at will.

Thats the other thing, I notice the people with Manny in their avatar or a Philipino flag keep saying how Manny beat him "easy", this is why its odd because Oscar has never been beaten easy, hes a tough bloke, can take a good dig and all of a sudden hes dropping alot of weight and cant do anything.

Its all down to how he fucked his weight up, thats why he was such a favourite going in to the fight because both fighters on good form, Oscar should come out on top, Manny isnt a massive puncher, even at his own weight and he is small and easy to hit, Oscar should have been able to stop him early but he had nothing, Manny had no resistance in front of him but couldnt put Oscar down or stop him, his corner pulled him out.

I hope Manny gets twatted by Hatton now just to annoy all Mannys queer little fans in here, you all talk about what a good win it was so what will you say when Hatton beats him? Will it be congrats to Hatton for beating a fighter who just stopped a legend in the higher weight? Or will it be an excuse?

Id take all the top light welters over Manny, Pauly included and deffinitly, Witter, Bradley, Holt and Torres

[brucelee]

ross,

you know what? if hatton beats pac, I will give him all the credit. I will not be making excuses.

I will be saying this again. Attributing Pac's win over DLH to weight issue is total disrespect for Pac's talent. Why can't you give what is due to Pac?

Pac beating DLH easily is not easy. Yes, I agree with you that DLH is difficult to beat easily.

That makes Pac one of the greatest boxers of all time.

[awdleyfuturehalloffamer]

ross,

you know what? if hatton beats pac, I will give him all the credit. I will not be making excuses.

I will be saying this again. Attributing Pac's win over DLH to weight issue is total disrespect for Pac's talent. Why can't you give what is due to Pac?

Pac beating DLH easily is not easy. Yes, I agree with you that DLH is difficult to beat easily.

That makes Pac one of the greatest boxers of all time.

And if pac beats hatton easily, we know oscar's excuses are bullshit.

[ross]

Er, no

If Hatton beats Pac, its because Hatton should beat a smaller fighter and Ricky is strong at this weight.

[ElTerribleMorales]

ross,

you know what? if hatton beats pac, I will give him all the credit. I will not be making excuses.

I will be saying this again. Attributing Pac's win over DLH to weight issue is total disrespect for Pac's talent. Why can't you give what is due to Pac?

Pac beating DLH easily is not easy. Yes, I agree with you that DLH is difficult to beat easily.

That makes Pac one of the greatest boxers of all time.

no it just proves the same thing he proved when he beat Morales for the 2nd time, that basically he was in against a shot fighter or in DLH's case maybe not fully shot but a weight drained fighter, and how would Hatton beating Pacquiao prove anything? Hatton is getting to fight Pacquiao in his best weight class, he doesn't have to drain himself to go down to 135, Pacquiao/Hatton is completely irrelevant to DLH/Pacquiao, all in all i still give credit to Pacquiao, no so much on his win against DLH, but the way he fought, how he showcased exactly how much more skilled he has become, all the different punches that are in his arsinal i don't dispute the fact that Pacquiao is p4p the best fighter in the world, but he didn't beat a prime DLH, and a prime DLH would have beaten Pacquiao easily