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

[BoomBoom]

Kan and Bilbo, Oscar has been boxing his entire life. He was elite in the amateurs, he was elite in the pros. Hes had many wars with to fighters and was always competitive. After 30 years of being in the ring, hundreds of amateur fights, many pro fights, a lot of them 12 rounders why is it so hard to believe that after taking a beating at the very end of his career all his reasons arent valid. For all those people who think Oscar is a phony, anyone who gets in the ring, as soon as that bell rings everything is on the table and with Oscar you always saw an honest fighter. He gave Manny his dues, what else is he supposed to do? Make a public apperarace wearing a Manny Pacquiao T-shirt and waving a Phillipino flag and proclaim that Manny is the greatest of time and he would have got his @ss whooped in his prime too and hes never fought anyone that hit as hard as Manny? Sometimes I wonder if certain fighters can ever be appreciated by some people no matter what they do.

[Mr140]

Well i give pac his credit but people act like pac beat a prime Oscar and that to me i dont think is realistic like saying that Lito Torrecampo and Medgoen Singsurat beat a prime pac which i dont think was the case and for people saying weight was not a big deal tell me how it was health for a man to come in to weight he was not fought at for god knows how long going from weight in 160s to weight 145 and only gaing a few pounds come fight night that does not seem weird to anyone on this forum.

[DMan37]

Kan and Bilbo, Oscar has been boxing his entire life. He was elite in the amateurs, he was elite in the pros. Hes had many wars with to fighters and was always competitive. After 30 years of being in the ring, hundreds of amateur fights, many pro fights, a lot of them 12 rounders why is it so hard to believe that after taking a beating at the very end of his career all his reasons arent valid. For all those people who think Oscar is a phony, anyone who gets in the ring, as soon as that bell rings everything is on the table and with Oscar you always saw an honest fighter. He gave Manny his dues, what else is he supposed to do? Make a public apperarace wearing a Manny Pacquiao T-shirt and waving a Phillipino flag and proclaim that Manny is the greatest of time and he would have got his @ss whooped in his prime too and hes never fought anyone that hit as hard as Manny? Sometimes I wonder if certain fighters can ever be appreciated by some people no matter what they do.

Very well stated. I agree.