Pacquiao Destroys De La Hoya

Pacquiao dominated the bigger and famous opponent from the opening bell, giving De La Hoya a beating and closing his left eye before De La Hoya declined to come out of his corner after the eighth round. The fight, Pacquiao’s superiority was evident. His speed was blinding and his power bruising. Power shots to the head and body made Oscar grimace in pain, shocking for a guy who just nine months earlier he had been fighter at 129 lbs. and was visibly smaller in size. “We knew we had him after the first round,” Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach said. “He had no legs, he was hesitant and he was shot.” Manny Pacquiao was credited with landing 224 out of 585 punches, while Oscar De La Hoya landed just 83 of 402. A case of “you can’t touch what you can’t see”. Pacquiao will earn a guaranteed $11 million, while De La Hoya was expected to make at least twice as much by the time all the pay-per-view revenues.
The era ended in boxing history tonight and another began in startling fashion at the MGM Grand as Manny Pacquiao absolutely dominated Oscar De La Hoya from start to finish. De La Hoya failed to answer the bell for the ninth round, marking a TKO victory for Pacquiao. It was only the second time in his long career that De La Hoya has been stopped.