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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Pacman, Golden Boy snub each other?


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Pacquiao, Dela Hoya cross paths in Las Vegas


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Fans give Pacquiao warm welcome at Mandalay Bay


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Weighty issues solved: De La Hoya, Pacquiao ready

LAS VEGAS - Oscar De La Hoya says he's been down to 147 pounds (67 kilograms) for weeks, and one look at him in a track suit seemed to back that up on Wednesday.

The same can't be said about Manny Pacquiao, but his job in the weeks preparing for his fight with De La Hoya wasn't to diet but to eat as much as he possibly could.

One fighter has been starving himself, while the other has been gorging. It's the only way the two could get close enough in weight to allow them to meet on Saturday at 147 pounds (67 kilograms) in a bout that will bring them millions even with a souring economy.

Both are claiming victory over the scales, though De La Hoya still towered over Pacquiao when the two met in the final pre-fight press conference. The weigh-in isn't until a day before the fight, but all the hard work has been done for a bout that could finally hasten De La Hoya's exit from the ring if he has misjudged this opponent.

De La Hoya insists he hasn't.

"I trained for King Kong," he said.

Pacquiao is hardly King Kong, though De La Hoya would be wise to beware of a fighter who has won titles in five weight divisions and is heralded by many as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Though he started his boxing career at 106 pounds (48 kilograms) and has never fought above 135 (61), he's the kind of nonstop puncher who can make an aging fighter look bad.

And that pretty much is the selling point for a fight that seemed odd when it was first made but now looks like an increasingly intriguing matchup of two men who have been in their share of big fights.

"It's going to be boxing history if I win this fight," said Pacquiao. "I believe my power and my speed can beat him."

Oddsmakers give Pacquiao a chance, making him an 8-5 underdog in a fight that both he and De La Hoya have relentlessly promoted from their first press conference a few months ago at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The promotion continued unabated at the final press conference, but there are questions over how well the fight will do with a $55 pay-per-view price tag in the U.S. at a time people are watching their money carefully.

De La Hoya is co-promoting the fight through his own company and spent much of his time at the podium at the MGM Grand hotel-casino reminding people that they could get up to $50 in rebates on the fight if they buy the right kind of beer, tequila and soda. Just to make sure he covered all bases, he repeated the message in Spanish.

Afterward, though, the talk returned to boxing and what could be expected from a 35-year-old fighter who may be able to score at the cash register but hasn't won a significant fight in six years.

"This type of fight calls for a knockout," said De La Hoya, who has fought as high as 160 pounds (72.5 kilograms). "I may box, but if Manny Pacquiao hits me with a good shot, let's fight. Bite into my mouthpiece and let's get down to it."

That sounds like De La Hoya is preparing for the kind of all out brawl boxing fans will pay good money to see, but Freddie Roach doesn't buy it. The man who was in De La Hoya's corner in his last big fight a year ago against Floyd Mayweather Jr. said after that fight that De La Hoya couldn't pull the trigger on his punches anymore.

Roach is Pacquiao's trainer and he pushed for this fight, certain that even an undersized Pacquiao has plenty to handle De La Hoya.

"He's so tight," Roach said. "I've never seen a fighter who is so experienced so tight before a fight."

While De La Hoya says he has nothing to gain by beating Pacquiao because of the size difference, a win would help turn around a career that has been stuck in mediocrity since he stopped Fernando Vargas at 154 pounds (70 kilograms) in 2002. De La Hoya is as popular as ever, but he admits that he needs to win some of the big fights he promotes if he is to continue to get people to pay to watch him fight.

Pacquiao, meanwhile, is already a national hero in the Philippines, where the entire nation pauses to watch his fights, and widely considered one of the best active fighters around. But this would be a breakthrough win in his first megafight, and he has the added bonus of perhaps being the fighter who finally sent De La Hoya into retirement.

"If you sacrifice and dream about a fight, you can win," Pacquiao said. "It's hard to explain how happy I am right now." - AP

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Bettors advised: 'Pacquiao will make you a nice Christmas gift'

MANILA, Philippines - A bad economy has surfaced as a prime opponent to The Dream Match.

With the megabuck fight just around the corner, the promoters are making sure that the focus returns to the superstar protagonists.

Manny Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya gear up for the final prebout media conference scheduled on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) at the Hollywood Theater of the MGM Grand Hotel.

A day before facing the press one last time, executives from each of the two sides emphasized the magnitude of the Pacquiao-de la Hoya face-off.

Richard Schaefer, the Golden Boy Promotions chief executive, was bold.

"This is going to be the second highest-grossing gate in Las Vegas for a boxing event. And that's remarkable for the global recession and economic turmoil we are experiencing."

Bob Arum, big boss of Top Rank Inc., rooted for his ward.

"Manny's worked harder than he did for the (David) Diaz fight. If you want to make a quick buck and the odds stay the same, bet Manny Pacquiao because he'll make a nice Christmas for you."

Recent betting lines in Las Vegas showed that de la Hoya was still favored to win against Pacquiao, but only slightly.

De la Hoya was at minus-185 and Pacquiao at plus-155 when Filipino sportswriters checked the spreads late Monday.

That means a bet of $1.85 on de la Hoya will rake in $1.00, and a $1.00 on Pacquiao will net $1.55. The odds have remained that way for the last seven days.

On Tuesday, Pacquiao and de la Hoya arrived to throngs of fans in their respective hotels.

Clad in a dark-blue suit and tie and flashing his child-like smile, Pacquiao set foot at the Mandalay Bay lobby after alighting the custom-painted bus provided by Arum's Top Rank Inc.

Pacquiao waved, shook hands, posed for photos and granted interviews after his entourage that included chief trainer Freddie Roach, assistant Buboy Fernandez and fitness and conditioning coach Alex Arissa, were welcomed by Arum.

"This promotion is very big compared to the others," Pacquiao said. "Again, it's the biggest fight of my career."

At the nearby MGM Grand, de la Hoya was mobbed as he made his way through the welcoming area where a six-member mariachi group serenaded him.

With chief trainer Nacho Beristain and legendary cornerman Angelo Dundee walking behind him, de la Hoya climbed the makeshift ring built at the MGM Grand lobby and then posed with the gold-plated, man-sized lion statue, the symbol of the hotel that will host their weekend match.

"Every fight is special. It's not the opponent but the event that makes it special, although I have every respect for Manny Pacquiao," said de la Hoya, lean and looking fit in his long-sleeved, button-down shirt and jeans.

Schaefer said de la Hoya was weighing 143.8lbs with four days left before the big fight.

"He's very light. He said, 'I've never felt like this before. I feel so much quicker, I feel stronger,'" Schaefer quoted de la Hoya as saying.

Schaefer added that with de la Hoya basking in his newfound strength, he doesn't see his business associate fading away in the second half of the fight, a tendency most people noticed about de la Hoya in his previous bouts.

"When everybody tells you, you're going to be tired after six rounds, you actually start to believe it. So now you say, 'Oh, it's the sixth round so I must get tired now,'" Schaefer said.

"I really don't think Oscar's going to tire after the sixth round. And if Oscar's not going to knock Manny in the fifth round, then he's going to knock him in the sixth round." - GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137293/Bettors-advised-Pacquiao-will-make-you-a-nice-Christmas-gift

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Famed boxing analyst says first 4 rounds of Pacquiao-de la Hoya critical

MANILA, Philippines – One legend says Oscar de la Hoya has all the answers. Another one puts that assertion in question.

Larry Merchant said on Monday that if there's any "small" boxer who can pull off a Biblical David effort, it would be Manny Pacquiao.

"If you know the history of boxing, great little men have from time to time, fought good big men and with elite fighters. There are some fighters who are so good that they can do that. And if anybody could, you would think that Manny could," Merchant, the iconic, long-time boxing analyst, said when he dropped by the Wild Card Gym to look at Pacquiao Monday morning.

Merchant, 77, is no stranger to world-class ring action. He has served as one of the sports' most venerable television personalities, handling the microphone for HBO Sports in world-championship fights since 1978.

Also a former sportswriter, Merchant was one of the first who broached the idea of a Pacquiao-de la Hoya match, bringing it up after Pacquiao defeated Marco Antonio Barrera in their rematch last year.

Merchant said a Pacquiao victory would occur depending on how Pacquiao does early in the match.

"What happens in the first three or four rounds will determine the fight," Merchant, who was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002, said. "If Manny can get through those four rounds, he can try to impose his activity on him and hope in the last third of the fight that he can control the fight."

"But Manny has to get through the first three or four rounds," Merchant stressed.

Angelo Dundee, the cornerman of legends like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard and now de la Hoya, has said recently that he doesn't see a Pacquiao victory.

"Oscar de la Hoya has all the answers against Manny Pacquiao."

Merchant, who has covered title fights of Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Mike Tyson, said he understands why de la Hoya – tangibles and all – is being tagged as the favorite.

"Oscar should be the favorite because the unknowns about him cannot be measured on a scale or with a ruler," Merchant said.

"The unknowns are his age, his inactivity, fighting a southpaw, who knows? And those intangibles you will only know once you get into the ring. And when people are betting, they are betting on what they know."

Merchant said Pacquiao and de la Hoya will work on their strengths and he expects few surprises.

On de la Hoya: "Oscar has height advantage, which is maybe more important, more than weight advantage and Manny has to find a way to cope with that. And he's got a great left hand. And Manny's got to find a way to deal with that, to neutralize him. Oscar's right hand is not a great weapon.

"The guys Oscar fought – Hector Camacho and Pernell Whitaker – are pure boxers and they were guys who moved around. I don't know if it is relative to the way Manny fights."

On Pacquiao: "Manny's great weapon is the surprise and the quickness of his left hand. We have to see if he lands that cleanly and how that affects de la Hoya and whether he has to make adjustments in what he does because it is a shocking weapon.

"There are a very, very few left-handed power-punchers and opponents don't see it coming that's why it has such an impact on Manny."

While Merchant hails Pacquiao's signature left power shot, he's interested to see whether it will affect the naturally bigger de la Hoya.

"What Manny has is that he is in his prime, has great energy and is a left-handed real puncher. Let's see how much his power will match up with a bigger man because Oscar has a good chin even among bigger men and those are only some of the questions that can only be answered in the ring." - GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137268/Famed-boxing-analyst-says-first-4-rounds-of-Pacquiao-de-la-Hoya-critical

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Odds still favor Oscar; Pacman slight underdog

MANILA, Philippines - The most recent betting lines in Las Vegas showed that Oscar de la Hoya was still favored to win against Manny Pacquiao, but only slightly.

De la Hoya was at minus-185 and Pacquiao at plus-155 when Filipino sportswriters checked the spreads once they hit Las Vegas late Monday.

That means a bet of $1.85 on de la Hoya will rake in $1.00, and a $1.00 on Pacquiao will net $1.55. The odds have remained that way for the last seven days.

While Pacquiao's lines have been steady, there has been a noticeable drop on de la Hoya's winning odds since the Dream Match was formally announced in early September.

In mid-September, bookmakers installed de la Hoya as a minus-240 favorite ($2.40 to win $1.00). In late October, the line went down to minus-204 ($2.04 to win $1.00).

In the same periods, Pacquiao was at plus-190 ($1.00 to win $1.90) in mid-September and between plus-155 and plus-185 in late October.

Pacquiao's and de la Hoya's recent lines mirrored estimates that were made before their fight was officially sealed.

Before the Pacquiao-de la Hoya tiff was formalized, Las Vegas oddsmakers put Pacquiao's value at plus-165 ($1.00 to win $1.65) and de la Hoya at minus-185.

Based on the trend, the welterweight bout between Pacquiao, who is going up in weight for a second consecutive match, and the naturally bigger de la Hoya appears to be a lot more even that some of the recent major boxing cards.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, Juan Manuel Marquez was a 3-1 favorite versus Joel Casamayor, Ricky Hatton a 5-2 favorite versus Paulie Malignaggi, Kelly Pavlik a 4-1 favorite against Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley a staggering 8-1 favorite against Ricardo Mayorga.

Among the four bouts, only Hopkins came away with a win as an underdog. - GMANews.TV

Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137162/Odds-still-favor-Oscar-Pacman-slight-underdog

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