Intro:Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao – Analysis, betting tips, and predicitions

…Before I discuss De La Hoya vs Pacquiao

Before I get into analysis of the Oscar De La Hoya’s mega fight with Manny Pacquiao on the 6th December, 2008 (MGM Grand, Last Vegas Nevada) and delve into the variables that make Manny Pacquiao vs Oscar De La Hoya a must see sporting phenomena, I need tie up a few loose ends…

Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao – Betting tip!:Pacquiao vs De la Hoya generates more revenue than De la Hoya vs Mayweather . (if it doesn’t blame the credit crunch)

Migual Cotto vs Antonio Margarito - Winner Margarito

Work, family, friends, are my excuses for not completing my analysis of Antonio Margarito enthralling victory over Cotto vs Margarito. I wont say who I thought would win but I will summarise what I saw that night:

Migual Cotto’s boxing skills are far beyond those of Antonio Margarito’s, for the first half of the fight Miguel Cotto more or less schooled Antonio Margarito in the art of boxing as Margarito diligently attempeted to pressure Miguel Cotto and pin him down. In the end however three main factors lay behind why Antonio Margarito beat Miguel Cotto : Size, Strength and Conditioning – Antonio Margatio held advantages in these three areas, Miguel Cotto did not hit hard enough to make Antonio Margatito think twice and so Margarito set the pace which was too much for Cotto who was forced to contantly fight to keep Margarito off him. As a result Cotto wilted from the 6th round on and although valiant and producing the some good moments he was not strong enough to win on the nights. This fight also convinced me that Manny Pacquiao predessor as P4P King Floyd Mayweater would of handled Margarito easily in a fight as frustrating for the fans as it would have been for Margarito.

Samuel Peter vs Vitali Klitschko

brief note on this… Vitali’s performance didn’t amaze me, Samual Peters feet were far to slow! I sat watching the fight pondering how a 6′7, 37 year old Vitali Klitschko, coming off a four year break and with a history of injuries who was also described as “robotical”in his prime moved around the ring more gracefully than the 28 year old Samuel Peter!?!?! That being said I can’t think of a heavyweight who is BOTH good enough and tough enough to beat either Klitschko brother…can you?

Chad Dawson vs Antonio Tarver – even less needs to be said

Chad Dawson is a good fighter but Antonio Tarver is WAY to old to be doing this… last night I saw an old man get beat up simple as.

Hopkins vs Pavlik – why no blog for this one

The fact is Kelly Pavlik should be fighting another relevant fighter in Joe Calzaghe (although Pavlik may be made for him) and Bernard Hopkins should be fighting another former great in Roy Jones jr but as a result we have two fights which mean very little.

With that out the way look for the limited but effective Kelly Pavlik to have a harder time than expected before eventually beating up the official “old man of boxing” Bernard Hopkins. I am sure theres a good bet out there where you can get Hopkins to win atleast 4 maybe even 5 rounds on atleast 2 cards in a losing effort.

…Back to De La Hoya vs Pacquiao

So back to Oscar De La Hoya fight with Manny Pacquiao, right now before really considering it in any real depth I am thinking De La Hoya will beat Manny Pacquiao by stoppage. That being said there are enough variables around the fight like:

• De La Hoya making the welterweight (147 pound) limit for the first time in 7 years
• Pac Mans hand and foot speed
• The Golden boy’s age
• Will Pacquiao’s power be a factor as a welterweight

I will be addressing all these questions and more in the run up to the Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao fight on December fight giving betting tips along the way. For now though my thinking is that De la Hoya is 10 times the fighter David Diaz is, and Manny Pacquiao doesn’t have the defensive skills or variation of Steve Forbes nevermind Floyd Mayweather who De la Hoya pushed close. I think Pacquiao who was hurt by Juan Manuel Marquez (who for me beat him twice) may be knocked out by Oscar De La Hoya… Margarito vs Cotto should have shown everyone that size and strength take you a long way counts! That being said I am still podering De la Hoya, Pacquiao fight and can see ways in which both the Golden Boy and Pac Man could win this one.

In my next boxing post I will look at:

How De La Hoya can win and lose against Pacquiao
A few betting tips for Pac Man vs De la Hoya
The latest news and comment around De La Hoya/Pacquiao
Brief comment on Hatton Malignaggi (which I have ignored up to now)
and a mini report on the result of Hopkins vs Pavlik

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