dawson99 wrote:burjennio wrote:great performance but to me it was clear that De La Hoya suffered more in getting down in weight that Pacquiao did in moving up, slow to the punch tired and jaded looking. Alot of the talk pre-fight was obviously the size difference but it was a friend of mine that mentioned the effects moving down weights can have on a fighter and tipped Pacman to have the edge (needless to say I received an "I told you so" msg about 5:30 this morning) De La Hoya walks around at a naturally lean weight of 160lb. He came in at 145lb. Thats losing over a stone of natural muscle. Its not like Hatton who puts on fat, stored energy, and simply burns it off training to get down to his natural weight of 140lb. I think the Golden Boy could have another big performance in him - but at 35 and already a very wealthy man and now the biggest promoter in the fight game its difficult to see how he can lift himself for another gruelling training regime and marquee bout. The other thing is who is there for him to fight? Hatton now seems a more logical opponant for Pacquiao next summer and there is not really a big name out there at welter weight. Strange how he is classed as one of the best fighters of his generation but every time he stepped up to fight a really top name in the last 10 years he came up short.
Which is exactly why I was on at 15/8, was always gonna happen, but will be different with Ricky, he'll take him out
Is right an all Daws
If the fight does come off with Ricky i am deffo there
next time a big fight is on watch it on the internet. The pic was quality aswell. Same streams that the footie is on.
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