What an amazing fight...eighth round too - Woo Hooooo! It's tiddly bets for me from here on in. I still think the maxim that good big fighters beat smaller good fighters is fundamentally sound, the question is how bad has Oscar De La Hoya become and how good is Manny Pacquiao?The answer to the first question is probably quite bad, but the condition of De La Hoya does not dilute the quality of Pacquiao's performance, he was awesome.
Essentially he was moving up four weights for this fight and he completely dominated. It's this kind of victory that restores my faith in the sport.
Boxing has been plagued by once great champions staying in the game too long and becoming bums, and only fighting other bums to avoid exposing their masquerade.
This one really exposed Oscar De La Hoya. Pacquiao did what the best pound for pound fighter in the world ought to do with an aging meal ticket. I think they can even drop the 'pound for pound' prefix now when it's meant to imply a physical disadvantage.
The suggestion that Ricky Hatton fight this man is quite laughable. Ricky was ringside tonight laughing and joking at the end of the fight as he would in order to disguise the fact that his insides have just turned over and his legs wouldn't respond when he tried to make his excuses and leave. My own suggestion is that Ricky Hatton be ill or break a hand or something when the challenge from Pacquiao arrives.
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