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The fight. Manny Pacquiao soundly defeated Oscar De La Hoya, surprising many pre-fight analysts who had predicted a victory by De La Hoya. The fight ended at the beginning of the 9th round after Oscar and his corner threw in the towel. [5] [6] De La Hoya weighed in at a surprisingly light 145 pounds and Pacquiao weighed in at 142 pounds.
On December 6, 2008, Pacquiao moved up to the welterweight division to face the six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in a fight called "The Dream Match". Presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, the bout was scheduled as a twelve-round, non-title fight contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit.
On June 7, 1996, Oscar De La Hoya fought Mexican legend Julio César Chávez (96–1–1) for the lineal and WBC light welterweight championship. [24] De la Hoya, with a record of 21–0 with 19 K.Os, defeated Chavez by a fourth-round TKO. The fight was stopped due to several bad cuts suffered by Chavez above his left eye.
It took a decade before Mayweather finally got the shot to fight De La Hoya, and he won a decision in 2007 in what became the first bout in history to exceed two million pay-per-view sales.
4-division world champion. Result. Márquez wins via 6th-round KO. Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV, billed as "Fight of the Decade", was a professional boxing match. The winner of this bout would win a commemorative belt by the WBO known as "Champion of the Decade." [1] This was the fourth and final meeting between Pacquiao and Márquez.
The first fight was contracted at light middleweight or 154 lbs and De La Hoya's WBC junior middleweight title was on the line. However, Mayweather would have come in as champion and defend his WBC/The Ring welterweight titles. As a tune-up fight, De La Hoya fought Stephen Forbes (33–6) on May 3, with Floyd Mayweather Sr. as his trainer. De ...
The post Oscar De La Hoya Reportedly Schedules New Fight appeared first on The Spun. Earlier this month, Floyd Mayweather stepped back into the ring for an exhibition fight, continuing a trend in ...
Negotiations. With Pacquiao winning his bout against Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton was seen as the next opponent for Pacquiao. At mid-December, both boxers verbally agreed on a 50% split of the proceeds; however, Pacquiao changed his decision to a favorable 60%–40% split of the pay-per-view (PPV) revenues, while Hatton wanted an even 50% split.