Oscar De La Hoya Says "Pacquiao Doesn't Hit Hard"

[Chups]

De La Hoya: I wanted him to 'knock me out'

Oscar De La Hoya said that he felt so weak and helpless during last December's stoppage loss to Manny Pacquiao that during the seventh round he was hoping for the Filipino fighter to land a knockout blow. What's even more telling is De La Hoya's claim that Pacquiao is not a heavy hitter, at least not at their agreed upon weight of 147-pounds. Much of Pacquiao's steam as he rides into the May 2 showdown with Ricky Hatton, is the pounding he gave to De La Hoya. Two fights prior to the De La Hoya win, Pacquiao was barely able to get past Juan Manuel Marquez in a rematch that was held at 130-pounds. [details]

[Zocalo]

Yeah... he made you quit on the stood... it is also called a knockout.

[Sugar May Floyd]

"I won't take anything away from what Pacquiao accomplished, but when you're feeling like a zombie walking through the tunnel going to fight, and you can't throw a punch -- when you see an opening and can't throw a punch in there -- maybe I just turned old overnight." - ODLH

Oscar admitting he was weight drained

[BattlingNelson]

Nice honest interview from Oscar.

Thanks for posting.

[5burowz]

**** off, Oscar.

[*Dinamita]

oscar just couldnt fight, hes right, pacquiao aint ****....had been able to fight back, dlh by ko...

[Sugar May Floyd]

oscar just couldnt fight, hes right, pacquiao aint ****....had been able to fight back, dlh by ko...

Sad thing is happened to Morales TWICE

[S A M U R A I]

Thanks, Chups, that's an interesting read.

By the way, I don't believe that Manny CAN'T hit hard. For the Oscar fight, he was constantly moving, and obviously, when you do that, you can't sit down on punches and get full leverage. It was more important for Manny to favor speed over power and just keep moving, which was a wise plan because he could have been caught by a big punch and knocked out. I don't believe Manny went into that fight knowing Oscar wouldn't be able to perform at his best, rather, he prepared for a tough fight and pulled off his game plan to perfection.

Having said all that, if the fight had continued, Oscar would have been knocked out in the next round or two. It would have gone exactly like the Diaz fight. Pac seems to reserve his full power until late. The first half of the fight apears to be spent breaking the opponent down with speed and accumulation of shots that force you to weaken. Later on, BLAM... lights out.



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[Mike_Dee]

Oscar may have healed physically, but the psychological/ mental beating he took from Pacuqiao will last a lot longer.

[-Boxzilla-]

oscar's been in with much bigger punchers so i am not surprised he said manny didnt hit particularly hard . . . manny was also moving a lot so i understand him not getting full leverage, but i dont think manny would be/is a devastating puncher at 147.