why did de la hoya go down to 147 to fight manny?

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Cherry pick gone wrong. Pac just had 1 fight at 135 and jumped to 147. That was one of the most satisfying win of pac's career. gave fishnets an epic beatdown.

If your satisfied on beating a guy that needed IV Fluids to gain 2 pounds then you have no sense of fair play , it wasnt Pacs fault Oscar screwed up the weight but to brag about beating a waif is BS , if the fight was at 154 Oscar would blow Pac away .

Oscar thought he could make 147 it was a huge mistake on his part . I was amazed of such a blunder by his whole team , he looked wrong at 150 against Forbes and to think he could go another 3 lbs is crazy , the thing with weight and making a weight you havent made in many years is that you dont get to practice , its one shot , and if your wrong your in bad shape , if your as far wrong as Oscar was your a corpse about to be slaughtered , Forbes would have beat the crap out of Oscar the night Manny did .

[bojangles1987]

If your satisfied on beating a guy that needed IV Fluids to gain 2 pounds then you have no sense of fair play , it wasnt Pacs fault Oscar screwed up the weight but to brag about beating a waif is BS , if the fight was at 154 Oscar would blow Pac away .

Oscar thought he could make 147 it was a huge mistake on his part . I was amazed of such a blunder by his whole team , he looked wrong at 150 against Forbes and to think he could go another 3 lbs is crazy , the thing with weight and making a weight you havent made in many years is that you dont get to practice , its one shot , and if your wrong your in bad shape , if your as far wrong as Oscar was your a corpse about to be slaughtered , Forbes would have beat the crap out of Oscar the night Manny did .

It's very easy to brag and be satisfied. Oscar was a b*tch, cherry picked a lightweight, and got destroyed. It was amazing to see such a punk move on Oscar's part backfire the way it did.

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It's very easy to brag and be satisfied. Oscar was a b*tch, cherry picked a lightweight, and got destroyed. It was amazing to see such a punk move on Oscar's part backfire the way it did.

Off course it is for fanboys , after all you claim Mannys CW wins as his biggest .

[Scott9945]

DLH didn't choose Pacquiao. Merchant and Rafael talked to Arum and Schaefer about it and then Arum asked Roach what he thought about it, Roach gave it the go ahead.

Oscar was by far the biggest draw in boxing. Nobody dictated to him. No chance he fought anyone that he didn't personally approve of (and like) as an opponent.

[RL_GMA]

Oscar said he wanted the fight at 147. De La Hoya co-promoted the fight, he had say as far as anything concerning the fight itself, Yet, it's Pacquiao's fault he was drained

[-Spinal-]

He wanted to fight at 147 against the "winner of Cotto-Margarito". Then I guess he got scared because he had anticipated the smaller Cotto to win. Instead the plastering beast won and DLH wanted no part of him. Merchant/Roach called out DLHout DLH. DLH got his fight against the smaller guy afterall. But that didn't end well.

If it wasn't Pacquiao, it would have been someone else at 147.

[PAC-BOY]

to fight the best P4P fighter in the world! Thats why!

[bojangles1987]

Off course it is for fanboys , after all you claim Mannys CW wins as his biggest .

No I don't, and lol at YOU calling anyone a fanboy. Boxing fans loved that night, because boxing fans love cherry picks gone wrong. That was an epic, never to be forgotten example of a cherry pick gone wrong.

[Weebler I]

Pacquiao was way too fast for De La Hoya, he couldn't lay a glove on him without taking 5 to the face in return. So often the story in Pacquiao fights...

[Fetta]

He was the same weight fight night as he was at the weigh in. Roach said they waited to long to hydrate him. Why would they wait until the day after the weigh in to hydrate him?

They didnt wait. i believe it was in the contract that oscar couldnt rehydrate above the WW limit. I remeber roach saying it was becyase they werent sure how pac woukd take a WW punch.

Oscar is a HOF there is no way he all of the sudden forgot how to rehydrate.