Yes it is! Their fight will be titled "Its Personal" after Pacquiao's coach called it a knock out in favor of PACMAN over The Golden Boy.... It is a WOW! How can someone thinks that they will make a fight between a fighter that has fought a "Middle Weight Division" Champion Bernard Hopkins( Oscar DelaHoya) and a fighter that started as a pro at 106 lbs(Manny Pacquiao)?!?!
Emannuel "PACMAN" Pacquiao whose record is "46-3-2 | 35 KOs" and has been tagged by many as "The Mexicutioner" will fight another great Mexican, Olympian, Former World Champion, one of the greatest P4P boxer in the world, The Golden Boy Oscar DelaHoya whose record is 39-4 | 30KOs.
Lets see if we can have a hint on what might happened on the incredible boxing fight. Can David once again defeat Goliath? Manny Pacquiao is considered Best Pound for Pound boxer in the world today has been known to jump from weight division to another weight division from 106lbs to 135lbs(current weight) will fight at a Big guy at 147lbs. The Big Guy is no ordinary big guy. The Big guy is Oscar De La Hoya!
OSCAR DE LA HOYA
Wins 7 or his last fights over Huge fighters up to Middle Wieght Division
includes
Steve Forbes, Ricardo Mayorga, Felix Sturm, Luis Ramon Campas,Fernando Vargas, Arthuro Gatti
and give both Floyd Mayweather and Bernard Hopkins a very GoOD Match
A superstar whose popularity transcends boxing, Oscar De La Hoya is considered to be one of the best fighters in the world at any weight - "Pound-for-Pound." He is also the biggest non-heavyweight attraction and moneymaker at the gate, defeating 18 current or former world champions, one twice, in the process.
Oscar has been successful at the highest levels of competition, and has beaten current or former world champions Ricardo Mayorga, Felix Sturm, Fernando Vargas, Pernell Whitaker, Arturo Gatti, Ike Quartey, Julio Cesar Chavez twice, Hector Camacho, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, James Leija, Genaro Hernandez, Rafael Ruelas, John John Molina, Jorge Paez, Javier Francisco Castillejo, Yory Boy Campas, Jimmi Bredahl and Troy Dorsey.
Oscar also fought undisputed world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins in a title unification bout on September 18, 2004, and after a close battle, Hopkins stopped De La Hoya in the ninth round. Oscar lost no prestige in defeat though, gaining the respect of Hopkins and the boxing community for his continued willingness to fight the best.
Oscar had won the WBO middleweight world title on June 5, 2004 with a 12-round unanimous decision against defending champion Felix Sturm of Germany. His previous fight was a controversial decision loss against Shane Mosley - the vast majority of people who watched the fight, some 75 % according to various internet polls, thought Oscar deserved to win. Regarding that fight, Oscar said, "When I fought Mosley the first time around, I felt like I lost, that he got me that night. With this fight, I just don't feel that way. I don't want to blame anyone or point fingers, but that will be a mystery to me for the rest of my life. I put it in its proper place. I'm moving forward. After talking with my family and my wife, I feel wonderful. I feel like the champ. My body and my mind feel great. I feel fresh. I feel at ease.
MANNY PACQUIAO
Manny Pacquiao
At the age of 26, Manny is a ten-year pro - he made his debut at the age of 16. A former two-time world champion, he won the WBC flyweight world title two weeks before his 20th birthday in December, 1998, and held the title for nearly a year. He held the IBF jr. featherweight world title from June, 2001, until he vacated it on January 15, 2004, to move up to the featherweight division.
An aggressive lefthanded slugger, Manny is recognized as one of the hardest punchers at any weight. He is 14-1-2 in his last 17 fights, with all 14 wins coming by knockout. In his last fight on September 10, he TKO'd Hector Velazquez in the sixth round.
Manny has been fighting at the top levels of competition, and has been in several of the most exciting fights of recent years.
Graham Houston wrote in Boxing Monthly, "Quite simply, Pacquiao is one of the hottest fighters in the business. There is a saying in American boxing: 'Speed kills.' When that speed is accompanied by power, it is truly a formidable combination - and Pacquiao has it."
On March 19, he lost a very close decision in a tremendous battle against Erik Morales. Manny fought to a 12-round draw on May 8, 2004, against Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight many observers considered to be the "Fight of the Year."
In November, 2003, he scored a devastating TKO win against former three-time world champion Marco Antonio Barrera. After the fight, HBO boxing analyst Larry Merchant said, "This is a fight that will shake up the boxing world. Long live the new king."
Boxing columnist Michael Katz wrote, "He is on the cusp of becoming perhaps the greatest Asian fighter to conquer the West since Genghis Khan."
Manny is a national hero in the Philippines - when he returns home after his fights, he is greeted by thousands of his cheering countrymen.
Among his fans is Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. She said, "The victory of Pacquiao is a victory of the more than 76 million Filipinos, and the entire nation joins him in celebrating."
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