Oscar "The Golden Boy" De la Hoya hangs his gloves!

The most popular and one of the best boxer ever of all time announces his retirement. Oscar says goodbye to the sports of boxing. He had a great record 39-6(30KOs) fighting the best of the best and ducking no one. The great boxer had started earning his credits during his amateur career. As a professional boxer, he had become 10 time world champion in 6 different division.

Oscar De la Hoya was last seen at his prime winning against Felix Sturm, and he tried fighting Bernard Hopkins which is obviously stronger puncher and bigger than he is. After his lost to Hopkins, Oscar have not fought for almost 2 years. Though, Oscar was not as fast as he was, at 2006, he defeated the bully Ricardo Mayorga by TKO at round 6. Then he again have his year long vacation. At 2007, after a year long rest. The slow and weak and old underdog Oscar De la Hoya fought Floyd Mayweather Jr were he had a split desccision lost. A year after, at May of 2008, Oscar fought Steve Forbes, Oscar looks good at that fight winning all the judges descission after 12 rounds.

Last fight...

December 6, 2008, Oscar De la Hoya fought the best opponent he had faced ever, Manny Pacquiao. Oscar was a heavy favorite favoring him to win under six rounds because of his size and punching power. Surprisingly Oscar was defeated and schooled by the small and yet P4Pbest boxer(Manny Pacquiao) Oscar had ever seen and fought, ever. Giving Oscar his only 2nd KO lost by a guy who started at 106lbs as a pro...

Manny Pacquiao's WIN - One of the Most Stunning Upset in BOXING history

With all so the so called boxing's best analyst, the surprised came in just at the start of the round 2... Manny Pacquiao dictated and given a hint for what he is about to do at the end of 8 rounds of pure domination boxing fans have ever witnessed. "Manny Pacquiao is INHUMAN" does a well known boxing forum commentator said... He added: "I am a big fan of Floyd Mayweather and I expected Oscar to knockout Manny Pacquiao within 5 rounds. I thought this fight is a mismatch due to Oscar De la Hoya's reach and height advantage... I had been watching Oscar and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight... And I have never seen anyone dominated the fight, whats surprising is this little guy ( Manny Pacquiao ) had started as a pro at 106 and had won against a legit boxer at Welterweight division... I think Manny Pacquiao surpasses Floyd Mayweather's achievement by winning this fight ( The Dream Match )..."

Oscar enters the ring as a heavy favorite, and almost all boxing analyst had thought the fight is going to be a mismatch.. They all have thought Oscar's height and strength plays big role, plus Oscar De la Hoya is an intelligent fighter. He is a scientific type of a boxer. No one wanted to predict a win for Manny Pacquiao... Even boxers like Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosely, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones Jr, Juan Manuel Marquez, etc, had all predicted a KO win for Oscar... Except one... Edwin Valero, Valero had predicted a KO win for Manny Pacquiao. He is one who knows better.

While every body thought Oscar will win, asking Oscar if he surprised: "He's a great fighter. I'm not shocked because at this stage when you face someone like Pacquiao you know you're going to have a fight."
Nacho seems to be more surprised of what he had seen. He said: "Oscar was in good condition but he couldn't control Manny's southpaw stance or style." I had stoped the fight because I dont want his ( Oscar De la Hoya ) greatness inside the ring.

With the fight already done... Boxing fans were now up to making another sounds...
Who is next for Manny Pacquiao? Boxing fans around the PPV community were building somewhat a "Fantasy Boxing Matches" for Pacquiao... People were suggesting names such as:
Ricky Hatton
Miguel Cotto
Antonio Margarito
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Zab Judah

Ivan Calderon played Oscar at Sparring

The five foot champion Ivan Calderon ( 108 lbs champion since August of 2007 up to date) plays his playful tricks and made Oscar look old at Big Bear, California.

Calderon, the WBO Light Flyweight champion, most of 5'11" Oscar's punches landed at air And Calderon even nailed Oscar with his power shots.
According to Calderon:
"I sparred with him for three of four rounds, and the truth is I made him uncomfortable. I gave him problems, but maybe he appeared like that because timing was not there yet... He Tried to hit me, but maybe he just didn't want to injure me... They shouldn't pay attention to this because Pacquiao's style is to come forward and my style is different. I move side to side and that makes me very difficult to hit. If Oscar wins be descission, it's as if he lost (making point that Oscar should KO Pacquiao). All Oscar needs to do is not to go inside too much, and use his jab to set up his punches... On the other hand Pacquiao ( if Pacquiao wanted to win) needs to move side to side and use his quicker hands. Pacquiao needs to attack the body because its going to be hard for him to hit Oscar's face..." ( El Nuevo Dia )

Last week, Roach's confidence is constantly getting higher that Pacquiao would beat Oscar. He says Oscar dont have what it takes to beat his boxer(Pacquiao) who ever Oscar's trainer is.

Mean while Pacquiao excitedly wears his new "Pacman Shoes" for his training. He says he should wear it to get used to its fit as he trains hard. He wanted to test his new shoes if it feels comfortable and soft when he fights "The Golden Boy"...

Updates on Manny Pacquiao vs Oscar "The Golden Boy" De la Hoya...

When PACMAN meets Oscar De la Hoya

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."