De La Hoya -VS- Pacquiao

[boost_addict]

Originally Posted by stiizy

DLH lost one cause he's old, two he was fight emotionally , three he was so stiff, four Pac man was just too quick..

195 power blows landed my hat is off to Pacquiao

NUFF SAID

[DrftSLowHomIe!!]

Originally Posted by stiizy

Hatton is next and if Manny beats him...

Expect a comeback from the money man himself as he was quoted saying on sunday

I think Hatton Would Beat Manny when they fight, hopefully in april oh they were sayin the fight would be in london too
HATTON

[stiizy]

it would be a great fight, they both don't back down for shit and welcome a beating so this will be good

[klutchkhemist]

It's all about Nonito Donaire aka the filipino flash!!

[ALTRNTV]

Mayweathers: Floyd wants to fight Pacquiao
by David Mayo | The Grand Rapids Press
Tuesday December 09, 2008, 12:08 AM
Press File Photos/Cory OlsenFloyd Mayweather Sr., left, said he and other members of his family received calls from Floyd Mayweather Jr. saying he's looking to fight again and get his father back in his corner.

GRAND RAPIDS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants to fight again and has reached out to his father about returning in a training capacity after their estrangement for most of the last eight years, family members said Monday.

Janelle Mayweather, the boxer's cousin, told family members he called her early Sunday morning -- moments after Manny Pacquiao's stirring win over Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday night in Las Vegas -- and stated his hopes to fight again and reunite with his father.

"My niece said my son told her he wanted to fight Pacquiao next, and that he wants me to train him for the fight," Mayweather Sr. said.

Bernice Mayweather said she was not surprised to hear her grandson -- a five-division champion with a 39-0 record, who last fought Dec. 8, 2007 -- wants to return to the ring.

"I always said he was going to fight again," she said. "It was just a matter of time. He was waiting until the time is right. And the time is right. I knew he was going to come out of retirement -- he did it before, didn't he?"

Janelle Mayweather disclosed her conversation with Mayweather Jr. to family members Sunday at Bernice Mayweather's home on the southeast side. She did not return a telephone message seeking comment.

Latisha Starling, another cousin of the boxer's, also was at Sunday's family get-together.

Starling said she was on the phone with Janelle Mayweather throughout the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight, "kind of giving her play-by-play."

"Right after the fight ended and I hung up, Janelle said her phone rang again and she thought it was me. But it was Little Floyd, saying he wanted to fight Pacquiao and he had to get in touch with his father," Starling said.

Fatimah Mayweather, the boxer's sister, also told family members she received a call from her brother, hoping to discuss resuming a working relationship with Mayweather Sr.

Leonard Ellerbe, the boxer's adviser, did not return messages seeking comment.

Mayweather Sr. molded his son's career until a string of disagreements led him to resign in 2001.

He subsequently became one of the most-sought trainers in boxing, while his son went on to become mythical pound-for-pound king under the tutelage of Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Sr.'s brother.

Mayweather Jr. may want to reunite the brothers as co-trainers, a relationship tested before the fighter's 12-round decision victory over De La Hoya last year, when Mayweather Sr. began training camp as interim trainer while his brother finished an assault sentence.

Mayweather Sr. left the camp soon after his brother's release.

Starling said Janelle Mayweather, in recounting to the family her conversation with Mayweather Jr., "said she asked Little Floyd, 'What happens to Roger if you do this?' and he said, 'Oh, there are enough millions to go around, they can both be in my corner.'"

Mayweather Sr. said his son's reaction may be emotional -- Pacquiao assumed the pound-for-pound mantle after Mayweather Jr. retired, and defended it with a sensational eighth-round technical knockout of De La Hoya in Las Vegas -- but added that, regardless the motivation, any resumption of their working relationship would require contractual security.

"I will never be dumbfounded by anything in my life again unless contracts are involved," he said. "At the end of the day, he's still my son, but I'd have to hold him accountable with a contract. I didn't have a contract first time but I never dreamed it would end like that, either."

However, he said money would not be the prinicipal consideration if he entered talks with his son.

"I don't need a whole bunch of money," he said. "I'm a wealthy man. I just need enough to accommodate me for the rest of my time on this earth."

Mayweather Sr. added that he also received a telephone call from his son early Sunday morning but his phone was off and the message was cryptic.

There's only one problem.

"He didn't leave his number," Mayweather Sr. said.

Hmmmmm... interesting.

[innovation]

I knew it, as did everyone else. Such good fights coming up this year oh man! cannot wait.

[Flipzide]

Fucking mayweather.. can't wait for him to start running his mouth.

actually now that i think about it, hatton does that too..

can't wait to hear the stuff coming out of their mouths for the next couple months/ year.

[HyperTek]

makes me have love for pacquiao even more, watchin alot of things about him, he seems more down to earth/generous for his country, he loves to help out/donate, he seems very simple. i.e doesnt care about luxuries etc.. and everyone wants to fight him now.. well i think because they see it now that fighting him can be very profitable.

[ALTRNTV]

He gives half his winnings back to the community... wow. Stand up guy. You can't help but
root for him.

[DirtyS14]

Pacman vs Pretty boy

Possibly the biggest boxing match in the history of forever?

For 2009 I want to see B-Hop vs Jones Jr. II, that would be a dream match.

[Flipzide]

it was expensive enough just trying to get tickets for pacman vs dlh.. i dont even want to think of how much itll go for hatton and mayweather.. :O

[innovation]

Originally Posted by DirtyS14

Pacman vs Pretty boy

Possibly the biggest boxing match in the history of forever?

For 2009 I want to see B-Hop vs Jones Jr. II, that would be a dream match.

It will most likely not happen. Roy Jones is a hallowed shell of himself. In contrast Bernard Hopkins is a freak of nature and still has the ability to fight.

Biggest dream match would have to be:
Sugar Ray Leonard vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler nothing was better than that fight.

[VanduzerLancerES]

Who were the undercards that fought before the manny and DLH fight?
JW.

[ALTRNTV]

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has revealed that a mega-clash between Manny Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) and Ricky Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) is close to a done deal for May 2, with Las Vegas being the frontrunner to host the event. The fight will take place at the junior welterweight limit of 140-pounds.

"I'm encouraged by the way it's going, and I'm talking to the Hattons (on Friday) again," Schaefer said to the AP. "You really have two of the most popular fighters of their generation fighting each other, and that's the kind of fight we want to make."

After Pacquiao knocked out Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 and Hatton was able to stop Paulie Malignaggi in November - both fighters focused on each other. Schaefer says the rabid fans of Pacquiao and the wild Manchester crowd that follows Hatton by the thousands will make the fight a global event. Golden Boy, along with Pacquiao's promoter Top Rank, are pushing for the fight to land in Las Vegas.

"This is a fight with tremendous global appeal, and both of them have built up a very strong following here," Schaefer said. "With Manny's following in Asia and Ricky's support in Europe, you could say Las Vegas is the center of everything."

Let's get ready to rumbleeeeeeee!!

[5150Fab]

DLH got wrecked! that fight was kinda funny. I was rooting for Pacquiao all the way. Made DLH look like an old man in the ring.