Boxing: I've weighed the evidence and Oscar gets my verdict; BIG NIGHT WITH TITLES AT STAKE IN LAS VEGAS, LONDON AND NOTTINGHAM.Byline: Barry McGuigan Finbar Patrick "Barry" McGuigan MBE (born February 28, 1961 in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland), nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former professional boxer who became a world Featherweight champion. MY gut reaction gut reaction n → reacción f instintiva gut reaction n → réaction instinctive gut reaction gut n → when the fight was made was a win for Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy over Manny Pacquiao Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, (born December 17, 1978 in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines) is a Filipino professional boxer and reigning WBC International Super Featherweight champion. He is a former world champion at IBF Super Bantamweight, and WBC Flyweight divisions. . Then I listened to what people where saying, particularly Freddie Roach, a person I respect as a man and a trainer, and I started the think what if... Now on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of the fight I can't see beyond the bigger man. De la Hoya, who last night's weighed in at 145lbs compared to Pacquiao's 142, has got just too much for him. I look back to the first fight with Erik Morales, who just stood tall against Pacquiao and teed off with that long left jab. It will be just the same in the early hours of tomorrow morning. De La Hoya has a six-inch reach advantage and is very strong, far bigger than Morales. I know he did not look great in his last fight against Steve Forbes, but this is different. Pacquiao (below) is brave and fights with great honour, but on this occasion he is handicapped by nature. He will have his moments. He retains a puncher's chance. This is potentially Pacquiao's Bernard Hopkins moment, the bout in which he bites off more than he can chew, just as De La Hoya did against The Executioner EXECUTIONER. The name given to him who puts criminals to death, according to their sentence; a hangman. 2. In the United States, executions are so rare that there are no executioners by profession. . But that is exactly the fight's appeal. It centres on the difference in stature. Can David pull off a sensational win against Goliath, the overwhelming favourite? The punters have gone for it big time, making this the second richest fight in the history of boxing The sport of boxing has a long history going back many years and including many people and promoters, including both male and female boxers.
The gate sold out in less than 20 minutes. De La Hoya's fight against Floyd Mayweather Jnr in May 2007, the richest of all time, generated around EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 140million. The majority, EUR120m, came from 2.15 million pay-per-view sales and the remaining EUR20m from the gate. Pacquiao is the second most popular man in the Philippines after the president. The third most popular is his trainer, Roach. That is how much they love their man. De La Hoya is tapping into that popularity and his own in southern California and Mexico to make this another mega pay-per-view event. It's about dollar bills for De La Hoya. If it weren't he'd be taking on the likes of Antonio Margarito or Paul Williams, boxers of similar stature. De La Hoya has been campaigning largely at light-middleweight and middleweight - 154 to 160lbs - for the past six years. The heaviest Pacquiao has fought at was 135lbs and that was only once. He is coming up a further 12lb here. De La Hoya will doubtless be way over the 147lb limit when the bell goes. The numbers just don't add up for the Filipino. That won't stop him trying. If he is to pull it off he'll have to do it behind the southpaw jab. The moment he loses patience and tries to land the left without creating a proper opening, he'll get caught square and picked off by De La Hoya's crushing left hook. Ricky Hatton awaits the winner, who I think will be De La Hoya with a late stoppage. Hatton says he would prefer Pacquiao. That could still happen, but not before he meets De La Hoya in London next summer. DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE: www.barrymcguigan.com TOP THREE BIG MONEY FIGHTS: May 5, 2007: EUR155m: Oscar De La Hoya v Floyd Mayweather Jnr, Las Vegas June 8, 2002: EUR112m Lennox Lewis v Mike Tyson, Memphis. Dec 6, 2008: EUR100m-plus Oscar De La Hoya v Manny Pacquiao, Las Vegas TONIGHT'S De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight is set to be the second biggest grossing of all-time. All 16,000 seats have been sold, guaranteeing a EUR17m gate, the second biggest in boxing history. Estimated pay-per-view subscriptions are 1.5m, grossing a further EUR82.5million. The final figure is expected to come close to the De La Hoya-Mayweather showdown in 2007, which broke boxing box office records including total gross (EUR165 million); pay-per-view subscriptions (2.4 million); pay-perview gross (EUR134.4 million) and live gate (EUR18,419,200). The Mayweather clash took De La Hoya's box office revenue in 18 fights to EUR626million with 12.8million subscriptions sold. It eclipsed Mike Tyson's record of EUR545m from 12 fights (12.4million ppv subscriptions) and Evander Holyfield, EUR534m from 14 fights (12.6 million subscriptions). CAPTION(S): HEAVY FAVOURITE Oscar De La Hoya |
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