The Golden Disaster
maxboxing.com 12/9/2008 — The Golden Disaster By Steve Kim (Dec 8, 2008) Photo Laura De La Torre Send this page to friend Give us your feedback There was more than just a twinge of irony in Manny Pacquiao's eight round destruction of Oscar De La Hoya last Saturday night at ...

Did De La Hoya Get $5 Million To Attend Affliction?
sportsbybrooks.com 1/28/2009 — Last weekend Oscar De La Hoya showed his face in public at a sporting event for the first time since he had it pounded in by Manny Pacquiao in December. Of course, it wasn’t where most people would have figured Oscar would show up.  ...

De La Hoya ‘Ticked Off’; Merchant Explains HBO Comments
sherdog.com 1/28/2009 — You probably don’t want to make Oscar De La Hoya mad. But veteran boxing commentator Larry Merchant has managed to tick off the legendary pugilist over comments he made after De La Hoya chose to attend last Saturday’s Affliction M-1 Global “Day of ...

Boxing stoops to new low with $5 million De La Hoya payoff claim
sports.yahoo.com 1/26/2009 — You're fight isn't with mixed martial arts! How many times can we scream this at the folks who run boxing? Fix things internally, steal the positive ideas from MMA and your sport will be back on the upswing. Makes sense, right? ...

The Associated Press: Pacquiao dominates, stops De La Hoya in 8th round
google.com 12/8/2008 — 2 days ago LAS VEGAS (AP) Manny Pacquiao fought a lot bigger than he looked. Oscar De La Hoya simply looked old. Pacquiao dominated his bigger and more famous opponent from the opening bell Saturday night, giving De La Hoya a beating and closing his ...

Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya fight sells 1.25M PPVs
sports.espn.go.com 12/11/2008 — If Oscar De La Hoya decides to retire, he'll go out with one more blockbuster fight in a career filled with them. De La Hoya was pummeled by Manny Pacquiao en route to a possible career-ending eighth-round TKO loss Saturday night at the MGM Grand in ...

Mike Tyson: Oscar De La Hoya Should Retire
boxing.fanhouse.com 12/9/2008 — by Michael David Smith Mike Tyson was at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to watch Manny Pacquiao beat Oscar De La Hoya, and he said afterward that it's time for De La Hoya to hang up the gloves: "I knew he was too fast and hard to hit, and he ...

Mismatch indeed: Manny Pacquiao dominates Oscar De La Hoya
sports.espn.go.com 12/7/2008 — LAS VEGAS -- The legions who criticized the Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao fight as a mismatch were right. But it didn't go the way they banked on it going. No, De La Hoya, the naturally bigger man, a man who had fought from 130 to 160 pounds ...

De La Hoya-Pacquiao Fight Does $70m in PPV - 12/10/2008 12:56:00 PM
broadcastingcable.com 12/10/2008 — HBO Sports says Oscar De La Hoya's Dec. 6 loss to Manny Pacquiao generated 1.25 million PPV buys and $70 million in revenues By Ben Grossman -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/10/2008 12:56:00 PM Oscar De La Hoya may have barely shown up for his fight ...

De La Hoya vs. Pacqiou A Las Vegas Fix?
totalprosports.com 12/8/2008 — Manny Pacquiao proved on Saturday with his TKO victory over Oscar De La Hoya that he is the best boxer in the world. Moving up two weight classes for the super-fight, Manny Pacquiao used his vicious jab and lighting quick speed to negate the 4 inch height advantage of De La ...