Image by Kaloozer via FlickrMANILA, Philippines — Seems like Oscar De La Hoya simply can’t get over Manny Pacquiao.
On Wednesday, Michael Marley of Examiner.com had a brief chit chat with the Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) big boss, who was in Brooklyn to grace a media event announcing GBP’s tie-up with Barclays Center (who will be housing the New Jersey Nets in the NBA) to promote boxing in New York.
Marley, wanting to strike up a lively conversation with the 37-year-old Hall of Famer, asked De La Hoya what he thinks could be the outcome if he were given the chance to face the Manny Pacquiao of today during his prime.
“Whew,” De La Hoya said. “Different story.”
De La Hoya, who set a 2.5 million pay-per-view record against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in 2007, would surely want to erase the memory of his brutal loss to the pound-for-pound king during their December 2008 showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where he was forced to quit on his stool just before the bell signaled the start of the ninth round.
Pacquiao landed 195 of the 333 power punches he unleashed against De La Hoya in that match, or a staggering 59 percent accuracy, as compared to less than one-third of what De La Hoya converted from the 164 he threw.
