How Pacquiao BATTLED Boxing's Golden Boy

In 2008, Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao would face off for what was billed, “The Dream Match.” And for Manny Pacquiao it was, because Manny would have a chance to fight his idol.

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[SJ-tuow]

I miss PacMan, what a journey he took us on. Boxing seems lesser without him.

[alexmart]

My goodness man,
"Pacqiaos Golden idol melted under the intence heat of his offensive fire"
That is poetry. Great video as always!

[arnoldb]

Oscar was a 2-1 favourite and was supposed to win easily.
The Philippine government tried to ban Pac-Man from fighting him.
This was an incredible win by Manny.
Only Freddie knew manny would win since he coached Oscar and knew he had trouble with south paws.

[strongestninja]

Those footwork, hands, everything. It's just like what they said, He is one in a billion. There can never be another Manny Pacquiao.

[aisadal]

It's always kind of amazing when you get to see boxers fight their idols! You don't really get to see that as often, nowadays

[dannymirjanovic]

I remember when this fight happened my buddy who was into boxing with me just couldn't believe it. Oscar had never lost like that before and we'd never seen such fast hands in our lives. Manny was my favourite from that point on.

[gabrielcobos]

Both fighters very humble and praising each other. This is the way it should be.

[misterwachulochulo]

I've watched this fight so many times, Pacquiao was actually killing him. The commentators themselves said that nobody else ever made DLH look so bad.

[Bobgriffon]

PacMan's lightning fast hand speed never fails to amaze me. That left cross right between the guard was coming out faster than DLH's jab.

[jessebell]

Good old PacMan. One of my personal favourites. Straight out of the Marciano genre: an absolute monster inside of the ring, humble in victory, and an absolute gentleman outside of the ring. His inevitable retirement was the end of an era...

[GateKeeperXL]

This precise post-fight analysis deserves my sub in gratitude.
Thanks.

[bri]

More of this please. I think Pacquiao's fighting style is one of the most entertaining ones out there.

[brucecall]

This victory was key in mannys building of confidence to prove the doubters wrong. The most touching life of any fighter is pacman . poverty to vast wealth and blessings.

[reyaz]

"HE CAN'T HANDLE YOUR SPEED SON"! I cry every time. Keep up the great work TMMA

[AxleTrade]

I still remember how nobody in and out of boxing gave Pac a chance in hell and then he just retires Oscar with one of his best performances ever.

[keand.]

those left straight cutting the guard is so precise and well timed, he did it so many times too

[thejamnasium]

I'm not a fan of Oscar's style at all but my goodness he ducked no one. no one.

[TheSmarq]

I remember this fight. Pacman completely destroyed De La Hoya and there was no denying it. I always felt De La Hoya started too fast, his M.O. was always crescendo to the end of the fight. Not sure what made him come out so aggressively, planned or not, I think he walked right into Pacquiao's kitchen. The pace was pretty quick and De La Hoya just shrunk more each round. I was never a fan of his but my respect for him was definitely earned over time. After the 2nd round I don't remember there being any doubt on who was going to eventually win, although Oscar always had a puncher's chance. It could have been a better fight no doubt, but it was certainly memorable no matter what.

[NextenBlade]

Beautiful and also tragic in a certain sense... I don't think there are many other sports where you get the opportunity to face and dismantle your idol in such a manner, as much as Pacquiao is an incredible champion he's also human and I wonder how this affected him after the fight

[guittadabe]

Two wonderful and respectful champions. God bless them both.