Predictions? Say what you want, but I have the DLH winning with an 8th round TKO.

Manny in 4.

Pacquiao in a split decision. Oscar is over the hill and has bad trainers and a weak attitude. Manny has Roach and a hunger. Will be a great fight though

Pacquiao in a uninamimous decision. Oscar's reach advantage will keep Pacman from scoring the KO.

Manny is gonna make Oscar look... well... OLD! Probably goes to a decision b/c Manny's power is lacking, but his speed will own Oscar.

Should be a good fight. If Manny sticks and moves, he wins, Oscar can not handle the speed. If they trade shots and Oscar lands a good one, he wins. Manny is a great fighter but he has a suspect chin, if Morales and Marquez put him on the canvas at a lower weight class Oscar can do the same, IF he can get a good shot in, I'm not sure that IF will happen. Manny has gotten up from knock downs before, don't think he gets up from the punch of a bigger man. Tough to predict what will happen, I think Roach has the right game plan, stick and move, and Manny wins by decision.

Hey Head Ninja In Charge,

You were close. Right outcome, right round, just wrong fighter...

Oscar's only chance was to avoid Manny's jab, and use his power going in and out against Manny's quickness, but Manny dominated. IMO, Manny's punches had more power in this matchup against DLH than I have seen him in previous matches. His quickness got to Diaz moreso than powerpunches, initially, then broke Diaz down. Against Oscar, Manny was overpowering and quicker right off the bat.

If this match doesn't finally convince Oscar that he needs to retire, then he's painfully fooling himself.

[This message has been edited by whoop87 (edited 12/7/2008 10:03a).]

was staying at mandalay this weekend and so was manny. i saw him sunday morning at starbucks....he looked like he was untouched. there were literally no signs of him being in a fight less than 12 hours before.

He wasn't in nearly as big a fight as Oscar was...LOL

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MANILA, Philippines - At least two people suffered fatal heart attacks while watching the historic bout of Filipino boxing champ Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya Sunday, a radio report said.

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and i thought we had diehard fans