Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya Outcome: One Sided Fight by Manny Pacquiao

I said a knockout on the 9th round from my last blog. In the end, I was wrong. It was a stoppage by the end of the 8th round. EVEN BETTER! But! I was really wanting to see a knockout by Pacquiao. If it wasn’t for the stoppage, I would have won money from my bet of a knockout on the 9th. I wanted to see De La Hoya fall flat on his face like what Pacquiao did on the 9th round with David Diaz. I just would not have predicted that Oscar De La Hoya would do so much poorly than expected. Physically, I really didn’t feel that he looked healthy. He looked deprived. And he was! The way Oscar was talking about his diet, he really was disciplined in keeping his weight down. I just don’t think it was healthy. Though Roach was blunt about Oscar’s faults, he was right. Pointing out the obvious isn’t bad… it’s just how Roach said things that might be painful. Anyway. I am disappointed that I didn’t see a Knockout, but I am happy for Pacquiao that he won. he is honestly the better man. Way to Go, Pacquiao!!!! Is Ricky Hatton next? I couldn’t believe Hatton was at the fight as a sports commentator for UK. I was just surprised how one sided the fight was. Pacquiao dominated every round. In brevity, this is how it went down (Lederman Card and Power Punches):
Round 1:
De La Hoya: 9
Pacquiao: 10
Round 2:
De La Hoya: 9 — landed 15, thrown 64, 23% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 28, thrown 54, 52% connect
Round 3:
De La Hoya: 9 — landed 32, thrown 176, 18% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 57, thrown 171, 33% connect
Round 4:
De La Hoya: 9 — landed 29, thrown 105, 28% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 78, thrown 131, 60% connect
Round 5:
De La Hoya: 9 — landed 37, thrown 125, 30% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 105, thrown 178, 59% connect
Round 6: Pacquiao reconfiguring De La Hoya’s Face
De La Hoya: 9 — landed 69, thrown 343, 20% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 149, thrown 406, 37% connect
Round 7: De La hoya has zero answers for Pacquiao, Oscars Left Eye is almost closed.
De La Hoya: 8 — landed 46, thrown 149, 31% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 170, thrown 291, 58% connect
Round 8: Death by a thousand left hands
De La Hoya: 9 — landed 83, thrown 402, 21% connect
Pacquiao: 10 — landed 224, thrown 585, 38% connect
STOPPAGE AT THE END OF THE EIGHTH ROUND!

Total Power Punches

De La Hoya: landed 51, thrown 164, 31%

Pacquiao: landed 195, thrown 333, 59%

Oscar De La Hoya made Manny’s fight with David Diaz more exciting to watch. Manny was a cosmetic surgeon in the ring rearranging De La Hoya’s face like that. Death by a thousand left hand punches as like what one commentator said. Good Night! Surreal. Well, I’m sleeping happy tonight.