Is anyone really taking De La Hoya v Pacquiao seriously???

I am a massive Manny Pacquiao fan, but come on...

- Oscar De La Hoya made this fight happen because he wants to retire on a victory, and he wants that victory to be over the world pound-for-pound number 1. Pac is significantly lower-risk bigger-reward than Antonio Margarito

- Manny Pacquiao accepted this fight because it will be the biggest payday he can ever have in his career. Plus it has the added bonus of also being low damage-big reward for him. When he loses, it is not going to reflect very badly on him at all because of the size difference


Oscar wins and retires, Manny loses but then returns to lightweight and continues to be the world's best fighter, and the world just keeps on turning....

Am I wrong?

:bbb

I would be the happiest man on the planet if Manny could pull this off, but I just can't see it happening at all.

Thoughts/opinions???

 

I'm taking it seriously, as a competetive fight anyway.

 

Maybe I'm becoming cynical these days. I just keep thinking that Oscar knows this is his golden farewell, Manny knows it is his biggest payday, and that's that. I hope Manny smashes his Golden Face in!!!!!

 

I doubt Pacquiao is going in there to lose. He's the one with little to lose and everything to gain in the fight, he'll give it his absolute best effort knowing the cards are stacked against him anyway.

If anybody is not taking it seriously its Panties, and he'll be in serious trouble that being the case.

 

Please do not impose your own childish mentality upon me mate, I said I would give Calzaghe zero credit for beating Jones because Jones was shot to bits. I say I can't take this fight seriously because I can't see how Pac can beat Oscar. I say what I think, my mind doesn't operate on a juvenile level of "hedging my bets", the very idea is absurd. I would have looked like a royal tit if Jones had won because I had been typing my fingers sore for months in anger at people thinking Roy would win when hasn't performed effectively at the top level for 4-5 years. I say what I believe and always will. Stupid accusation.

 

I'm not saying Pac is going to go in there believing he has no chance, that's not his mentality, I think he's going in believing he can win, but I think this fight is primarily a payday, he is (rightly) taking it because it's the most money he will ever earn and a huge chance for exposure, but it doesn't have the legitimacy of Pac v JMM III, which would be a real superfight IMO.

 

I'm not saying that he isn't. However, its possible that somewhere in the back of his mind Hoya sees this as an easy fight against a little man for suitcases full of cash. It's not a good mentality to have.

Whereas from Pacquiao's mindset he has a lot of unknowns and adversity to deal with, focus won't be an issue.