pretty sure its true and no one here will have to buy it as freddie sells it himself. http://www.zimbio.com/Oscar+De+La+Hoya/articles/424/Freddie+Roach+Nacho+Beristain+Oscar+De+La he claims he saw the iv in his arm. i believe this was when he went in for the wraps, the night of the fight. maybe it was just a gamblers story but it was on a boxing gambling website i read that had the large roach bet. as a gambler, i will tell you 100 percent that if i saw a fighter getting iv fluids the night of a fight i would certainly bet agaisnt him if he was fighting a capable opponent. probably large.
possibilities are.....autologous blood transfusion (blood doping) and/or 1-2 ampule of dextrose 50% with 2-5units of short acting insulin sq.
X 0 hahahaha http://www.zimbio.com/Oscar+De+La+Hoya/articles/424/Freddie+Roach+Nacho+Beristain+Oscar+De+La can you guys even read? freddie himself claims to have seen the needles in hoyas arms. i didnt see any needles in oscars arms when he entered the ring that night. as for making a bet, theres bookies that can move bets around like a stockbroker at the nyse. that 50k couldve been spread in about five minutes with a guy like roachs pull. www.pinnaclesports.com couldve done that 50 all by themselves. lot of small people on this fourm.
Pac made a bunch of clauses up, took them back, made them back up, raised them even. The overweight penalties as well. Oscar accepted it all no problem, trust.
Roach says a lot of things kid. Not all turn out to be true but if it were....DLH, Nacho...nor anyone from their camp ever confirmed this story. DLH didn't even say anything about being drained for the fight until years later when he was trying to give Ortiz a pep talk before his fight with Floyd. When Nacho was asked if any of the stories were true he discounted the rumors and simply said Pac was too fast and the better fighter that night.
i gave you the link where roach specifically point blank says that he saw the needles in hoyas arm. if you dont want to believe the article(that would be libel if roach was qouted out of context) or what freddy is actually telling you thenthere is nothing more i can say. im sure that if you stare hard enough youll see that the sky is actually red instead of blue. good grief. by the way, roach saying that dlh had needles in his arms when he actually didnt would be construed as slander, where roach could be liable for damages. did you see how he quickly retracted his steroid accusation against jmm? http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/176309-roach-responds-to-hernandez-threat now, whos this "kid' youre referring to?
in case you forgot oscar wants to come in light for speed. but was just to fast and furious for him that night. even a 154 oscar would be blitzed given the condition of pac that night.