yup....check my thread titled "i reckon osca will loose" frankly i cant see how anyone was picking osca....we overstated the bigger man thing in this by a long way....osca had hight reach advantage but that about it....in every other way manny was miles ahead.. speed power (yes I believe at this stage he has more power then osca) stamina by a looooong way work rate conditioning agressivness.... fact is as well osca came in too light.....too drained he had nothing...and manny is in fact peaking in career
I always thought pacquiao could win, TKO late rounds. My pre-fight thoughts about how pac could win were, Pacquiao will have to hit & move in the early rounds, hands held high. Don't stand toe to toe. De la hoya wins most of the early rounds. Late rounds, De la hoya starts to fade, Pacquiao opens up and hammers oscar to the body and head de la hoya has no answer, backs up, pacquiao goes for the kill, ref stops fight or corner stops fight. I was going to place a bet on pacquiao winning by TKO. Well, a few days before the fight, checking this forum & a few others i couldn't belive how everyone was picking de la hoya, laughing at the mere thought of pac-man winning, i said to myself, damn i must be wrong, every thinks de la hoya will win huge. So i didn't bet. Damn, i wish i did. I was right about the TKO, but pacquaio was so much better then i could even dream of. No way did i think he would win every single round with such ease.
I hoped for Pacquiao by decision, but wasn't really sure about it, although I actually bet some money on it