In an article on the SCENE blah blah WBC president Jose Sulaiman gives us his thoughts on the proposed Hoya/Pac bout. Small excerpt. "Its ridiculous, its absurd, its a fraud to the public and it cannot happen!"Thats the opinion of Jose Sulaiman, the WBC President, about the prospects of a Oscar De La Hoya's farewell fight, possibly against Manny Pacquiao, on December 6. Don Jose also warned: Its about time that some people in boxing stopped thinking about names and money. Manny Pacquiao has only recently won the lightweight title. Its been thirteen-years since Oscar De La Hoya last made that weight. And in that thirteen years, hes gone up four weight divisions. According to Don Jose, Oscar has two principal options. The first is for his last fight to be against a decent fighter and afterwards he can enjoy a well deserved WBC gala dinner to celebrate his extraordinary boxing accomplishments. And the other option is something Oscar may not like. "If Oscar wants a real fight, then its Antonio Margarito and no one else - if he wants to go out with a sincere risk of losing with a big puncher who is always throwing punches like a windmill.
Yea i dont blame oscar for ducking margo. That man is crazy. He will beat the ever loving **** out of oscar, but fighting pac is a disgrace. If its not margo he must find someone else.
of course he's going to say something bad about Pac-DLH. There are no WBC belts on the line. So its about the WBC and him not dipping into the pockets of this megafight as part of sacntioning fees.
There's no WBC sanctioning fees with DelaHoya-Margarito fight either. If Suliman can't make any money he might aswell speak the truth.
DLH says a Fight with Pac man still not definite..read.. This was said yesterday.... A De La Hoya Pacquiao fight would need a number of crucial issues to be ironed out. But De La Hoya made it clear that Golden Boy will have to be the promoter in order to make it a record-breaking fight. He added no other promoter can generate the numbers that we do. However, he left a window open for talks stating that if this fight can take place I am sure Richard Schaefer and Bob Arum can work something out. De La Hoya said he had never met anybody smarter in boxing than Schaefer and made it clear that if there is anybody who can make this fight huge not big but huge its me (De La Hoya) Manny Pacquiao and Richard Schaefer. Asked about his readiness to come down to 147 pounds for a Pacquiao fight which may be a struggle for him, De La Hoya shrugged it off. No struggle at all he said. I am a natural welterweight. I can make the weight easy. Theres no problem. He said he only gains a maximum of four pounds by fight night because he is a natural 145-146 pounder. De La Hoya said he doesnt gain much between the weigh in and fight night pointing out that in his last fight against Steve Forbes I weighed in at 149 and by fight night I was only 151. The most I gain in-between fights, the maximum, is six to seven pounds. On the issue of Pacquiaos purse which some so-called insiders in Team Pacquiao claim should be at least $20 million , De La Hoya that he was sure that when Schaefer gets back from his European vacation on July 30 we can come out with a formula where Manny can make two or three or even four or five times what hes making now so I feel that Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer can realistically make this fight happen. Right now with Miguel Cotto having been beaten by Antonio Margarito a Mexican who De La Hoya made it clear he wouldnt fight long before Margarito whipped Cotto since he is also a Mexican, De La Hoya did say there are several names I have been thinking about. He said one of them is Sergio Mora, another one is Shane Mosley and another one which I do not exclude is Felix Tito Trinidad . De La Hoya thinks that the fight can be made and that Schaefer has been talking to Don King but added, well have to wait and see because this is my last year, my last fight and I think me and Manny can really make history inside that ring on December 6. De La Hoya revealed that he would train for four months for a Pacquiao showdown. He emphasized, I keep myself in good shape now My plan for this year was to fight three times and with the Floyd Mayweather retirement it derailed my plans. But I kept myself in shape and now I am getting ready for December so Ill be ready for whoever I fight. At the same time De La Hoya believes he can entice Mayweather out of retirement stating I think he retired prematurely.
Its about time that some people in boxing stopped thinking about names and money. Did those words come from who I think they came from? The entire purpose of the WBC is to make MONEY from the big NAMES that hold their belts. :bart Hypocrite. This content is protected I'm not in any way supporting the ridiculous idea of a De La Hoya -vs- Pacquiao bout.
That's the first time I've ever heard Sulaiman speak from the heart instead of with his pocket. DLH-Pac would be reminiscent of DLH-Gatti, except instead of Gatti's lack of handspeed being the issue at 147, it will be Pacquiao's lack of size and strength at 150. A disgrace to boxing, and this is coming from a Pacquiao fan.
That's the first time I've ever heard Sulaiman speak from the heart instead of with his pocket. DLH-Pac would be reminiscent of DLH-Gatti, except instead of Gatti's lack of handspeed being the issue at 147, it will be Pacquiao's lack of size and strength at 150. This fight would be a disgrace to boxing, and this is coming from a Pacquiao fan.
