De La Hoya vs Pacman; Say it ain't so.

Normally, if someone said Manny Pacquiao would be fighting a man who likes to wear wigs to go along with his fish net stalkings and high heel shoes, I'd say Pacman would have a really good shot at clobbering the guy to kingdom come. However; when that man is Boxing Legend Oscar De La Hoya..... all bets are off.

At glance this fight is a total mismatch, De La Hoya has been campaigning at Junior Middle Weight for a very long time, whereas Pacman just reached the Lightweight plateau, and it's difficult for me to see him fighting in a higher weight class. De La Hoya hovers somewhere close to 5'11 while Pacquiao is only 5'6". Pacquiao's conundrum is a tough one, there is only one other marquee name that matches the recognition of his in the Boxing World and is relatively close to his size and that's Ricky Hatton. Unfortunately for fight fans the Hitman is fighting an inconsequential fight with the Magicman.

Pacquiao seems doomed to face no names such as Edwin Valero, or Humberto Soto, good fighters but with little followings, at this stage in his mercurial career the Pacman really deserves only the best fighters. So in comes Oscar De La Hoya, he's been looking for some fireworks to end his tele friendly career, and a fight with Pacquiao would certainly be that.

I think, Pacman is severely disadvantaged here, while he has the punching power to hurt De La Hoya the real question is can he take a Junior Middle Weight's punches? I really can't imagine him taking Oscar's huge Left Hooks without getting knocked out. Oscar still has a killer instinct, just as Ricardo Mallorga. Still the purse he would for such a mega fight is incredibly enticing, some in his camp have asked for as much as 20 million dollars! An unbelievable sum for a fighter in the lower weight classes.