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In one of the most talked about boxing events of the year, boxing legend and welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya will go up against lightweight champion and pound-for-pound top-rated fighter Manny Pacquiao. Taking place at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs, the match will be held on December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. Due to the history making nature of this fight, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao tickets are likely to sell out quickly. TicketNetwork has the best selection of hard to find Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao tickets and tickets for great Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao seats, so get your Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao tickets from TicketNetwork today!
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao Match Schedule:
| December 6 | Las Vegas, NV | MGM Grand Garden Arena |
From PhilBoxing: "World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao will leave on September 14 for the US for a seven-city tour to drum up fan interest for his December mega fight with Oscar dela Hoya." - Read More »
From ESPN: "Oscar De La Hoya announced his exit strategy from the ring at the beginning of 2008. After a glorious 16-year professional fighting career, De La Hoya was making plans for retirement. Speaking on a teleconference Thursday to announce that he would face pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 in a welterweight fight, De La Hoya left open the possibility of continuing his career." - Read More »
From ESPN: "The notion of the fight began in October 2007 merely as a fantasy in the fertile mind of HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant. On Thursday it became reality. After weeks of on and off negotiations, Oscar De La Hoya, boxing's most bankable superstar, and Manny Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound king, jointly announced on a media teleconference that they had agreed to meet Dec. 6 in an HBO PPV fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas which undoubtedly will be the biggest fight of 2008." - Read More »
A professional boxer since 1992, Oscar De La Hoya has won titles in six divisions. De La Hoya won his first title against Jimmi Bredahl, winning the super featherweight title. Later in the year, De La Hoya moved up to the lightweight division, and won the title against Jorge Paez. Oscar De La Hoya would successfully defend the lightweight title five times, including against division champion Rafael Ruelas, Genaro Hernandez, and Jesse James Leija. Oscar De La Hoya next moved up in weight to junior welterweight, where he defeated division champion Julio Ceasar Chavez after the fight was stopped in the fourth round over a cut Chavez received. Oscar De La Hoya later successfully defended the title against Miguel Angel Gonzalez before moving up to welterweight.
As a welterweight, Oscar De La Hoya first won the title against defending champion Pernell Whitaker. Oscar De La Hoya won the fight by a unanimous decision and went on to successfully defend the title seven times, including matches against undefeated champion Ike Quartey and a re-match against Chavez.Oscar De La Hoya lost his first title, and his first match, against Felix Trinidad. De La Hoya would not reclaim the welterweight title.
Oscar De La Hoya next moved to the Junior Middleweight category, and won his first title in this category against Fernando Vargas. De La Hoya would only defend this title successfully from Yori Boy Campas before losing it to Shane Mosley, who Oscar De La Hoya had lost to once before in his career. De La Hoya then moved up to the Middleweight category where he won against Felix Strum. Oscar De La Hoya lost the title to future business partner Bernard Hopkins several months later, and afterward took a twenty month break.
When he returned, Oscar De La Hoya fought against junior middleweight boxer Ricardo Mayorga to win his first title in the super welterweight category. The next year, Oscar De La Hoya fought to defend his title against pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, but lost the match by a split decision. After some speculation as to whom he would face next, including a re-match with Mayweather, it was announced in late August that De La Hoya would face Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Starting his professional career in 1995 at age 16, Manny Pacquiao rose quickly in the sport, fighting against Edmund Ignacio, Rustico Torrecampo, and Chatchai Sasakul. He won his first title, the IBF Super Bantamweight title, against defending champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba; he went on to defend this title four times. In the fight that brought him to widespread fame, Pacquiao went up against Marco Antonio Barrera. The fight went on until Manny Pacquiao defeated Barrera by technical knockout in the 11th round. He was recognized as a world champion afterward.
Early in the following year, Manny Pacquiao faced Juan Manuel Marquez in his first Featherweight division title. Although Pacquiao lost in the later rounds, the matched was controversially declared a draw. In 2005, Pacquiao rose to the Superfeatherweight division, and fought Erik Morales for the title, but lost. However, later that year, Manny Pacquiao won the title in a match against Hector Velazquez. Manny Pacquiao would go on to defend the title six times over the next two years, including in two more rematches against Erik Morales at the Thomas and Mack Center and MGM Grand Garden Arena, as well as Juan Manuel Marquez, a rematch against Marco Antonio Barrera, and matches against Oscar Larios and Jorge Solis.
In 2008, Manny Pacquiao rose to the Lightweight division with a win against David Diaz at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. In total, Pacquiao has won titles in four divisions. Pacquiao is a native of the Philippines.
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