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What Oscar De La Hoya Has Meant for Boxing
Scott Christ underscores what a unique and celebrated figure DLH's been: What he leaves behind even more than just a good ring career (39-6, 30 KO) is an unparalleled record as a drawing card. No o...
Will MMA Fans Embrace the Golden Boy?
There's an interesting (and annoying) article up over at ESPN about De la Hoya's involvement in MMA. A number of boxing characters comment on the sport. Let's start off with scumbag numb...
How Many Affliction: Day of Reckoning Tickets Were Actually Purchased?
A decent number, but not nearly enough especially if De La Hoya was paid $5 million to show: "A celebrity who is here in bronze only, Oscar De La Hoya, [while] the live version is in nearby Anahei...
Oscar de la Hoya Is Worth the Money
Lots of people are astonished by the news that Affliction apparently paid Oscar de la Hoya $5 million to come to their show. We don't know this is the actual figure, but there hasn't been...
Larry Merchant Is a Petulant Child
Scott Christ over at Bad Left Hook articulates what both reasonable MMA and boxing fans (and fans of both sports) are thinking about Larry Merchant's utterly juvenile comments during last night's HBO ...
Early Reports Suggest De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Does 1.5 Million Pay-Per-View Buys; Update: HBO Announces Buyrate of 1.25 million
Kevin Iole reports: Indications are that the pay-per-view result will be around 1.5 million buys, which is a phenomenal number. It’s a tribute not only to De La Hoya’s ability to sell, ...
Quote of the Day: Dana White Slams HBO PPV
"Did you see the production? And that was HBO. Maybe they should give us some of their Emmys. The pacing was awful. There was no energy in the crowd. They had to loop Pacquiao’s music when h...
Manny Pacquiao Destroys Oscar De La Hoya
Everyone is going to tell you the same story over and over again: Pacquiao won with youth, head movement, perfect range, and most importantly speed. It was absolutely stunning to see De La Hoya comple...
De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Undercard = Shamefully Bad
What a joke: In the first televised bout, Daniel Jacobs stopped Victor Lares in the second round. Totally expected. The second fight was a joke, as Sergio Medina, an unjustly world-ranked fighter,...
De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Primer for BloodyElbow Readers
I was going to do a write up on this fight to try to give some background on the fight, what to expect...etc but Scott Christ over at BadLeftHook has done his typical great work and it would be a wa...
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