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Oscar De La Hoya was looking for an alternative to Floyd Mayweather when the idea of him fighting Manny Pacquiao , then a lightweight, was first proposed.
If De La Hoya had been frustrated by Mayweather’s refusal to commit to a rematch – in May 2007 Mayweather had earned a split decision over him at super-welterweight – Pacquiao had come to represent the next most lucrative opponent. "De La Hoya has an advantage in height but I believe I am stronger than him, so it’s going to be a great fight.”Figures from Nevada State Athletic Commission
Little, ultimately, had been made of the fact that De La Hoya had last fought at the welterweight limit of 147lbs in 2001, but it was that, as much as the extent of Pacquiao’s improvement and De La Hoya’s age, that was to determine what would unfold. De La Hoya looked unhealthy when he made his way to the ring that night at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand, and when the fighters stood in the centre of the ring while the referee Tony Weeks gave his final instructions, Roach noticed what appeared to be IV injection marks on one of De La Hoya’s arms, indicating that he had been struggling to rehydrate.
“If you don’t throw punches,” Beristain later warned, “we’re going to stop the fight.” He acted at the end of the eighth – two later than De La Hoya had started to retreat – and after Weeks and the ringside physician had warned De La Hoya that they would end the fight if he continued to struggle to fight back.
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