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Manny Pacquiao Fight Against Oscar dela Hoya updated Wed Sep 10 2008 9:15 pm EDT

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What do you get when you put America's most famous boxer and the world's best pound for pound boxing sensation inside the ring? Eight-figure paychecks for both! While both fighters expect to go home to a lifetime spent on counting their money, boxing purists are exchanging heated arguments about the apparent (lack of) wisdom of this fight. If you try to scan the sports pages of major dailies and magazines on the first couple of days preceding the fight announcement, there is a lot of noise about this bout's "obvious" mismatch: De la Hoya is way too tall and heavier than the Pac-man; De la Hoya should have chosen a more suitable opponent; De la Hoya wants to get an easy last fight prior to his retirement; this-and-that. I myself was incredulous too. Isn't Manny Pacquiao in another reckless decision-making flurry like how he entered the murky world of Philippine politics and lost? Check out the file photo below and compare Manny Pacquiao's height against Oscar de la Hoya. Do you think Oscar de la Hoya is standing on a box with that height difference?