DE LA HOYA/PACQUIAO TALKS BREAK DOWN

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE CHAMP

The proposed December megafight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao may not happen after all.

According to ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael, talks have apparently broken off between the two parties following an entire week of negotiations. The hangup, naturally, is money. De La Hoya wants a 70/30 split in his favor. Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum have agreed to let De La Hoya (the all-time pay-per-view champ in boxing history who also serves as his own promoter) make more money. However, the Pacquiao camp wants a 60/40 split feeling their boxer is the better fighter.

Even at only 30 %, Pacquiao would stand to make some $30 million for a fight with De la Hoya. Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, points out that despite five titles Pacquiao has never made more than $5 million for a fight in his life.

Dan Rafael is reporting that the De la Hoya camp is now focusing on former Contender winner Sergio Mora as Oscar’s next opponent.

 

BOB ARUM

BOXING NEWS

 

MANNY PACQUIAO: ON A ROLL AND WANTS DE LA HOYA

Negotiations continue to inch forward for a proposed superfight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. That fight would take place December 6th and be held at the MGM Grande in Las Vegas.

KELLY PAVLIK AND BERNARD HOPKINS

Top Rank and Golden Boy are already working together on the upcoming Kelly Pavlik/Bernard Hopkins fight. That bout takes place October 18th.

 

JOE CALZAGHE

Meanwhile the date for the Joe Calzaghe/Roy Jones Jr. fight has officially been changed. The two will now fight November 8th at Madison Square Garden in New York. Calzaghe continues to maintain that will be the final fight of his undefeated career.

Finally, Vitali Klitschko returns to the ring after a four-year abscence. The older Klitschko brother takes on Samuel Peter for the WBC heavyweight championship October 11th. The fight will be broadcast on Showtime and is not pay-per-view.

 

VITALI KLITSCHKO

SUPERFIGHT? MANNY PACQUIAO VS OSCAR DE LA HOYA MAY HAPPEN IN DECEMBER

MANNY PACQUIAO

OSCAR DE LA HOYA

Oscar De La Hoya is the biggest pay-per-view draw in boxing history.

In an interview with the Philipino newspaper the Manila Bulletin, De La Hoya recently said he would be willing to fight popular pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao in December. According to De La Hoya,

 

 

 

“If Manny’s serious, I will consider doing this.”

 

Manny Pacquiao is most definitely serious. According to ESPN boxing guru Dan Rafael, Pacquiao is “hungry” for a fight against De La Hoya. The fight could bring Pacquiao a career payday-at least $20 million. De La Hoya was supposed to conclude his legendary career against Floyd Mayweather with another big paycheck. Those plans were thwarted by Mayweather’s sudden retirement.

A battle against Pacquiao may actually be more appealing and do bigger numbers than another Mayweather matchup. Although De La Hoya fought better than some expected, the first Mayweather/De La Hoya bout wasn’t exactly compelling television.

The proposed De La Hoya/Pacquiao fight would take place December 6th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It would mark De La Hoya’s final fight. According to Rafael, Pacquiao was looking for a quick payday versus Ricky Hatton, but he’s already scheduled to fight in November.

 

 

 

DE LA HOYA PICTURES WERE FAKE

FAKE !

Sorry. Turns out Oscar De La Hoya is not a cross-dressing freak.

 Those pictures of the famed boxer wearing fishnet stockings and other women’s undergarments that were all over the internet last year were “digitally altered.” They’re fake.

Milana Dravnel, the deranged stripper who originally came up with the photos and was suing De La Hoya, has recanted her testimony and dropped her lawsuit. Dravnel was suing De La Hoya for $100 million for defamation. Instead she’ll get nothing after experts determined the pictures were fake and Dravnel was lying.

De La Hoya and his lawyers had requested an arbitrator in the case. According to Judd Burstein (one of De La Hoya’s lawyers),

 

“She was facing very large damages and so she agreed to drop the case. The case would have been dismissed anyway.”

LYING STRIPPER MILANA DRAVNEL IN HER OWN FISHNETS

 

DE LA HOYA HAS EARNED HBO $626 MILLION

When boxer Oscar De La Hoya fights Stevie Forbes tomorrow on HBO you will be able to see the fight for free (well, “free” if you already have HBO.)

It is De La Hoya’s first non-pay per view fight since March, 2001. As his career winds down De La Hoya, a savy hall of fame promoter as well as boxer, said he wanted to give back to his fans. Thus, the free fight:

“I’m more than willing to fight on free TV because of what it would do for boxing,” he told one newspaper. He later added to another publication: “We should return to our roots and … our fights should be televised on free television.”

Over the years, in 18 Pay Per View fights, De La Hoya has brought in $626 million in PPV buys.

If De La Hoya wanted to “give back” why didn’t he put the fight on network television? Surprisingly, the networks weren’t that interested. HBO announcer Jim Lampley  (also a veteran of the networks) says,

“I’d think any network would recognize an attraction like De La Hoya, but it falls outside the programming patterns of free, over-the-air network philosophy. Even if Oscar said he really wanted to do it free, I’m not sure who’d jump and at what price.”

HBO was happy to take the fight. Even if they’re not charging for it. De La Hoya’s last fight versus Floyd Mayweather brought in a record $134 million. With $626 million already in the bank, both HBO and De La Hoya could afford to be generous.

OSCAR’S NIECE – DAISY DE LA HOYA: I AM SEX, DRUGS, AND ROCK AND ROLL

Hooray!

As it turns out, Oscar De La Hoya’s niece, Daisy, is a MAJOR slut.

She has some “publicity photos” out to promote her appearance on this season’s VH1 show “Rock of Love 2.”

The 25-year-old wannabe describes herself as “a heart breakin’ rock n’ roll rebel” whose musical sound is “sugar coated razor blades with sex on top.” She also proclaims, “I am sex, drugs and rock and roll.”

Publicity photo #1 features Ms. De La Hoya prominently spreading her legs and holding up a bottle of Jack Daniels. In the foreground of the picture there appears to be lines of cocaine. (She later told TMZ.com “it’s flour.”)

Shot # 2 has the added benefit of her smoking and covered with tats. There doesn’t appear to be one single picture on the face of the earth where De La Hoya is NOT smoking a cigarette.