- Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain
Kevin Lole recently wrote an interesting topic about Oscar De La Hoya not having a trainer for his show down against Philippe icon Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Freddie Roach, who trained De La Hoya in his split-decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 5, 2007, will work for Pacquiao on Dec. 6. Mayweather Sr. trained De La Hoya on May 3, when he defeated Steve Forbes in Carson, Calif.
It turns out that Floyd Mayweather Sr. won’t train him for the Pacquiao fight. Mayweather Sr. recently was hired to train Ricky Hatton for his Nov. 22 fight against Paulie Malignaggi.
De La Hoya, who was in Las Vegas promoting Saturday’s lightweight bout between Joel Casamayor and Juan Manuel Marquez, did not say who would be in his corner. It’s a huge possibility that Ignacio “Nacho” Beristain, who has been recognize as the best trainer in Mexico might be De La Hoya’s new trainer.
“I respect Oscar and I did well with him,” Mayweather Sr. stated, “but he did really, really super well by having me around. Oscar got rich, rich, rich by working with me and I made what I made.” He intimated it was over money, but did not criticize De La Hoya.
However, Mayweather Sr. said he doesn’t believe De La Hoya will have trouble defeating Pacquiao, who won the WBC lightweight title in his last outing, June 28 in Las Vegas when he stopped David Diaz. It was his first fight at lightweight, but he’ll be meeting De La Hoya at welterweight in December.
“I’ll be honest with you,” Mayweather Sr. said. “Nobody can do what I do. Don’t get me wrong. But Oscar doesn’t need me to beat Pacquiao. He really doesn’t. For this fight, Oscar can beat Pacquiao with just about anyone training him. When he hits him with that first left hook, it’s all going to be over. Ain’t no way Pacquiao can beat Oscar. No way.
“So, I’ll be honest, Oscar doesn’t need to pay the price to get me in this fight, because he’ll win this with me or without me.”
“Floyd Sr. has obligations with Ricky Hatton,” De La Hoya said. “Am I disappointed? Absolutely, I’m very disappointed. I respect Floyd Sr. very much. I respect him as a person and as a trainer. Obviously, the door is always wide open for Floyd Sr., because I truly feel that Floyd Sr. can take me, after every single fight, to a whole new level.”
De La Hoya said Mayweather Sr. did not choose to work with Hatton over him. He said it was uncertain whether he would fight again and said Mayweather needed to find work.
“I blame myself for not letting people know if I was going to fight,” De La Hoya said. “He had already made commitments and he had already signed contracts with Hatton before I (decided to fight). I don’t blame him for doing that, because he has to make a living. I would put the blame on me.”
Floyd Sr. might be right here, I’ve been thinking about this too, how is Many going to take that left hook from DLH at that weight with out even having a warm up fight at lets say, 144. he’s never been hit by a 147 pound fighter and Many doesn’t have a perfect defense.
He was rocked by Morales and most recently by Marquez at 130.
The question I’ll have in my head until December 6 is, will Many Pacquio be able to take De la Hoya’s left hook? Maybe he will at the beginning of the fight, relaying on his offense, but as the fight progresses those punches will start getting really heavy.
I really can’t wait to see what happens between this 2, is Many going to deliver big hard punches at 147 that will give DLH trouble or DLH will be just too big for Many to take…
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