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The Dream Match. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, also billed as The Dream Match, was a professional boxing welterweight superfight. The bout took place on December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Pacquiao defeated De La Hoya via technical knockout when De La Hoya decided not to continue with the fight before ...
Golden Boy Promotions: Liddell vs. Ortiz 3 was a MMA event that took place on November 24, 2018 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Background For the main event, Chuck Liddell's reported payout was $250,000 (plus a percentage of pay-per-view buys) and Tito Ortiz's payout was $200,000 (plus a percentage of pay-per-view buys).
On December 6, 2008, Pacquiao moved up to the welterweight division to face the six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in a fight called "The Dream Match". Presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, the bout was scheduled as a twelve-round, non-title fight contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit.
For years, Mayweather had considered Oscar De La Hoya his primary rival. On April 12, 1997, he fought a guy named Bobby Giepert on the undercard of the De La Hoya-Pernell Whitaker pay-per-view.
After both Julio César Chávez and Oscar De La Hoya defeated their opponents ( Scott Walker and Darryl Tyson respectively) in tune-up bouts on February 9, 1996, the two fighters agreed to face one another in a "dream match" set for June of that year. The undefeated De La Hoya had already won world titles in two divisions and was looking to ...
On June 7, 1996, Oscar De La Hoya fought Mexican legend Julio César Chávez (96–1–1) for the lineal and WBC light welterweight championship. [ 24] De la Hoya, with a record of 21–0 with 19 K.Os, defeated Chavez by a fourth-round TKO. The fight was stopped due to several bad cuts suffered by Chavez above his left eye.
Pacquiao’s career was made in 2008 when he battered a faded De La Hoya, and so De La Hoya likely hoped that Garcia could likewise build his career by battering a 44-year-old Pacquiao. Garcia ...
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (120-108, 118-110, 119-109) Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito, billed as "The Eighth Wonder of the World", was a super welterweight fight for the vacant WBC super welterweight championship. The bout was held on November 13, 2010, at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, United States.