SCHAEFER: OSCAR WILL KNOCK OUT MANNY IN 6TH; ROACH IN 8TH
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 14 Nov 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has predicted that the golden boy Oscar de la Hoya will knock out Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao in the 6th round of their much-awaited megabuck fight on Dec. 6 in Las Vegas -- and along the way, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, will also get laid.
Speaking to PhilBoxing.com at De La Hoya's training camp in Big Bear during the open media workout Wednesday afternoon, Schaefer took pains to disprove Roach's predictive abilities. Roach has been very vocal about his ward's chances of beating De La Hoya saying that Oscar could no longer pull the trigger and that Manny would finish the fight within the 9th round.
"Freddie makes a lot of predictions, remember that Freddie said that Vazquez should not fight Rafael Marquez?" Schaefer started with a poser, referring to Israel Vazquez who was formerly trained by Roach, "then Israel took another trainer, and he won twice against Rafael Marquez. Then Freddie said, after the fight with Calzaghe, that Bernard Hopkins is too old, he should not fight anymore. Then Bernard Hopkins took another trainer and he had the best fight of his life, against Kelly Pavlik."
After training Oscar de la Hoya in a losing effort against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May last year, Roach also trained Golden Boy partner Bernard Hopkins for his fight against undefeated Welshman Joe Calzaghe last April in a fight where Hopkins knocked down Calzaghe in the first round but eventually lost by split decision.
"And now," Schaefer continues, "Freddie says that Oscar is old and can no longer pull the trigger, you know what? Freddie Roach is gonna be wrong, three for three."
The 'Dream Match' between boxing's golden boy Oscar de la Hoya and pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao is expected to gather more heat in the days leading to Dec. 6 where finally everything will be settled by the two combatants atop the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena before an expected full house crowd in the world's boxing capital in Las Vegas, Nevada and millions of viewers all over the world.
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