Pacquiao stuns 'Golden Boy' De La Hoya with 8th-round TKO
China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-08 07:34
LAS VEGAS:
Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines stunned 10-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya with an eighth-round TKO in their non-title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday.Moving up two weight classes for his first fight at welterweight, WBC lightweight champion Pacquiao dominated De La Hoya from the opening bell, defying the American's longer reach and picking him off with straight left hands to the face.
Clearly ahead after the first few rounds, Pacquiao backed De La Hoya up against the ropes and opened up with combinations in the seventh and eighth. At the end of the eighth round De La Hoya's trainer signalled he had seen enough and the referee stopped the fight.
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