De la Hoya: 'It'll be a disaster if I don't KO Pacquiao'

MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao is hoping to knock out the bigger Oscar de la Hoya. If the chance presents itself.

But not for de la Hoya. He expects to knock out Manny Pacquiao.

De la Hoya hinted in a media conference call on Monday (Tuesday morning, Manila time) that he is preparing for a quick ending - no more, no less.

"I will be extremely, extremely disappointed if this fight doesn't end in a knockout," de la Hoya said. "It will be a total disaster."

Just last week, de la Hoya couldn't be counted on to make a serious prediction as to how long the fight will last.

He sounded either sarcastic (De la Hoya's response to Freddie Roach's nine-round forecast? "We'll catch Pacquiao in five so we don't get to nine.") Or plain uninterested ("It may end in the seventh because that's my lucky number.").


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