• Is De La Hoya done?

  By Brett Okamoto · Dec. 7, 2008 · 2 AM

  After a 16-year career that placed boxer Oscar De La Hoya at the forefront of the sport, the 10-time champ may have seen his final minutes in a ring through a badly swollen left eye Saturday night.

• Dream Comes True for Pacquiao

  By Voja Radosavljevic · Dec. 7, 2008 · 2:46 AM

  

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  Manny Pacquiao defeated Oscar De La Hoya in the long awaited "Dream Match" at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night. Pacquiao won with an eighth-round TKO.

• De La Hoya-Pacquiao

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  Manny Pacquiao left little doubt Saturday night to whom the best boxer on this planet is. He jumped up two weight classes and easily defeated one of the sport's all-time best in Oscar De La Hoya. The fight ended when De La Hoya's corner threw in the towel after the eighth round.

• Lopez weighs in with comedy

  By Andy Samuelson · Dec. 5, 2008 · 5:30 PM

  It didn’t really matter though, comedian George Lopez more than made up for their silence — cracking plenty of ethic jokes and keeping the crowd entertained before the two welterweights tipped the scales well under the 147-pound limit.

• Recession-proof fight? Promoter says so

  By Jeff Haney · Dec. 4, 2008 · 2 AM

  Those who track such arcane segments of the business are reporting that preliminary sales of the pay-per-view broadcast of Saturday night’s Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight have been encouraging. The figures are so strong, in fact, they’re outpacing the numbers put up by De La Hoya’s bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May 2007.

• All In: Pacquiao-De La Hoya

  By Alex Adeyanju · Dec. 4, 2008 · 4:30 PM

  

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  All In host Alex Adeyanju and Sun writer Andy Samuelson break down how the weight class changes will affect this weekend's Dream Match between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya.

Fight Info

What: The Dream Match: Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar De La Hoya

When: Saturday, Dec. 6 (Doors open at 3 p.m., first bout begins at 3:15 p.m. PDT)

Where: MGM Grand Garden Arena

Tickets:$150 to $1,000, mgmgrand.com; or MGM Grand box office

TV: HBO Pay-per-view begins at 6 p.m. PT

Betting line:De La Hoya minus 170 (subject to change)

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Pacquiao bio

Record: 47-3-2 (35 KOs)

Age: 29

Height: 5-foot-6

Nationality: Filipino

Last Bout: June 28, 2008 vs. David Díaz, W (TKO)

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De La Hoya bio

Record: 39-5 (30 KOs)

Age: 35

Height: 5-foot-10

Nationality: American

Last Bout: May 3, 2008 vs. Steve Forbes, W (UD)

More Sun Coverage

• Take Five: De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao (12-6-2008)

• Nothing quite like buildup to a fight (12-5-2008)

• Slideshow: Media Day (12-3-2008)

• Weighty issues solved (12-3-2008)

• Video: Dream Arrival (12-2-2008)

• Boxers arrive in grand fashion (12-2-2008)

• Historic feat provides target for Pacquiao (12-2-2008)

• Trainer aims jabs at new, if familiar, foe (11-27-2008)

• Video: Pacquiao Training Timelapse (11-26-2008)

• Hatton, trainer have eyes on Pacquiao-De La Hoya (11-24-2008)

• Buildup aside, this one feels big (11-18-2008)

Coverage Elsewhere

• Yahoo!: His time

• ESPN: So this is how it ends

• SI: Political Punch

• Boston Globe: Roach hopes to have De La Hoya cornered

• USA Today: Still looking for Mr. Right?

• Yahoo!: Boxing hype finally reaching the 21st century

• LA Times: Statue is a fitting honor for De La Hoya

• HBO: Weighty Issues

• ESPN: Fight with Pacquiao is personal for De La Hoya

• GMA Network: Mother, rest of the country ready to rally behind Pacquiao