Pacquiao vs De La Hoya: The Filipino ring icon forced the American Golden Boy into retirement

It needed Manny Pacquiao barely 24 minutes to prove that Oscar de La Hoya could no longer give and take punches.

Weeks before the Pacquiao-de La Hoya fight took place on December 6, 2008, the Pacman’s chief trainer Freddie Roach had assessed that the Mexican-American legend can no longer pull the trigger and that his ward, a 1-to-2 underdog fighting as a welterweight for the first time, will easily win.