Before we get to the last episode, I wanted to point out HBO’s YouTube page. There’s a lot of build up for the fight on the page including this goofy one below where Oscar runs with Mario Lopez, aka AC Slater. I like that Ring track jacket.
A few days before the fight and Pacquiao is only at 141 pounds. Oscar is at around 147.
De La Hoya says that he feels it and the memories are coming back from his early career training in Big Bear. He says boxing is his passion. Millie, his wife, says that at first, he was tired of boxing and now he’s in love with it again. She says that she doesn’t fight it anymore.
Oscar had a statue dedicated to him outside of the Staples Center right next to the statue of Magic Johnson and Wayne Gretzky.
Both guys show up at the same running track in Las Vegas, just minutes apart. Manny smiles and Freddie Roach tries to joke with Oscar, who poker faces him. Freddie says he must be scared.
Manny and his wife are sharing a room together which hasn’t been the case in the last seven weeks. She’s been his silent support.
Freddie says that maybe Oscar’s too big, and sometimes he doubts the fight, but whenever he visualizes the outcome, he always sees Manny winning.
Angelo Dundee says everything is working good for Oscar. He says he gave him all the information necessary and he’s ready to fight.
Oscar says you haven’t been on the big stage unless you fight Oscar.
Most of the focus of this episode was probably what the 24/7 series should’ve been all along. People are doubting Oscar and he’s trying to prove that he still has it. The hungry lion is in his way and ready to take everything that comes with beating the bigger De La Hoya.
Marky Mark, aka Mark Wahlberg came to see Pacquiao train. Maybe Mark should put some gloves on. He’s portraying Mickey Ward in a movie.
Freddie Roach is worried about the fight because it’s the biggest one he’s been apart of. Um, I don’t think anything is bigger than last year’s De La Hoya vs. Mayweather. Roach gets his hair cut at a salon. Hey, me too. The guy who owns the salon says, “Fuck Oscar De La Hoya.” And it’s a pretty nice haircut too.
Pacquiao runs with his dog but the dog isn’t on a leash so it runs in front of cars. Pacquaio doesn’t seem to care.
Pacquiao and his wife are doing karaoke. They are one.
Bernard Hopkins comes to the gym to support Oscar. Bernard says people are counting Oscar out, just like they counted him out before he beat Kelly Pavlik.
Oscar says at this point in his career, he’s so hungry for the knockout and he promises a knockout for the fight.
Pacquiao passes out 500 turkeys in Philipinotown which is a few miles outside of LA and is where the most Filipinos live in Southern California.
Manny is doing an eating contest to mess with the guys who are trying to lose weight and win the weight contest he set up last week.
Oscar’s uncle says that Joel De La Hoya had all the talent, but he didn’t have the heart and he was a chicken. Chicken De La Hoya?
Oscar says he can’t wait to test out his conditioning after training all that time in the high altitude. He weighed in at 147.9 pounds which is where he wanted to be so he’s able to eat turkey dinner.
Manny Pacquiao’s training is broken up into two parts. One is fundamentals and the second is sparring. Freddie Roach says that he has real fighters spar and it’s the real deal. Pacquiao says his goal is to throw a lot of punches so that there’s more action in the ring. Roach says if they knock Manny down, they get a $1000 bonus. Roach says he’s worried about Oscar’s jab the most. I think he should be worried about that thing Oscar calls his left hook as well.
Oscar says that coming down to welterweight actually increases his speed. George Lopez is on hand and says that no one since Oprah has won so much while at different weight classes. Ha! Angelo Dundee says he likes Freddie Roach but his kid is going to take a licking. De La Hoya also says that it doesn’t look like he’s going to retire.
Oscar plays with his kids and says that with his family with him, it gives him more strength and power. His wife Millie says that he’s a great dad. I wonder what his other baby mamas think about that.
Pacquiao dropped out of school at age 12 to work to help his family. Manny’s mom knows it’s dangerous work to be a boxer, but she knows that because of it, he’s able to give back to his people.
Oscar says his relationship with his dad was very cold. He doesn’t even remember having a real conversation with his father. Oscar said his father was so focused on him becoming the best and didn’t take no for an answer.
Roach says Oscar is a part time fighter and you can’t be sharp by being a part time fighter. Roach says Nacho is an asshole because he disrespected him and he doesn’t like him.
Pacquiao weighs his team and has a competition between them to see who can lose ten pounds. They will win $2000 and if someone loses fifteen, it’s $3000.
Dundee’s work is done. He thinks Oscar has all the answers for Pacquiao.
After twelve rounds of sparring, Nacho said that he made some tactical mistakes and was a bit reckless in his attacking.
He says that he’s out there to prove that he’s not over the hill.
There’s a cool montage played to Eminem’s Till I Collapse to end the show.
It’s the biggest money fight of the year and HBO is pushing the fight with the 24/7 specials which were a huge reason as to why De La Hoya/Mayweather did 2.4 million pay per view buys. Without the Mayweather’s I’m not sure this special can be as interesting, but HBO is so great with their productions, they could have something up their sleeve.
De La Hoya is running in Big Bear with a “Ring” jacket.
He says Big Bear makes him feel at home and re-engergizes him. It pumps him up.
Pacquiao says it’s the biggest moment in his boxing career. Freddie Roach says he’s ferocious. Roach trained De La Hoya for the Mayweather fight last year. De La Hoya says that Roach came into the fight with the wrong game plan. Roach says he lost because of a reason, but he’s not telling. He’s going to use it against him.
De La Hoya looks to be using some football training for his sprint work. He’s also doing electrostimulation which sends an electrical charge from his shoulder to hand. It moves the blood and energy around to find blockages.
Eleven of Pacquiao’s team members live in a two bedroom condo. They live to serve him and follow him everywhere. Roach says that Manny is special to him and he’s a product of the best work he’s ever done.
Roach says Pacquiao will over train if you let him. Pac says that if you train hard, the fight will be easy.
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