No La Chinges: Oscar De La Hoya To Fight Manny Pacquiao On December 6th.

Well kiss our grits. We had no idea Oscar De La Hoya had it in him, but apparently he wants to be sent into retirement with a true bang, and possibly give people the greatest fight since…Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. ESPN reports:

Oscar De La Hoya, boxing’s biggest star, will announce Thursday that he will meet pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6, two sources close to the fight told ESPN.com.
Top Rank’s Bob Arum, whose company promotes Pacquiao, would not confirm a deal was in place for what would be the year’s biggest fight, but he did tell ESPN.com that De La Hoya would host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday to announce his opponent.

You guys got that? 2pm mañana. We’re either going to get Manny’s name or an announcement that he’s got a new idea for Houston Dynamo uniforms. Both would be greeted with fanfare, actually. Bob Arum, though, is still mum.

“We’ll know who is he is fighting tomorrow,” Arum said Wednesday from Youngstown, Ohio, where he was attending a promotional event for the Kelly Pavlik-Bernard Hopkins fight that he is co-promoting with De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. “I made a commitment that I wouldn’t say anything and that tomorrow there would be an announcement. I’m not allowed to make any comments. Everything will be clear on Thursday.”

We already know the fighters will be fighting at the 147-weight class and throw blows with eight ounce gloves, so lets get this show on the road. Start the HBO special! Someone order the carne asada! There’s a huge pachanga at someone’s pad on December 6th!
Sources: De La Hoya, Pacquiao agree to Dec. 6 fight in Vegas [ESPN]