VIDEO: Sights, sounds from De La Hoya-Pacquiao in East L.A.

October 7th, 2008, 9:18 pm · 1 Comment · posted by CARLOS ARIAS

The Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao promotional tour for their Dec. 6 showdown on HBO PPV at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas wrapped up at the Whittier Blvd. Arch on Tuesday in East L.A.

Here is a interview with De La Hoya, who talked about his former trainer Freddie Roach, who is Pacquiao’s current trainer:

Here is what Pacquiao had to say about his fight against De La Hoya:

Here is what Roach had to say about De La Hoya-Pacquiao:

Here is what Top Rank’s Bob Arum had to say about De La Hoya-Pacquiao:

Here is what the scene looked like at the Whittier Blvd. Arch:

Here is popular Spanish radio DJ Piolin hyping up the crowd:

Here is comedian George Lopez introducing the fighters:

Here is Pacquiao’s arrival at the East L.A. news conference:

Here is De La Hoya’s arrrival at the East L.A. news conference:

Here is De La Hoya and Pacquiao posing for photos following the East L.A. news conference::

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