Title: “De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao Master Giclee”

Size: 36” x 48”

Year: 2008

Medium: Hand embellished Giclee on canvas

Edition Size: This artwork is the only one in existence at this size & is considered by the artist as the “Master Print” because it is the largest painting of its kind.

It was exhibited at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas during the Super Fight weekend.

The Fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden & this master piece was on display at the entrance of the arena which received a great deal of attention.

* The Dream Match *

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao was billed as The Dream Match. It was a professional boxing welterweight superfight. The bout took place on December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Pacquiao defeated De La Hoya via technical knockout when De La Hoya wasn’t able to continue with the fight before the start of the ninth round.

The card was a co-production of Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing and De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and was aired live on pay-per-view (PPV) on HBO PPV. The fight is notable for propelling Manny Pacquiao to full-blown superstar status in much of the western world (mostly in The United States), as Oscar De La Hoya symbolically "passed the torch", so to speak, to Pacquiao.

Despite no title belts being disputed, the bout received a lot of publicity since the two boxers were highly decorated, with Pacquiao being the current number one pound for pound boxer in the world as judged by The Ring, and a five-time world champion in five different weight divisions at the time (Pacquiao was the reigning WBC lightweight champion at the time of the bout). Meanwhile, De La Hoya was an Olympic gold medalist and past holder of 10 world titles in six weight divisions.

Pacquiao had to step up two weight divisions (from lightweight), and De La Hoya had to go down one weight division (from light middleweight), to be eligible for the bout to be fought in the Welterweight division.

At the end of the bout Manny said to Oscar “You are my idol” & Oscar said to Manny “You’re my idol now”.

Manny is the first boxer in history to win World titles in 8 weight divisions.

Oscar won World titles in 6 different divisions which was the most before Manny beat his record.

They are both considered to be 2 of the best to ever do it & are without a doubt 2 of the greatest fighters in their respective generations.