De La Hoya blocks punch from Pacquiao on Monday afternoon

LAS VEGAS, NV — Oscar De La Hoya spent most of Monday relaxing comfortably, recuperating from his possible career-ending thrashing at the hands of Manny Pacquiao Saturday night.

There was one brief moment of excitement around 3:37 pm Eastern time, when De La Hoya attempted to block a left cross that Pacquiao had thrown 44 hours before.

“I can’t quite explain it, except to say that my reflexes have slowed somewhat,” De La Hoya said. “The punch I was trying to block was thrown in the second round of Saturday’s fight. I tried to get my hands up at the time, but I guess I was a bit to slow. At this level of boxing, you have to react in half a second, not in, you know, 158,400 seconds.”

According to eyewitnesses, De La Hoya was simply sitting on a couch, when all of a sudden he threw his hands to his face in an attempt to block the “punch.”

“It was really strange,” the witness said. “We’re just sitting there, talking, and all of a sudden Oscar throws his hands up next to his face like he’s blocking a punch. Really strange.”

According to the witness, De La Hoya’s hands we’re too far apart, and he could have easily been struck in the face through his slow, wide-open guard.

“Shit,” the witness said. “He had a day and a half to get his guard up. You think he’d put it in front of his face, right?”

It’s going to be tough for this sport to sweep any nations, but it’s still pretty frickin’ cool!