by Michael David SmithWhen I spoke today to Freddie Roach, the trainer for Manny Pacquiao, he told me he isn't worried about the size advantage that Oscar De La Hoya will have when they fight on December 6.
But what if it turns out that De La Hoya doesn't have any size advantage at all?
After talking to Roach -- who told me Pacquiao weighs 151 pounds right now -- I talked to De La Hoya's trainer, Nacho Beristain, and he told me something stunning: As De La Hoya has trained for this fight, his weight dipped all the way down to 146 pounds.
Beristain said he was concerned by that, and that once they got more carbs and protein into his system, De La Hoya got back up to 150. But that's still a pound less than Pacquiao. So much for De La Hoya having a size advantage.
Both fighters will weigh in at 147 pounds on December 5, and once they rehydrate for Saturday night's fight, I think De La Hoya will have a slight weight advantage, as well as, obviously, a height and reach advantage of a few inches. But overall, I have to agree with Roach: De La Hoya's size advantage isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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