MANILA, Philippines?Roberto Duran is leaning toward Manny Pacquiao while fellow boxing icon Thomas Hearns says Oscar De La Hoya should win if only for the Golden Boy?s sheer size.
As the two great prizefighters of the 1980s gamely took their picks, Pacquiao breezed through a light routine on the first day of his training for what he calls the ?greatest fight of my life? against De La Hoya on Dec. 6 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
No one was allowed to watch at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, according to philboxing.com, as Freddie Roach started to get his most famous ward back into shape Wednesday afternoon.
Three tall sparring mates have been lined up, all of whom packing a mean left hook, which is De La Hoya?s main weapon according to Roach.
?They all have powerful left hooks,? the philboxing.com report quoted Roach as describing Pacquiao?s sparmates.
The trainer also pooh-poohed the Golden Boy?s right hand. ?He (De La Hoya) has no right,? said Roach. ?He has a jab but no right.?
Yuri Foreman, a 5-foot-11 NABF light middleweight champion who boasts a 25-0 record with eight KOs, will be the top sparmate for Pacquiao, the reigning WBC lightweight champion.
Joining Foreman are fellow middleweight Arron Robinson, a 5-10 fighter with a 6-2-0 (4 KOs) record and 5-11 welterweight Rashad Holloway (9-1-0).
