MANILA, Philippines?If the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar De La Hoya fight pushes through, Freddie Roach has a simple formula to prevent the Mexican legend from increasing his built-in weight advantage over the Filipino superstar further.
?I?m pushing for a same-day (as the fight) weigh-in,? Roach told Ron Borges of The Sweet Science on Tuesday.
?We?d need some things in our favor; it can?t be all one way,? added Roach.
Pacquiao, accompanied by wife Jinkee and their three children, is currently in Las Vegas to meet with Top Rank president Bob Arum and lay down conditions for the megabuck bout.
Among the terms Pacquiao will reportedly ask is an equal purse and a share of the pay-per-view and gate receipts.
To dissuade De La Hoya from putting up more poundage, Team Pacquiao is also keen on asking for a whopping $750,000 in penalty for every excess pound the 35-year-old ten-time champion will bring into the fight.
Meanwhile, World Boxing Council president Jose Sulaiman has turned over the WBC mini-belt to Pacquiao, who will serve as flag-bearer of the Philippine delegation to the Beijing Olympics, which kicks off Aug. 8.
