Mexican great Erik Morales, who faced Manny Pacquiao three times during his career, gave his thoughts on the proposed bout between Pacquiao and Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas. If the fight gets made, Pacquiao would have to move up from lightweight to an agreed upon of 147-pounds. Morales says the extra pounds that Pacquiao will pack on is going to tire him out due to the rapid climb in weight.
“Pacquiao will simply be tired by the sixth or seventh round, nothing more to it than that,” Morales told Alfredo Jaime G?mez of ESTO.
Morales was joined by WBC president Jose Sulaim?n, who also told the paper that De La Hoya should not fight Pacquiao and instead take the fight with WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito.
“Without a doubt, Pacquiao is a great boxer, but he is very small in this fight. He would have to blow himself up to fight De La Hoya at welterweight and it’s going to be like fighting a middleweight,” Sulaim?n said. “The power of Pacquiao will not be there in that division. If they want to sell a fraud to the public, they can go ahead. De La Hoya has picked the easiest (opponent). Against Margarito he will be on equal (physical) terms.”
