Boxing is all about the numbers, from the judges’ scorecards to the pay-per-view clicks, and tomorrow night’s cross-weight classic in Las Vegas between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao is intriguing on both fronts. No one but pedants not worth listening to is entirely sure of the result, which is as it should be, even though De La Hoya is so much bigger than the Filipino genius. That is because of the variables of age, power, speed and ambition.
