Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, made famous for his work with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and several others, doesn't think size will be a factor in the upcoming fight with Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao. Dundee was hired by De La Hoya as an advisor for his training camp. Pacquiao, with only one fight at 135-pounds, will move up by two divisions to face De La Hoya at 147. De La Hoya is moving down by three-pounds from the weight of his May with Steve Forbes.
He says the winner comes down to which of the two is the better fight, and he considers De La Hoya as the better fight. He doesn't feel that Pacquiao has the right tools to beat his fighter.
''Hagler stepped before he punched. Ray slid on him. Pacquiao does the same thing. Oscar can pounce on that. Pacquiao's style is the height of aggression -- busy, busy, busy. But Oscar is the better fighter. He's been training like a 21-year-old," Dundee said.
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