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De La Hoya to pay $ 3 million for every pound over 147

Oscar De La Hoya is dead-certain of tipping the scales at 147 lbs or even less during the official weigh-in on the eve of his Dec. 6 brawl with Manny Pacquiao.

“I have already talked with Bob Arum and he told me that Oscar has agreed that the penalty will be $ 3 million for every pound or a fraction thereof in excess of 147 lbs (during the weighin),”said Pacquiao lawyer Franklin Gacal yesterday.

Gacal had batted for the inclusion of that agreement in the official fight contract to prevent De La Hoya from gaining more advantage as he is naturally the bigger boxer.

“Oscar is the bigger boxer, is taller (at 5-10 as to Pacquiao who is 5-6) and has the reach advantage,” said Gacal, noting that the Golden Boy will have to sweat it out to make the welterweight limit.

In his last two fights — against Floyd Mayweather and Steve Forbes—De La Hoya came in at 150 lbs.

“Well, I think first of all a lot of people are going to be very surprised when we’re standing next to each other. Size really isn’t going to be that much of a big difference. It’s not going to be like Roy Jones against John Ruiz with the size differential,” said De La Hoya during a teleconference call from Los Angeles.

“I also have to keep in mind that Manny Pacquiao is a southpaw. So in the past the southpaw fighters that I have fought I really haven’t done very well with, so this is not going to be an easy fight I have no intentions of taking it easy in the gym. I have no intentions of looking for this fight to be easy,” said De La Hoya in the teleconference.

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De La should come in at weight. Oscar is really selling this thing isn’t he?

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