By Mark Vester
During his trip to Houston, Texas, Oscar De La Hoya was wearing two hats. One hand he was promoting the Juan Diaz-Michael Katsidis showdown, put together by De La Hoya's company, Golden Boy Promotions. On the other hand he was promoting his own showdown, with WBC lightweight champ Manny Pacquiao, scheduled for December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya called Pacquiao a complex fighter and sold the fighter as a much closer contest than many predict. Pacquiao has to move up by two weight divisions to 147-pounds, De La Hoya last fought at 150. He says the reason he took the fight was because Pacquiao and his trainer, Freddie Roach, challenged him. He forgot about the amount of money involved.
