Inamin ni Oscar Dela Hoya na hindi siya komportableng labanan ang mga mabibilis na boksingerong kagaya ni Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao.

Kabilang sa mga maliliksing nakalaban na ng 35-anyos na si Dela Hoya na nagbigay sa kanya ng sakit ng ulo ay sina light middleweights Sugar Shane Mosley, Floyd Maywether, Jr. at middleweight Bernard Hopkins.

”As you are aware slick speed boxers have given me trouble. Look at my losses to Mosley, Mayweather and Hopkins,” ani Dela Hoya kahapon. “Straight ahead punchers are fighters that I usually have success against.”

Dalawang beses natalo si Dela Hoya kay Mosley noong 2000 at 2003 at tig-isa naman kina Mayweather at Hopkins noong 2007 at 2004, ayon sa pagkakasunod.

Sa kabila ng pagiging manipis mula sa pagbaba sa 148 pounds galing sa 160, nasa magandang kondisyon na ngayon si Dela Hoya para sa kanilang non-title welterweight fight nila ni Pacquiao sa Disyembre 6 (US time) sa MGM Grand Garden Arena sa Las Vegas, Nevada.

“I wanted to make sure I made the weight early since I don’t know what I would feel like at this weight. To be honest with you, at first I was light-headed and felt weak,” ani Dela Hoya. “Now I am used to it and am feeling good. I am thinking of dropping to 140 for my next fight.”

Idinagdag rin ni “Golden Boy” na hindi niya magiging problema ang pagbabago ng timbang para sa isang laban.

“You know I have been very successful in moving up in weight. There is a right way and a wrong way to do it. I do it the right way. I eat right and I have the proper training regimen,” wika ni Dela Hoya, nagsasanay sa ilalim ni Mexican legendary trainer Ignacio “Nacho “Beristain.

“From what I hear he is doing it the right way. I am sure he will still hit with power and have his speed,” dagdag pa nito sa ginagawang pagsasanay ng 29-anyos na si Pacquiao katuwang si Freddie Roach.