About 700 crowded Alamo Plaza for the hour-late 3 p.m. press conference to officially herald De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao.

“I met my beautiful wife here, I fought here once. This is like a second home to me,” De La Hoya said. “My heart will always be in San Antonio.”

“The best, toughest fighters in the world are Filipinos,” Bob Arum said. Hispanic crowd hissed.

This fourth stop on a six-city mass media promo tour Las Vegas megabout. The circuit started Wednesday at the Statue of Liberty, with layovers Thursday at the Sears Tower in Chicago and Friday at Space Center Houston.

Already they are calling Alamo for Pacquiao because some views his chances of defeating De La Hoya to those of Davy Crockett and his men against the Mexican army at the Battle of the Alamo. Some believe Pacquiao is simply too small to defeat De La Hoya. Pacquiao said size does not count.

“Speed will be the difference in this fight,” Pacquiao said. “I don't think he can hurt me. I think I'll be able to handle his power.”

The dream match is promoted as box office champion vs. the pound for pound hero. The battle, based for the MGM Grand Garden Arena, sold-out in less than two hours and raised a live gate of $17 million. Pay-per-view sales events number to assist Pacquiao make the largest pay of his vocation.



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