A shield could be Pacquiaos biggest weapon.

Byline: Recah Trinidad

SUGAR RAY LEONARD, NOT ONE to pull his punches, slammed it hard in issuing a vital warning to Manny Pacquiao.

Leonard put it bluntly and told Pacquiao he wont stand a chance against Oscar De La Hoya if he forgets his shield, no matter how flimsy, in the dugout.

That, you bet, is a big improvement from what the sage Angelo Dundee had predicted when he swore that he didnt see any chance of Pacquiao winning over De La Hoya.

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OK, you can say that Dundee, with his mythical credentials, could easily qualify as the pontiff of prizefighting, if theres such a being.

But its easier to side with Leonard. …