Do you think dela Hoya CHEATED?

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Okay, so he lost. But after talking to a good friend of mine and hearing some of his observations on the entire fight, it got me thinking... maybe someone did cheat, and maybe that someone was dela HOya. Hey, I'm all for the Golden BOy (even rooted for him against my own countryman!) (I also responded to a post here that has a smiliar note as this discussion I'm starting.) The 'cheating' was explained by my friend to me this way: The personal weighing scales of both boxers were calibrated to match the measurement of the official scale. On the day of the official weigh in, Pacquiao, from his own weighing scale, weighed 146 lbs. (I just mentioned the word 'weigh' 3 times in one sentence! Ugh!). When he got to the official scale he weighed 142 lbs. That's four pounds lighter, right? AND my friend also pointed out that it's only a 30-minute ride from Pacman's room to the weighing center in Vegas; it's physically impossible for any human being to lose 4 pounds in 30 minutes by just a mere ride. Meanwhile, dela Hoya weighed 145lbs. It isn't a secret that he had to lose some weight to get into the welterweight division. If Pacquiao's weight discrepancy is to be based, dela Hoya should've been 149 lbs, which is two pounds more than what he should be weighing for the said division. Implications? He should be paying 2million dollars as fine for those two extra pounds, a million per. My friend said that they most probably have tinkered with the scale prior to the weigh in so that dela Hoya's camp would not have to pay such an exorbitant amount. Then again, this may just be all a coincidence, or probably my friend was just overanalyzing everything...