LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao weighed in two pounds under the welterweight limit as he and Floyd Mayweather mounted the scales before tomorrow night’s ‘fight of the century’, writes Dave Kidd in Las Vegas.
WBO welterweight champion Pacquiao weighed in at 10st 5lb, with WBA and WBC champion Mayweather one pound heavier – a narrower margin than had been expected.
Filipino Pacquaio enjoyed the overwhelming majority of the support among the 16,000 fans who had packed into the MGM Grand’s Garden Arena for the official weigh-in.
The two fighters stared each other out one final time, just 29 hours before they meet in the ring for the richest fight in boxing history.
American Mayweather, with a flawless 47-fight professional record, said: “My frame of mind to be smart listen to my father (his trainer Floyd Senior) – without him I would never be where I am.
“This has been unbelievable turnout of fans supporting me and Manny – now up to us to do what we do best in the ring.”
The 36-year-old Pacquiao, a world champion in six weight divisions, insisted he was unconcerned by Mayweather’s height, reach and weight advantages after the pair had sized each other up on stage.
He said: “The fans deserve this fight. I have been fighting bigger guys. It doesn’t bother me. I feel tomorrow that the Lord is with me.”
The weigh-in was an all-ticket affair with fans paying ten dollars the venue for a view of the two fighters in the venue which will stage tomorrow’s unification bout (approx 4am on Sunday BST).
Only 1,000 tickets for the fight itself went on sale to the general public, with scores of Hollywood A-listers expected here, so the to prevent potential crushing in this opulent Death Star of a hotel. Mirror.co.uk
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