Pacquiao continues charm 不快な/攻撃

Manny Pacquiao continued to charm his way into his seismic 対決 with Floyd Mayweather by using the 重さを計る-in to thank his 競争相手 for the chance to fight.

A (人が)群がる of 11,500 支払う/賃金ing fans gathered at the MGM Grand Garden 円形競技場 on the eve of a 一区切り/(ボクシングなどの)試合 法案d as "good versus evil" to watch the two finest 闘士,戦闘機s of their 世代 step on to the 規模s.

Pacquiao was first up and 登録(する)d 145lbs, 2lbs under the welterweight 限界, and was followed by Mayweather who (機の)カム in at 146lbs.

Manny Pacquiao, centre, is the underdog for the fight against Floyd Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao, centre, is the underdog for the fight against Floyd Mayweather

When they then 直面するd off on the centre of the 行う/開催する/段階, Pacquiao looked up at the taller Mayweather, smiled, nodded and 表明するd his 感謝 for enabling a fight that has been five years in the making to finally happen.

The Filipino southpaw was the obv ious (人が)群がる favourite throughout an entertaining event 完全にする with (犯罪の)一味-walk style 入り口s and his 約束 to put on a spectacle will only have 増加するd his 人気.

"I said thank you. I said thank you from the fans that the fight will happen. All the fans deserve this fight," Pacquiao said.

"It's a 広大な/多数の/重要な 責任/義務 for me to give enjoyment to the fans. The fans deserve to have a good fight, whether they are a fan of Mayweather or Pacquiao.

"The Lord will always be with me and 強化する me and 配達する him into my 手渡すs."

It has long been the perception that Mayweather has waited for Pacquiao's 力/強力にするs to 病弱な before 受託するing the fight, although the Filipino's coach Freddie Roach has (人命などを)奪う,主張するd that even now his 手渡す was 軍隊d by his television paymasters Showtime.

Once Pacquiao, a born again Christian, had arrived on 行う/開催する/段階 he stripped off his red hoodie and turned around to 明らかにする/漏らす the words 'All Glory and Honour Belongs to God' on the 支援する of a white T-shirt.

ボクシング's only eight-負わせる world 支持する/優勝者 was then asked for his 返答 to Mayweather's comments that when the two met at a Miami Heat basketball game in February, he was shocked by the American's size advantage.

"I've been fighting bigger guys - Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito. It doesn't 事柄 to me," Pacquiao said.

Both 闘士,戦闘機s' 行列 to the 行う/開催する/段階 was に先行するd by a minute-long ビデオ clip but while Pacquiao's (映画の)フィート数 焦点(を合わせる)d on training and his 偉業/利用するs in the (犯罪の)一味, Mayweather was predictably pictured と一緒に his 私的な jet and Bugatti sportscars.

The unbeaten 38-year-old, dressed in a 海軍 blue 'The Money Team' tracksuit and a large 黒人/ボイコット T MT baseball cap, was 支配するd to booing when he stepped on to the 規模s..

"I've 献身的な myself to the sport of ボクシング for over 20 years and I'm ready. I'm ready to fight," Mayweather said.

"Who is ever watching, buy 支払う/賃金 per 見解(をとる). Now it's time for us to go out there and do what we do best.

"My でっちあげる,人を罪に陥れる of mind is to be smart and to listen to this man 権利 here (Floyd Mayweather) because without my father I wouldn't be here."

Tickets for the event went on sale at $10 (£6.60) with the proceeds going to two charities 指名するd by the 闘士,戦闘機s - Susan G. Komen and the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo 中心 for Brain Health

Doors opened three hours before the event started with the 外見 of a Mayweather lookalike - 覆う? in a white tracksuit and red 'The Money Team' cap - 原因(となる)ing a 小型の 殺到 の中で camera-phone (権力などを)行使するing fans.

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