Can’t believe it’s finally here! Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao weighed
Can’t believe it’s finally here!
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao weighed in below the welterweight limit Friday before a packed arena of screaming, singing fans anticipating the landmark bout.
One day before Mayweather and Pacquiao finally meet in the richest event in boxing history, they took the stage in an MGM Grand arena filled with 11,500 fans enjoying the public’s best chance to see the fighters in person.
A beaming Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs) stepped on the scales first and weighed in at 145 pounds — two below the welterweight limit.
Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs) followed and weighed in at 146 pounds.
The fighters betrayed few emotions in their staredown, keeping with the impersonal nature of the promotion.
But Pacquiao also said, “Thank you” to Mayweather, who said he didn’t hear it.
“(I was) thanking him for the fans that the fight will happen,” Pacquiao said. “I think, I believe that the fight must happen because the fans deserve it.”
Come on PACMAN!!
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Source AP