The welterweight championship fight between Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao and Sugar Shane Mosley on Sunday (Manila time) is a go, after both fighters passed their weigh-in Saturday.
Pacquiao, 52-3-2 (38 knockouts), weighed in at 145 pounds while Mosley, 46-6-1 (39 KOs), made the welterweight class limit at 147 pounds, according to a report on dzBB radio early Saturday.
Most of the crowd at the weigh-in at the MGM Grand Arena – about 70 percent – were Filipinos, the report added.
Present at the weigh-in was world lightweight champ Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, who Pacquiao beat in a split decision in 2008.
According to a Reuters report, the two fighters were all smiles as they posed for the photographers for their pre-fight pictures and they embraced one another once that task was done.
“I am just so excited to be in this fight,” Mosley, a 39-year-old veteran who is a three-division world champion, said on the stage. “The whole world is watching. It should be great,” Reuters quoted the American boxer as saying.
Pacquiao, a 10-times world champion in a record eight weight divisions, is a 6-1 favorite to win but he has taken great pains not to underestimate his American challenger, the report said.
“I believe that Shane Mosley is a strong fighter, a good fighter,” the 32-year-old Filipino said. “He has trained hard for this fight so I have to train hard and focus on this fight.”
Pacquiao and Mosley are renowned for being ideal boxing ambassadors and have refused to indulge in any of the pre-bout trash-talking so common in the sport.
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