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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao weighed in just two pounds lighter than American Shane Mosley after the Filipino was welcomed by deafening cheers from his supporters on the eve of Saturday's WBO welterweight title fight.

Pacquiao, 52-3-2 (38 knockouts), tipped the scales at 145 pounds in front of a boisterous crowd of about 6,500 at the MGM Grand Hotel's Garden Arena.

Mosley, 46-6-1 (39 KOs), was weighed first and was right on the 147-pound limit for the scheduled 12-round bout.

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."

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.

"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.

NO TRASH TALKING

"This is a good example for the boxing fans and for all the fighters," Pacquiao told reporters earlier this week.

"The fight will be happy and a good example for the children who are idolizing the fighters, especially Mosley and me."

The atmosphere was electric as the two fighters made their way on to a raised stage for Friday's televised weigh-in where former boxing great Roberto Duran and Britain's WBA world light welterweight champion Amir Khan were among those attending.

Shouts of "Manny, Manny" rang out before the tracksuit-clad boxers finally emerged, Pacquiao and Mosley each smiling and waving to the fans before stepping on to the scales.

There were also friendly boos for Mosley who, despite being born in nearbyhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif Pomona, California, had a much smaller number of supporters in the arena.

Pacquiao is fighting for the first time since he recorded a ruthless points victory over Mexican Antonio Margarito in November for his eighth world title in an unprecedented eight weight class.

Mosley has not competed in the ring since his draw with Sergio Mora in September.

Pacquiao, already acknowledged as one of the best offensive fighters of all time, is guaranteed $20 million from Saturday's bout while Mosley will earn a minimum $5 million.

Source: Reuters Canada

YOU can’t beat fight night in Las Vegas when Manny Pacquiao is in town.

Floyd Mayweather might beg to differ, but no-one else would argue that the Pac Man is not boxing’s biggest star today.

Pacquiao is more distracted than ever. His political career back home in the Philippines and the millions that hang on his every word make ­preparation for fights ­increasingly awkward.

So far he seems to be handling the fanfare well enough, but I do wonder if at some point it will all takes its toll.

But not yet, not in the early hours tomorrow.

His opponent Shane Mosley has been a great fighter, as brave as any and with more self-belief than most.

That can lead an older fighter into tricky waters, of course. Mosley is 39.

If you take away the Antonio Margarito fight he has not performed anywhere near championship class in his last five bouts.

Margarito had taken off an awful lot of weight and by all accounts had to crash the pounds.

He was coming into that fight as the scandal of his illegal hand-wraps was circling. He was nowhere near top shape and would be banned a month later.

In Mosley’s previous fight against Ricardo Mayorga he was behind on all cards until he pulled off that amazing punch to finish it in the 12th.

Apart from a point in the second round when he caught and hurt Floyd Mayweather he was utterly schooled.

If Mayweather had not taken his foot off the gas it could have been embarrassing.

And in his last fight against Sergio Mora he earned a draw. Not great, and certainly not the Mosley that we have been hearing about in the build-up to this fight.

And that might be because the Mosley being talked up has gone forever. That does not mean that Pacquiao does not have to be careful early on. That is when Mosley still carries a sting.

He had Mayweather in some trouble. If he were to convert that kind of chance and maybe drop Pacquiao then the whole dynamic of the fight changes.

No fighter is infallible. Juan Manuel Marquez hurt Pacquiao. He has been down in his career. So an early knockdown would not surprise.

If that were to happen it would also change opinions about how Pacquiao might deal with Mayweather were they ever to meet.

To claim the upper hand in the moral argument with Mayweather, Pacquiao will want to win this fight more convincingly, maybe stop Mosley for the first time.

Pacquiao wants to come out of this fight with his reputation as the greatest box-office fighter on the planet enhanced.

Pacquiao’s freshness, his speed and the volume of punches he throws will ­ultimately take Mosley down.

Under Freddie Roach Pacquiao isn’t the ­reckless puncher he was. He is a more strategic destroyer now.

And he has the best feet in boxing. He can shuttle across the ring quicker than any I have ever seen.
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This allows him to bring power to the opponent and diffuse it when he is under attack. He is frighteningly fast getting in and out of position.

After four or five rounds Pacquiao will start to bite the canvas with his toes and let his shots go.

That is when life will start to get really tough for Mosley, the point at which he comes to understand what it is to be overwhelmed by the phenomenon that is Manny Pacquiao.


Source: MIRROR

Ask Shane Mosley how he can beat Manny Pacquiao, and the answer is match his speed and don't be afraid to trade punches with a fighter who loves to trade punches. Ask trainer Naazim Richardson how his fighter can beat the best boxer in the world, and the answer is slightly different.

"If he can be the best Sugar Shane Mosley there is, then Pacquiao has problems," Richardson said.

Unfortunately, Mosley hasn't been his best for quite some time. And that could make for a rough night Saturday when he tries to bounce back from a bad loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. against a fighter who lately has been beating up everyone put in front of him.

The 39-year-old Mosley will try to resurrect his career with a signature win over Pacquiao, who once again is so confident of his chances that he has scheduled a post-fight concert on the Las Vegas Strip for all his loyal followers. Mosley must not only battle Pacquiao, who has won 13 straight fights, but the perception that he is a shot fighter after one last big payday.

"It's an opportunity to show people I'm not washed up," Mosley said. "You don't lose your power. They say you lose your speed, but I haven't lost my speed either."

Pacquiao certainly hasn't lost his, and is coming off an 8-week training camp that trainer Freddie Roach said was his best ever. The Filipino sensation who travels with an entourage bigger than any Muhammad Ali had in his day, remains focused on boxing even while working a side job as a congressman back home and singing with his band.

His real work, though, comes in the ring in big pay-per-view fights. And ever since he sent Oscar De La Hoya into retirement by giving him a brutal beating, Pacquiao has been the most exciting fighter of his time.

"This is an important fight for me and millions of my fans," Pacquiao said. "You cannot underestimate him. He's strong, throws a lot of punches and moves fast."

The Mosley of old certainly did that. But after losing a lopsided decision to Mayweather and struggling in a draw against Sergio Mora last September, many in boxing simply consider Mosley to be old.

Oddsmakers agree, making Pacquiao a 6-1 favorite in a fight that has been sold out for weeks at the MGM Grand hotel arena. The scheduled 12-round fight is for the WBO version of the welterweight title that Pacquiao won against Miguel Cotto.

Pacquiao weighed in at 145 pounds, while Mosley was at 147.

Pacquiao, returning to the same ring where he made his U.S. debut 10 years ago, is coming off two fights at Cowboys Stadium in Texas. In his last fight there in November he gave a bigger Antonio Margarito such a beating that Margarito was hospitalized and had to have surgery on his eye socket.

But Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts) was also on the receiving end of a lot of punches by Margarito, largely because he's the kind of fighter unafraid of mixing it up.

"When you like to exchange and you like to throw punches, you put yourself in harm's way," Roach said. "That's why Manny is the most exciting fighter in the world. I can't take that away from him. He's always liked to throw combinations, and when you let your hands go you leave yourself open."

Mosley, who gave up his ownership share in De La Hoya's Golden Boy Productions to get the fight, is eager to find out just how hittable Pacquiao might be.

"I think it's going to be an action fight from the beginning," Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) said. "It's going to get very interesting, very quick."

Almost lost in the buildup has been talk about Pacquiao fighting Mayweather in what would likely be the richest fight in boxing history. Mayweather, who hasn't fought in a year and is facing legal charges in three criminal cases, has given no indication he is serious about a fight with the man most in boxing say is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

"I don't want to talk about Floyd Mayweather's issues or anything like that," Pacquiao said. "I'm the kind of person who doesn't want to talk about someone behind his back. He did his best in boxing. He contributed to the history of boxing."

Part of that history, Mayweather supporters might argue, is that he softens up fighters for Pacquiao. Mayweather beat De La Hoya before Pacquiao fought him and knocked out Ricky Hatton before Pacquiao also stopped Hatton. Now Pacquiao takes on Mosley, hoping to improve on the lopsided decision win that Mayweather scored against a fighter who has never been stopped.

"If the knockouts come, they come," Pacquiao said. "What matters is the fight that we can give to the people and the fans. I want them to be happy and excited about our performance."

Pacquiao is expected to make at least $20 million, while Mosley is guaranteed $5 million plus a percentage of pay-per-view sales.

Source: AP

Manny Pacquiao insists that he is primed and ready to take on Shane Mosley ahead of Saturday's World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight bout in Las Vegas.

The Filipino, who also holds the World Boxing Council crown, has prepared meticulously for the fight and maintains that he has not trained this vigorously since 2008 -- the year he beat Oscar De La Hoya in eight rounds.

"I trained hard for this fight because I never underestimate Mosley and I consider him a good fighter and a tough opponent for me," the 32-year-old told CNN.

Mosley, a former World Boxing Association welterweight super champion, has won world titles in three weight divisions. The American also beat De la Hoya, in 2003, but lost the WBC and WBA light-middleweight titles he acquired just a few months later against Winky Wright.

Pacquiao, meanwhile, is the first boxer to win 10 world titles in eight different weight divisions, maintaining a 52-3-2 record, with 38 knockouts under his belt.

Despite the competitive rivalry between both fighters, the usual pre-fight trash-talk has been absent in the interactions between Pacquiao and Mosley, with the so-called "People's Champ" intent on a good clean fight.

"We're going to do our job to make people happy and our concern is what fight we can give to the people," Pacquiao said. "We want people satisfied on Saturday."

Pacquiao enjoys considerable popularity in his native Philippines, where he has endorsed major brands such as McDonald's and San Miguel beer.

"The support of millions of Filipinos gives me more motivation and inspiration to focus and to work hard," he said.

"I'm always motivated every time I see the fans. The love of the fans gives me more motivation and determination train hard and to focus."

Pacquiao's forays outside the boxing ring have also led to him being elected to the House of Representatives in the Philippines and even into the music industry.

He has produced a cover of the Dan Hill ballad "Sometimes When We Touch," which he will showcase at an upcoming beach party at Mandalay Bay Beach Resort in Las Vegas.

"I really love music and every time I hear [it], I feel good, even if I'm tired," he said.

It is the match, however, that is his primary focus over the coming days as he trains his eyes on a victory on Saturday.

Source: CNN