Rivals meet in press conference before big fight

Ahead of their Saturday May 2 big fight, boxing superstars Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao yesterday Wednesday, March 11 met at a press conference.

The media outing came with the expected Hollywood glitz at Nokia Theater which was filled with jounalists, fans, boxing promoters and officials.

Dressed in suit, Floyd Mayweather expressed his admiration of Manny Pacquiao, calling him the 'best pound-for-pound man in the ring'.

"It is all about the best fighting the best and Pacquiao is one of the best fighters of this era,"Floyd said at the press conference.

"He’s a great fighter. To reach where he has in the sport of boxing, to be here now, he has to be doing something right. This is part of the fascination of this fight.

"I can always figure out an opponent instantly and I will have to do it again."

"I’m excited. He’s excited. It’s gonna be exciting. This is a fight the world can't miss. It is an unbelievable match-up," Floyd predicted.

Floyd Mayweather also talked about the widespread perception that the fight is coming a little too late with him 38-year-old and Manny 36.

"Everything is always in the timing. When we met each other for the first time at that basketball ball game the other night and then talked man to man in his hotel room, the time was right to make this fight.

"We’ll see if we’re too old. I feel good. I look forward to looking good," he said.

Pacquiao draws on that to sustain his own belief that he will win: "I am 100 per cent confident I will win. In truth I was more worried about boxing Oscar De La Hoya – very good boxer – and Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito (both bigger men and very hard punchers) – than I am about this fight," Manny boasts.

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