Pacquiao: Killer instinct back

Making history

More importantly, though, this bout has the chance to list itself as one of the classics in boxing history.

Pacquiao is aware of this and he is leaving no stone unturned in making sure he and Mayweather would make history.

“This fight is important to the sport, and me and Floyd are making sure we can help make history with this fight,” said Pacquiao.

The fight’s weigh-in gets going at 3 p.m., Friday (6 a.m., Saturday in Manila), and Roach is hoping Pacquiao gets on the scales at 146 pounds, one under the welterweight limit.

Roach weighed Pacquiao at 143 pounds on Thursday and it was a cause for concern because the trainer did not want the eight-division champion too light against Mayweather.

Entry fee $10

While weigh-ins are generally free, Friday’s event at Garden Arena will charge fans $10 a pop, with the revenue to be used for charity.

Even journalists were told to pick up tickets before proceeding to the weigh-in, in an e-mail sent by the official accrediting arm of the bout, Magnamedia.

Floyd Mayweather Sr. continues to maintain that his son will charge Pacquiao and crawl out of his defensive shell to back Pacquiao up and even knock the Filipino out.

“I don’t know what round it will happen but when (Pacquiao) gets hit, it will happen,” said Floyd Sr., who said his son would be an aggressor.

“The better for us,” Pacquiao’s conditioning coach Justin Fortune said, when asked for comment.

Dealing with clinches

Roach said they would be ready if Mayweather decides to run or engage, or even resort to dirty tactics.

“Even if he starts clinching—and Floyd will clinch if Manny hurts him—Freddie Roach has something cooked up to deal with that,” said Top Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler.

But, Roach added, it wouldn’t hurt Manny to avoid being too much of a good guy on the ring.

Judging by the way Pacquiao threw an elbow here and there in the middle of combinations, it looked like Roach will get his wish.