FLOYD Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao weighed in as 10 000 fans watched on ahead of the most lucrative fight in history in Las Vegas yesterday. Entry to the weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena yesterday was $10, although tickets were changing hands on the resale market for $800.

The fight is set to generate an estimated $400M.
American Mayweather scaled 146lb – one pound under the welterweight limit – and Pacquiao of the Philippines 145lb.
The pair will fight for the WBC, WBA and WBO welterweight titles.
“I believe that with my skills, I’m going to be victorious,” said the 38-year-old Mayweather, who is unbeaten in 47 professional fights.
“I don’t take anything away from Manny Pacquiao, he’s a solid fighter and it will be an intriguing match-up. But after Saturday, I’ll still be ‘TBE’ (The Best Ever).”
Pacquiao, who has 57 wins and five defeats from 64 pro fights, said: “My life before was living on the street, starving and with nothing.
“It is still beyond my imagination that this boy could become known to every person in the Philippines and so many around the world.”
The MGM Grand was abuzz the day before the fight, with people queuing to get into the Garden Arena hours before Mayweather and Pacquiao, 36, stepped on the scales.
It was the first time tickets had been sold for a weigh-in (face value was $10, with proceeds going to charity) and the promoters justified their decision with a two-hour show.
Pacquiao was introduced to the stage first and looked relaxed as ever, taking pictures of himself and waving to the large Philippine contingent. Mayweather was booed to the stage and looked tense, as he has done all week.
Pacquiao mouthed “thank you” to his rival as they engaged in the traditional stare-down, as a good-natured build-up continued.
The MGM Grand Garden Arena holds 16 000 but as few as 500 tickets for the fight went on sale to the general public.
Tickets are changing hands on the resale market for as much as $350 000, while some have been prepared to pay $3 500 to watch the fight in one of 10 closed-circuit venues along the Las Vegas Strip.
Given the astronomical numbers involved, the fact it is a match-up between two of the greatest boxers of all-time has been forgotten in some quarters.
Mayweather has won world titles in five different weight divisions, Pacquiao six. Whoever wins will be able to claim he is the best fighter of his era.
Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach, who was in Oscar de la Hoya’s corner when Mayweather beat him in 2007, admitted the remorseless hype had been hard to cope with.
“I’ve always liked big fights because I like big challenges,” said Roach, a seven-time trainer-of-the-year. “But with this one, I might have bitten off more than I can chew.
“We’re fighting a very good defensive fighter, but I’m one of those guys that believe offence wins fights, not defence. I think we’ll overwhelm him with speed.
“They’ve both declined a little bit – I’ve been watching Floyd’s legs and they’re not as good as they used to be, he doesn’t move as fluently as he used to.
“We can knock him out late but I really want to beat him on points – out-punch him, out-hustle him, land five-to-one in combinations. Either way, no problem.”
Roach added that Mayweather’s relatively subdued mood in the build-up to the fight could be a sign that he is apprehensive about facing Pacquiao.
“At the first press conference I told him we were going to kick his ass,” said the 55-year-old Roach.
“I thought I was going to get something back but we got nothing. I thought, ‘this is not like Mayweather’.
“He’s been so nice. I really don’t think he wants to be here. (American television network) Showtime wanted him to take the fight because they were losing so much money.”
Mayweather responded: “The camp went extremely smooth. I don’t need to trash Manny Pacquiao, I know what I can do.” (BBC Sport)

By Ben Dirs in Las Vegas