Apologies and gestures of appreciation in the final news conference before what could be the year?s most important fight?
That could mean one thing: two fighters draining pleasantries to the last drop before they erupt in front of the world on Sunday (Saturday in Las Vegas) for the right to become the best featherweight on earth.
Either that or Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico and Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines are gentlemen warriors who want their mitts — and not their mouth — to do the talking.
?I would like to thank Murad Muhammad [of M&M Sports] and Bob Arum of Top Rank and HBO [Home Box Office] for giving me the opportunity… to show the whole world who Manny Pacquiao really is,? said Pacquiao, the 25-year-old challenger from General Santos City, at the news conference at MGM Grand.
