Floyd Mayweather's father has got in on the act by insisting that Manny Pacquiao will be forever haunted by the savage knockout suffered at the fists of Juan Manuel Marquez.
The Filipino was knocked unconscious by the Mexican when the two met in 2012 and Mayweather Sr - who returns to his son's corner for the first time in 13 years - believes Marquez has left the Filipino southpaw's career on borrowed time.
"Once you get hit like he did by Marquez and your ass goes to sleep, it won't take too many more punches before it happens again. He's gone," Mayweather Sr said.
"Anyone who has been in boxing long enough knows what I'm talking about. I don't know what round it will happen in, but when he gets hit like that again, it will happen again. Simple.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will lock horns tomorrow night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas in the one of the sport's most anticipated fights.
You no doubt don't need reminding now, but Money Mayweather will put his undefeated 47-0 record on the line when he faces 36-year-old from the Philippines in a fight that has been years in the making.
The two men will be undergoing their final preparations and we will be here all day to bring you the latest news, views, updates and build-up here.
The stink of money is never out of the air in Las Vegas – but this weekend it will waft down the neon streets of Sin City in waves.
Saturday night is fight night in the land of casinos, and the hype has been more deafening than the rattle of coins from a mega-bucks fruit machine.
Billed as the biggest boxing bout in history, America’s Floyd Mayweather and Filipino Manny Pacquiao – both nearing the end of glittering 20-year careers – will deliver blow after blow to a global audience dribbling with expectation.
As Amir Khan said: “It’s a fight that everyone has been waiting for.”
But flying around faster than any fist will be the dollar signs. Money, money, money is the real showstopper here.
Billed as an eye-watering £250million event six years in the making, the sums involved defy belief.
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