pacquiao vs de lah hoya

MANILA, Philippines - The last of the formalities has been formalized.

A final weigh-in, as usual, officially ended the training period and began a 24-hour wait for the main event. This final weigh-in, as expected, was trouble-free.

Manny Pacquiao tipped the scales at 142 pounds on Saturday (Friday, US time) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Oscar de la Hoya came in at 145 pounds.

Both were well within the welterweight (147-pound) limit set for their match.

Now that that has been set aside, everybody knows what time it is. Game time.

"There's nothing more we can do. Now Manny knows he’s going there to do his job," Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, said.