Scukanek: EVERYBODY'S BEEN WAITING FOR IT.

NOW WE GET IT.

...AN UNPRECEDENTED COMMERCIAL SUCCESS.

Ropp: ...HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

...THOUGH PERHAPS ONE THAT FAILED TO SATISFY

THE PUBLIC'S BLOODLUST.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

MAYBE IT NEVER COULD.

THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH PENT-UP ANTICIPATION.

IT WAS A QUINTESSENTIAL MAYWEATHER PROMOTION

SET IN THE CITY THAT MONETIZES EXPECTATION...

TURNING FAME INTO FORTUNE.

I USED TO SLEEP IN THE STREET, STARVING, HUNGRY.

Narrator: ...AND SIX YEARS IN 36 MINUTES.

THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN BOXING HISTORY,

AND I'M A PART OF IT,

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO FIGHT NOW.

Narrator: WHAT IT PROMISED WAS A SPECTACLE.

WHAT IT DELIVERED WAS MORE SUBTLE...

FINELY TUNED...

THE CALCULUS OF COMBAT...

CALIBRATED, IMPERCEPTIBLE DISTANCES...

AN INVISIBLE DANCE...

AN EXPRESSION OF HIS PUGILISTIC GENIUS...

AN IMPOSITION OF HIS WILL.

AT LAST, FIGHT WEEK HAS ARRIVED.

Man: THERE IS A BUS. HE HAS A PACQUIAO BUS.

THAT IS THE PACQUIAO BUS?

THERE HE IS.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING, CHEERING ]

IN EVERY FACET OF THIS PROMOTION,

MAYWEATHER SOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT PACQUIAO WOULD BE CAST

AS THE "B" SIDE.

BUT NOW IN VEGAS, THE CHALLENGER MERRILY DEFIES PROTOCOL,

SNUBBING THE OFFICIAL ARRIVAL CEREMONY TO BE WITH HIS FANS,

THOSE WHO REGARD HIM AS BOXING'S BELOVED UNDERDOG.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

ARE YOU EXCITED?

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

DON'T GET NERVOUS ON SATURDAY.

I'M THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT IN THE RING, SO RELAX.

TAKE IT EASY.

THE CONFIDENCE IS THERE 100%.

THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS.

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

Woman: BY HAVING YOUR OWN ARRIVAL TODAY,

DOES THAT ALLOW YOU TO CONCENTRATE MORE?

ARE YOU HAPPY NOT HAVING TO SEE FLOYD TODAY?

FLOYD'S DOING HIS THING. WE'RE DOING OURS.

THIS IS PEACEFUL, AND THERE'S NO DRAMA.

I THINK IT'S A LOT BETTER FOR US, YES.

Man: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER HAS A STORE ACROSS THE STREET,

AND HE'S SELLING T-SHIRTS

THAT HAVE HIMSELF WITH THE FILIPINO FLAG IN THE BACK.

I LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO JOIN OUR TEAM.

TMT -- THE MANNY TEAM. SEE? [ CHUCKLES ]

Narrator: DOWN THE STRIP,

AMID THE PERCUSSIVE BEAT OF THE MARCHING BAND,

ENTERS THE CHAMPION.

IN CONTRAST TO PACQUIAO'S JOYOUS DEMEANOR,

MAYWEATHER IS ALL BUSINESS.

Doug E. Fresh: YOU CAME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEE THIS!

Y'ALL GIVE IT UP FOR OUR BROTHER, YOUR BROTHER,

FLOYD "MONEY" MAYWEATHER!

Mayweather: WITHOUT YOU GUYS, I WOULDN'T BE WHERE I'M AT,

SO I'M VERY, VERY THANKFUL AND VERY APPRECIATIVE.

Man: FLOYD, HOW ARE YOU?

MANNY LOOKED VERY, VERY CALM

OVER AT HIS GRAND ARRIVAL AT MANDALAY BAY.

Woman: WHAT DOES IT SAY THAT PACQUIAO'S NOT HERE?

YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK

ON MANNY PACQUIAO, WHY HE'S NOT HERE,

BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS EVENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID BEFORE,

IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS, LAUGHTER ]

Narrator: THOUGH HE'S WELL ACQUAINTED

WITH THE ROUTINES OF FIGHT WEEK,

FLOYD'S NEVER BEEN QUITE LIKE THIS,

LIMITING ACCESS TO HIS CORE GROUP

AND ELIMINATING DISTRACTIONS.

GET THESE FANS. GO DOWN THERE AND GET THEM FANS.

WHOEVER THEM PEOPLE IS, GO DOWN THERE AND CLEAR THAT OUT.

CLEAR THEM OUT. CLEAR THEM OUT.

SOMEONE ASKED ME A QUESTION THE OTHER DAY.

WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT -- HAVING AN UNDEFEATED RECORD

OR, YOU KNOW, A 9-FIGURE PAYDAY?

I MEAN, I SAID, "MY CHILDREN CAN'T EAT IN THE BOXING RING

FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES."

IT'S BUSINESS FOR ME.

Buffer: HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

DO WE HAVE ANY MAYWEATHER FANS IN THE HOUSE?

[ AUDIENCE BOOING, CHEERING ]

DO WE HAVE ANY PACQUIAO FANS IN THE HOUSE?

Crowd: [ Chanting ] MANNY! MANNY!

MANNY! MANNY! MANNY! MANNY! MANNY!

Narrator: A DAY BEFORE THE FIGHT,

MAYWEATHER FANS AND PACQUIAO FANS COME TOGETHER

IN ANOTHER FIRST -- A SOLD-OUT WEIGH-IN.

WHILE FLOYD MAY BE THE HOMETOWN FIGHTER,

IT'S NOT A HOMETOWN CROWD.

[ AUDIENCE BOOING, CHEERING ]

Mayweather: FLOYD FIGHTS FOR FLOYD,

'CAUSE WHEN MY CAREER IS LONG GONE...

THE PEOPLE AND THE FANS AND THE CRITICS

ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

Buffer: 145 POUNDS -- MANNY "PAC-MAN" PACQUIAO!

Lennon: FLOYD MAYWEATHER WEIGHS IN AT 146 POUNDS!

Mayweather: MY CAREER IS OVER IN SEPTEMBER.

49-0.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BREAKING

ROCKY MARCIANO'S RECORD,

I JUST SAY THAT I'M HAPPY WITH HOW MY CAREER HAS WENT.

I'LL SLEEP COMFORTABLE EVERY NIGHT.

Man: HE'LL KNOCK THE...OUT!

HE WILL KNOCK THE...OUT!

THE BEST OF THEM! YOU'RE GONNA BEAT THIS BOY UP!

[ AUDIENCE BOOING, CHEERING ]

YOU'LL GET KNOCKED OUT, LITTLE MAN!

Gray: MANNY PACQUIAO SAID, "THANK YOU."

DID YOU RESPOND? NO.

AND I'M GOOD.

I JUST WANT TO TELL ALL YOU GUYS

THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, MAN, THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

Man: LET'S GO, STONE! LET'S GO, STONE!

LET'S GO, BABY! YOU DON'T WANT IT!

YOU'LL GET KNOCKED THE...OUT!

Woman: HE'S NOT READY! THAT'S WHY HE'S DOING ALL THAT EXTRA STUFF!

[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

Woman: I NEED YOU SIGN IN BOTH PLACES, DATE IN BOTH PLACES.

YOU'RE GONNA TURN THIS OVER. START WITH YOUR NAME.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY AND HONESTLY

AND WITH YOUR SIGNATURE.

HAVE YOUR CORNERMAN SIGN AND PRINT HIS NAME.

THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR MONEY SENT BACK.

DO YOU WANT A CHAIR?

YEAH. THANK YOU.

HERE. YOU CAN JUST SIT HERE.

NO ONE ELSE IS COMING BEHIND YOU.

Narrator: PRIOR TO THE BOUT,

THE FIGHTERS ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A SERIES OF FORMS.

ALL PREVIOUS AND ONGOING MEDICAL CONDITIONS

MUST BE DISCLOSED

TO THE NEVADA STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION.

WHICH M.R.I. I HAD?

I GOT AN M.R.I. BEFORE FOR MY HEAD,

BUT FROM WHICH FIGHT WAS THAT?

Man: WASN'T THAT VICTOR ORTIZ?

I'M GONNA SAY -- I'M JUST GONNA PUT "YES."

30 HOURS BEFORE THE MAIN EVENT,

NEITHER FIGHTER DECLARES AN INJURY

THAT WOULD BE CAUSE FOR CURRENT CONCERN.

[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]

♪ BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM ♪

♪ BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM, BUM ♪

♪ DREAMIN' ♪

♪ DREAMIN' ♪

♪ DREAMIN' OF COME WHAT MAY ♪

♪ DREAMIN' ♪

♪ SCHEMIN' ♪

♪ HOPIN' THAT YOU'LL BE MINE SOMEDAY ♪

Lampley: WELCOME TO FIGHT NIGHT IN LAS VEGAS.

TONIGHT HISTORY WILL BE MADE

WHEN THE TWO MOST POPULAR FIGHTERS IN THE SPORT OF BOXING

WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION...

♪ DREAMIN' ♪

...WHO IS THE BEST FIGHTER OF THIS GENERATION?

♪ HOPIN' YOU'LL BE MINE SOMEDAY ♪

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Mayweather: I WAS ALWAYS THE DREAMER.

I WAS ALWAYS A BELIEVER,

AND NOW THIS IS THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN BOXING HISTORY.

I WANT PEOPLE TO BE A PART OF THIS WITH ME,

BE A PART OF THIS WITH HIM, ALSO.