Manny Pacquiao has assured his fans he will defeat long-time rival Floyd Mayweather on Saturday and convert him [Mayweather] into Christianity after the bout.<\/p>\n
The Filipino boxer disclosed this during his final press conference at the MGM grand hotel in Las Vegas ahead of their $300 million mega-fight.<\/p>\n
Speaking to a cross section of journalists gathered at the hotel, the one-time congressman thanked his fans for their support and assured them a good show come Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will like to invite everyone to come and witness this big fight. It\u2019s going to be a good fight. For this fight on Saturday, my goal is to give our fans all the enjoyment they deserve. On Saturday, both of us, Floyd and I have been working hard to entertain you. This is nothing personal,\u201d Manny Pacquiao noted.<\/p>\n
He further assured everyone he was prepared for the upcoming bout at the MGM Grand and revealed he was planning to convert Floyd Mayweather into Christianity after the bout.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the most important thing is that, I am hoping that after the fight I can have a conversation with Floyd sharing my faith about God and how to believe in him so he can inspire those children who are looking to support us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Pacquiao went on to attribute his success in boxing to God and urged his numerous fans to take inspiration from his upcoming bout with Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I became I boxer I used to sleep in the streets, hungry and now I cannot imagine the Lord has raised me in this position and blessed me with blessings I cannot imagine. I just want you to know that, everything I have accomplished is God who gave me the strength. I just want to be an example and inspiration to everybody,\u201d Pacquiao said.<\/p>\n
He is hoping to become the first boxer to defeat Maywether who is hasn\u2019t tasted defeat since his controversial loss to Bulgarian Serafim Todorov at Atlanta 1996.<\/p>\n
Mayweather\u2019s fight against Pacquiao is expected to be the richest in the history of boxing and they will walk away with about \u00a3200m between them.<\/p>\n
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By: Benjamin Epton Owusu\/citifmonline\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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