Mayweather vs Pacquiao: is the Money Man running scared!!!

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao came face to face for the penultimate time at the final press conference before the most eagerly-anticipated clash in modern boxing history, Saturday night's Fight of the Century in Las Vegas.The two will meet again at the weigh-in on Friday, but this was their final chance to speak before the action begins. 

But "anyone hoping for fireworks or even the slightest trace of ill will from Saturday’s main players was bound to be disappointed", reports Bryan Armen Graham of The Guardian.Pacquiao was "humble and genial and God-fearing as ever" he says, and his Mayweather attempted to come across as a "self-assured all-time great who's all but sworn off his trademark slander in an apparent effort to exit the sport gracefully".

Neither fighter wanted to give an inch in the psychological battle, says Matt Fleming of the Daily Telegraph. "This was shown by the utter respect shown for each other," he writes. Mayweather "did not utter a word of trash talk, and did his level best to come across as humble".

But is he worried? Kevin Mitchell of the Guardian believes he is. "In trying to affect nonchalance and a detached sense of superiority, Mayweather actually revealed nerves," he claims.That is certainly the view of Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, who even suggested that Mayweather might not show up on Saturday. "I don't think he wanted this fight. He was forced into a fight he didn't want to take," he said. "I just don't know why Floyd has gone quiet for this fight. His speech is very subdued."