A weigh-in at the $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium isn't just a normal one.
With screaming fans and the plaza doors open to show the massive video board as a backdrop, Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey weighed in Friday for their Saturday night WBO welterweight title fight.
Pacquiao, the champion, came in at 145¾. Clottey was at 147.
Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, said he wasn't concerned about his fighter's weight. Pacquiao averaged about 152 pounds per day during training.
"After he stopped drinking protein shakes, the weight drops," said Roach, who added his fighter weighed 144 on Friday morning.
The fighters tried to stare each other down after the weigh-in but broke out in laughter.
The weigh-in was attended by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who said this inaugural fight at the stadium is "hopefully one of many."
Come down to Kalapaki Joe's in the Harbor Mall at beautiful Kalapaki Beach to watch Manny Pacquiao, the world best fighter, and Joshua Clottey in the WBO welterweight title fight.
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