"Looks like we've got the Money Team and we've got the Manny Team," emcee Michael Buffer bellowed, after conducting a sonic poll to determine the fighter preference of a sold-out house whose ticket fees went to the Susan G. Komen nationwide charity and the Cleveland Clinic's Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao was a clear winner in the absentee noise-off, then challenged the building's noise-withstanding foundations upon appearing on stage. Floyd Mayweather Jr. came to the stage second amid a tangible din of his own, though it was nearly equal parts cheers and jeers.
