LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao may have claimed boxing’s mythical pound-for-pound throne with wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton while Grand Rapids’ Floyd Mayweather Jr. was in retirement, but Floyd Mayweather Sr. says it wasn’t without help.

BEVERLY HILLS – Conditioning coach Alex Ariza liked what he saw at the Beverly Hills Hotel here yesterday. No, it wasn’t the elegance of the “Pink Palace” (as the hotel, built in 1912, is affectionately called), not its scroll of past celebrity guests like Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne or John F. Kennedy, and neither those gorgeous ladies walking the premises.

With his eyes firmly on Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquio is honest enough to admit that his obvious target beyond Nov. 14 is Floyd Mayweather. But, four days before he dispenses with Mexico’s mildly popular non-icon Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather has already shown his less than slick trick card.

Caguas, Puerto Rico — Six-time world champion pound-for-pound king Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao(R), General Santos,Philippines and three-time world champion and the pride of Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto(L), Caguas, Puerto Rico pose during a public press conference in Puerto Rico Saturday to promote their upcoming “FIREPOWER” World Welterweight championship fight. Pacquiao vs Cotto [...]