LAS VEGAS — If it is possible to see, or hear, through boxing’s predictable bombast — the bluster of promoters and entourages, the cacophony of marching bands and D.J.s — there is an introspective, measured side of the buildup to Saturday’s fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
It rests with the boxers themselves.
The biggest fight in years has the quietest participants. It is so big, apparently, that showmanship is left to others.
“Me speaking out loud, me having personality, I did that in the past,” Mayweather said Wednesday when asked about his demeanor.