LAS VEGAS – Manny Pacquiao is the last man on earth to engage himself in a word war.

And this time is no exception, even as his trainer, Freddie Roach, and Ricky Hatton’s trainer, Floyd Mayweather Sr., have traded barbs before the press, often times catching the soft-spoken, kind-hearted Filipino champion in the crossfire.

Pacquiao also refused to get carried away by Hatton’s recent statement, calling on his countrymen from Britain to go sell their houses, and put all the money on the 30-year-old pride of Manchester. He said he’s the sure bet.

“I don’t think he ever said that,” said Pacquiao of Hatton in defusing the situation.

“Even if people talk and say a lot of things, and that I’ve heard a lot being said against me, you will never hear anything from me that I’m going to exact revenge or something,” said Pacquiao in Filipino.

Pacquiao wore a white shirt, blue shorts, rubber slippers and a Patek Phillipe wristwatch when he emerged from his bedroom to greet the more than 50 persons having late dinner in his elegant 60th floor suite at The Hotel of Mandalay Bay.

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