Is Manny Pacquiao dreaming of a victory on Saturday?

Manny Pacquiao claims he knew a month before he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May that he was going to lose and it would come amid controversy.

“In my dream, I saw there was a problem,” Pacquiao said while meeting with reporters at the MGM Grand in advance of Saturday’s third fight with Timothy Bradley Jr. “In the morning, I told my company, my friends and my pastor. This is one month before the fight.

“In my dream, I had lost the fight and there was a controversy.”

Pacquiao was right. He fought with a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder and lost a 12-round unanimous decision to Mayweather. After the bout, he revealed he had fought injured and that he was denied a pain-killing shot before entering the ring by the Nevada Athletic Commission.

He also said he dreamed before his fights with Oscar De La Hoya and Miguel Cotto that he would win. Pacquiao did indeed win both fights.

And he said he had a dream something bad would happen to him before his fourth meeting with Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012. Pacquiao was winning the fight when he walked into a right hand by Marquez late in the sixth round and was knocked out.

So, did Pacquiao have a dream about Saturday?

“Yes,” he said. “I had a dream about this fight. What I dreamed before, I dream now.”

But Pacquiao wouldn’t reveal this dream. Freddie Roach, his longtime trainer, found Pacquiao’s story about dreams somewhat amusing. Roach was asked if he has had any dreams about Saturday’s fight.

He smiled and said, “I dream (Pacquiao) wins by knockout.”

SELLING THE FIGHT — Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters, said he thinks the pay-per-view numbers will exceed 700,000 buys and possibly top 800,000.

That’s less than the 890,000 buys the first fight between Pacquiao and Bradley did in 2012. The rematch in 2014 did about 750,000, even though it had the built-in controversy of Pacquiao losing a split decision to drive the promotion.

“I really think we have a shot to go over 800,000,” Arum said. “I think that Manny and Bradley will do most of the numbers. But my Hispanic army is marching out there, and we’re going to do a tremendous number from people aside from the Pacquiao-Bradley fight.”

Arum is promoting the undercard as the “No Trump Undercard” because of Mexican fighters Gilberto Ramirez and Oscar Valdez and Mexican-American Jose Ramirez competing. It’s in response to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s negative stance on Mexico.

“I think the closer we get to Saturday, the more people will start talking about the fight and then make a decision to buy the pay per view,” he said.

Unlike previous Pacquiao fights, there is no local closed circuit TV viewing for Saturday at the MGM and its sister properties. The suggested retail price for the PPV is $59.99, $40 less than what was charged in Pacquiao’s last ring appearance when he fought Mayweather.

LATEST ODDS — Pacquiao was a minus-230 favorite with Bradley at plus-180 on Wednesday at the MGM Resorts sports books. Pacquiao was minus-250 on Tuesday.

PURSES — The Nevada Athletic Commission said Pacquiao’s purse will be $7 million and Bradley’s $4 million.

On the main undercard, Arthur Abraham will make $500,000, Gilberto Ramirez will get $140,000, and Valdez and Evgeny Gradovich each will make $100,000.

FREE PARKING — MGM Grand officials said paid parking, which is being implemented at New York-New York and Monte Carlo in conjunction with T-Mobile Arena events, will not go into effect at the MGM for a few weeks.

Contact reporter Steve Carp at scarp@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2913. Follow on Twitter:@stevecarprj