It took this, the megafight of megafights, the one sure to shatter all sorts of financial records at the gate and on your pay-per-view screens, the supposed biggest night in the sport’s history, to confirm what we already knew: It’s not about the fans.
The tickets for the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will go on sale Thursday after Top Rank signed off on the contract Wednesday with the MGM Grand. A limited number of tickets — reportedly 500, from $1,500 to $7,500 — will go on sale.
Boxer Manny Pacquiao gets a rematch on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” at 11:35 p.m. tonight on ABC.
“Where are the tickets?” Boxing fans are continuing to ask that question as the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao gets ever closer.
Las Vegas’ Kenny Bayless has been selected by the Nevada Athletic Commission to referee the May 2 megafight at the MGM Grand Garden between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
When it comes to hotel room rates in Las Vegas for the fight of the century on May 2, it’s the Wild, Wild West out there. “It’s kind of a free-for-all,” said Vanessa Doleshal, Vegas.com business development manager.
Leo Santa Cruz, the World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion, will fight on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view portion of the undercard May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden. Santa Cruz will meet Zsolt Bedak of Hungary.
It’s unprecedented: The Nevada Athletic Commission is allowing promoters of the megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao to charge admission to the May 1 weigh-in at the MGM Grand Garden. Could this lead to a new precedent?
Diego Magdaleno’s scheduled 10-round lightweight fight in Arlington, Texas, was called off Friday after his opponent missed weight by 10 pounds. His brother, Jessie, had a fight fall through last week in Laredo because his opponent failed a pre-fight physical.
For only $10, you’ll be able to see Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao meet at the MGM Grand Garden, mean mug each other, disrobe and finally … step on a scale.
If the gathering at Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Las Vegas gym Tuesday was expertly organized, and it was, the one that played out for Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Calif., was more controlled chaos. Neither setting, of course, lacked for pointed jabs aimed at the other side.
Manny Pacquiao always knew that if he wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., it would have to be on Mayweather’s terms. So Pacquiao gave in on almost every demand — from the split of the purse, to whose name comes first on the promotional material, to the venue for the fight.
A film about Manny Pacquiao released on Wednesday offers a look into the Philippine boxer’s childhood before his much anticipated fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr next month.
Tuesday seemed beyond normal for what you might expect, if you believe normal for a boxing media day is David Hasselhoff holding court for some who at least appeared interested in his opinion and Texas Tech football coach Kliff Kingsbury posing for photos inside the gym.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. talked with reporters Tuesday as part of his media day to promote his May 2 megafight with Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden. “I think we have two entertaining styles that hopefully will produce a good fight,” Mayweather said.
