Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will meet on May 2, in "MGM Grand Garden Arena" - Las Vegas, in what was called "Fight of the century".
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Age: 38 years
Born on February 24, 1977
Height: 1.73 m
Weight: 67 kg
Lengthening 183 cm
Career matches: 47
Wins: 47
Wins by KO: 26
Matches lost: 0
Draws: 0
Nickname: "Money"
Career Innings Played: 363
Money earned from box: $ 420 million
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao
Age: 36 years
Born on December 17, 1978
Height: 1.69 m
Weight: 67 kg
Lengthening: 170 cm
Career matches: 64
Wins: 57
Wins by KO: 38
Matches lost: 5
Draws: 2
Nickname: "Pac-Man"
Career Innings Played: 407
Money earned from box: 340 million dollars
Approximately 400 million dollars will generate "Fight of the century" Mayweather and Pacquiao from Las Vegas.
WBC and WBA belts Mayweather holds at welterweight, while Pacquiao is the WBO belt.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. - champion in five divisions, where he won eight world titles. The champion in three different weight classes.
Pacquiao will wear "the most expensive sort" in sporting history - Ads from the pants will make $ 2.25 million.
Were made about 18,000 accreditation requests from journalists, given that capacity arena where the match will be played is 16,800 seats.
"MGM Grand Garden Arena" - Las Vegas. It was inaugurated on December 18, 1993. Owner - MGM Resorts International.
Just one minute after putting on sale were sold 16,500 tickets for the match - an absolute record.
Ticket sales brought 74 million dollars to the organizers, a record for a boxing match, AFP informs.
Actor Mark Wahlberg and singer P.Diddy (no alias Sean Combs) made a $ 250,000 bet on this match. Wahlberg has relied on Tagalog, while Diddy American.
Belt that the winner will receive is unique and handmade. It was made by the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the belt are etched faces of two athletes. Contains diamonds and gold worth over a million dollars.
Mayweather will receive 60% of revenues and 40% Pacquiao, regardless of the outcome of the game on May 2.
Mayweather announced that Pacquiao will be the penultimate fight of his career, the last match will take place in September. "I no longer enjoy as I did once," said the American. Athlete has announced the withdrawal time twice (in 2007 and in 2008), but each time returned to the ring. Last time, after a long break of 21 months.
Floyd Mayweather's last defeat Jr. was recorded in 1996 at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. Bulgarian Serafim Todorov was the one who defeated the US in the semifinals.