The hotly anticipated welterweight bout between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and 2-1 underdog Manny Pacquiao on Sunday offers an intriguing contrast in styles which most pundits expect to last the full 12 rounds.
Indian viewers can see the fight tomorrow morning 3rd May, 8 am IST, on Sony Six.
Here are a few facts and figures about the ‘fight of the century’:
100 million Estimated amount in Dollar (USD) Terms that Pacquiao is expected to earn from this fight.
200 million Estimated amount in Dollar (USD) Terms that Mayweather is expected to earn from this fight.
-210 Las Vegas odds for a Mayweather Win (putting $210 on this bet will win you $100).
+170 Las Vegas odds for a Pacquiao Win (putting $100 on this bet will win you $170).
100 Price in dollar terms (USD) for buying pay-per-view HD stream in the US.
500 The number of tickets which went on sale for general public; the rest were taken up by MGM Grand (40%), Mayweather Promotions (29%) and Top Rank (29%).
900 Number of tickets booked by Manny Pacquiao for his entourage.
10,000 Amount in Dollar (USD) terms paid by Bob Arum (Manny Pacquiao’s promoter) for this fight. Promoters usually get complimentary ring side seats.
350,000 Amount in Dollar (USD) terms of close ringside tickets for this fight.
2.25 million Amount in Dollar (USD) terms Pacquiao will receive as sponsorship money for advertising logos on his boxing shorts.
4 million Amount in Dollar (USD) terms spent by Pacquiao for the tickets for his entourage.
72 million Gate fees generated from the sale of tickets at the MGM Grand
3.25 million Estimated number of pay-per-view buys for this event (which multiplied by 100 translates to 325 million USD for pay-per-view revenue)
8 AM IST (Estimated IST start time of the fight on 3rd May).
