1) Why is this fight now only take place?
agents of Mayweather and Pacquiao talked in 2009 for the first time about the fight that boxing enthusiasts for nearly a decade eagerly looking forward to. Almost an agreement was reached on a duel on March 13, 2010, but the deal fell through because the parties could not agree on when and how many doping tests would take place.
For four years the super fight seemed very far away. A casual encounter in January 2015 during halftime of the NBA game between the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks – the first time that Mayweather and Pacquiao met – negotiations took momentum and a month later there was an agreement: at 3.00 Dutch time in the night from Saturday to Sunday they stand facing each other.
In the Netherlands, no television channel (also not paid channel) acquired the rights.
2) why this fight is so important?
Mayweather and Pacquiao are considered by most boxing experts to be the best boxers of their generation and so often do the best fighters compete in the same weight class.
The 38-year-old Mayweather won in 1996, bronze at the Olympics in Atlanta and was then prof. Since then, the American in 47 parties never defeated and in 26 of those fights went opponent knockout.
The 36-year-old Pacquiao fought his first professional game in 1995 and won 57 of his 64 games (38 times KO). He is the only boxer in history to win world titles in eight different weight classes
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3) To What amounts going Saturday?
Total revenues for both boxers will fight only after have been finalized, but the New York Times estimates that at least 300 million to dollars (270 million euros) will go. Certainly Mayweather 60 percent of the amount will be 40 percent and Pacquiao. And it is also certain that the fight will break all records.
This is mainly because Americans 100 dollars (90 euros) have to pay to watch the fight on TV. The old record of 2.5 million purchases for the fight between Mayweather and Oscar de la Hoya in 2007 will be largely improved and thereby also the record yield of the duel between Mayweather and Saul Alvarez in 2013 (152 million dollars) not stand.
The revenue from ticket sales for the 16,000 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena will additionally $ 74 million and that’s more than three times the previous record.
4) Who is the favorite?
Mayweather. In any case, if you believe most boxing experts and bookmakers. Where a euro on the American profit with your 50 cents, you get double your bet back with a victory of Pacquiao.
Mayweather is known as one of the strongest defensive boxers in history, forcing opponents him rarely good to get to know. “If Mayweather in his comfort zone to continue, then it becomes a very simple fight for him,” said Oscar De La Hoya, one of five fighters who lost in the past of both boxers.
5) What happens after the fight?
Mayweather needs according to his contract with Showtime in September, to fight once. ‘Money’ has already announced that the last batch of his career will be. “I enjoy it not so much as before, it now feels like a job.”
Pacquiao still has not commented on his future. The Filipino has at least enough additional activities in their own country because he is under more owner of a basketball team and a member of parliament since 2010.
Mayweather has this week ruled out that there will be yet another battle in September Pacquiao
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