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1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao – May 2, 2015 – $250 million

 

The much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will finally happen May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This fight is going to drown in money. It is expected to shatter every financial record in boxing. Mayweather could earn $120 million, while Pacquiao’ s split of the purse will likely be around $80 million. According to some reports, the pay-per-view fight could cost households $100 and $110 for the HD signal. MGM is also expected to make $20 million in ticket sales, so expect a single ticket to be in the thousands. Oddsmakers expect Mayweather to prevail, making him a 2 1/2-1 favorite in the scheduled 12-round bout.

 

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/20/top-5-richest-boxing-matches/

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1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao – May 2, 2015 – $250 million

 

The much-anticipated bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will finally happen May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. This fight is going to drown in money. It is expected to shatter every financial record in boxing. Mayweather could earn $120 million, while Pacquiao’ s split of the purse will likely be around $80 million. According to some reports, the pay-per-view fight could cost households $100 and $110 for the HD signal. MGM is also expected to make $20 million in ticket sales, so expect a single ticket to be in the thousands. Oddsmakers expect Mayweather to prevail, making him a 2 1/2-1 favorite in the scheduled 12-round bout.

 

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/02/20/top-5-richest-boxing-matches/

 

not interested anymore and there is no way I'm ponying up 100 bucks for boxing

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Watch it a week later for free on HBO...works for me.

 

Mayweather will win this and it won't be close (now).

 

Manny is not the old Manny and he's too small.

 

I think the devastating KO from Juan Manuel Marquez screwed him up.

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Watch it a week later for free on HBO...works for me.

 

Mayweather will win this and it won't be close (now).

 

Manny is not the old Manny and he's too small.

 

I think the devastating KO from Juan Manuel Marquez screwed him up.

I think Floyd wins too, think he always would have. He just wanted to limit the damage he'd take, even in a win, given PACs stamina. But PAC is slowing down and now that its hit the sweet spot where Floyd has enough skills left to win handily. Ilk certainly watch but with this build up it will be hard to live up to expectations. $120mm for one fight for Floyd is bigger than the richest multi-year NFL deal Edited by JTSP
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individually no, but ill go to a sports bar

 

once MMA came around in the 90's (I actually saw the first two UFCs when I was in the Navy) I lost interest in boxing. When I was a wrestler in high school I used day dream about putting boxing and wrestling together because in mind I thought it would make a great sport and would be a truer sense of fighting. Then When UFC came out I was like this is what I was looking for plus submissions made it even better.

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once MMA came around in the 90's (I actually saw the first two UFCs when I was in the Navy) I lost interest in boxing. When I was a wrestler in high school I used day dream about putting boxing and wrestling together because in mind I thought it would make a great sport and would be a truer sense of fighting. Then When UFC came out I was like this is what I was looking for plus submissions made it even better.

I tend to follow the epic fighter, but all things being equal id go with boxing. In boxing Floyd is the only one I follow these days, as lb for lb he may be the best all time (certainly one of them). For a while I probably watched more MMA with GSP, Silva and Jon Jones. But right now with GSP sidelined and silvas iffy comeback, only Jones is of interest to me Edited by JTSP
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Mayweather will win. His 5 inch reach advantage will allow him to score points at will. I'm excited about this fight even though it should've happened years ago.

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Would have been great 5 years ago. I'll probably still be a sucker and buy it though.

Agree but I'll still watch. I hate him but Mayweather will work him (unless they are setting up a rematch).

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I tend to follow the epic fighter, but all things being equal id go with boxing. In boxing Floyd is the only one I follow these days, as lb for lb he may be the best all time (certainly one of them). For a while I probably watched more MMA with GSP, Silva and Jon Jones. But right now with GSP sidelined and silvas iffy comeback, only Jones is of interest to me

 

never liked Silva as he is a terrible wrestler.

 

How can you not like (or hate) Connor McGregor, that guy is a machine and is the next big thing.

 

Also big Fan of Chris Weidman and I new he would beat Silva.

 

Also think that Rumble Johnson will take out Jones.

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Mayweather will win. His 5 inch reach advantage will allow him to score points at will. I'm excited about this fight even though it should've happened years ago.

I don't disagree as I mentioned up-thread.

 

However! Manny still has that devastating straight ahead left hand and KO power. We all know Mayweather will fight completely defensively, but Manny will open himself up and try to get in that KO shot, that's why the fans love him.

 

If he is lucky and connects, watch out Floyd. I'd love to see Floyd in trouble in the ring. I'm pretty sure I've never seen that!

 

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never liked Silva as he is a terrible wrestler.

 

How can you not like (or hate) Connor McGregor, that guy is a machine and is the next big thing.

 

Also big Fan of Chris Weidman and I new he would beat Silva.

 

Also think that Rumble Johnson will take out Jones.

Silva wasnt a wrestler, but he had that devastating front kick he could throw from so many positions. He was scary back in the day. Weidman just isnt interersting to me

 

good analysis of the fight here

 

http://youtu.be/TLdG5r1iZdo

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I don't disagree as I mentioned up-thread.

 

However! Manny still has that devastating straight ahead left hand and KO power. We all know Mayweather will fight completely defensively, but Manny will open himself up and try to get in that KO shot, that's why the fans love him.

 

If he is lucky and connects, watch out Floyd. I'd love to see Floyd in trouble in the ring. I'm pretty sure I've never seen that!

 

Manny hasn't knocked anyone out since he moved up in weight, but he certainly has the ability. Floyd's chin has never been tested. I've only seen him hurt one time and that was against Mosely.

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Manny hasn't knocked anyone out since he moved up in weight, but he certainly has the ability. Floyd's chin has never been tested. I've only seen him hurt one time and that was against Mosely.

He was rocked in some earlier fights. Don't recall which but theyre searchable on YouTube.

 

My question for this will he a) try to knock manny out to try emphasize the point he was the better fighter all along, or b) play it safer and stick to his usual counter punch, defensive specialist, win by decision routine?

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He was rocked in some earlier fights. Don't recall which but theyre searchable on YouTube.

 

My question for this will he a) try to knock manny out to try emphasize the point he was the better fighter all along, or b) play it safer and stick to his usual counter punch, defensive specialist, win by decision routine?

B. No doubt.

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