Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight: Full pay-per-view information
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao face off on Saturday in a fight that is expected to set pay-per-view records.
Information about PPV options and other details about the fight are below.
The title fight in Las Vegas will pit Mayweather (47-0, 26 KOs), the WBC and WBA champion, against Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs), who is looking to defend his WBO title.
SportsInteraction.com put together the infographic at the bottom of this post showing the 10 biggest boxing PPV fights by how much money they brought in and how much each fighter took home following the battles. It seems likely that Mayweather will supplant himself at the top of the list. His 2013 fight against Canelo Alvarez is currently the top PPV fight, and his matchup with Oscar De La Hoya in 2007 is the second-best ever.
PPV information
The main PPV undercard begins at 9 p.m. ET. The Mayweather-Pacquiao bout is expected to begin at approximately 11:30 p.m. ET.
The fight is being offered by DirecTV, Verizon Fios and Time Warner Cable, among other cable services, for around $90 in standard definition and $100 in high definition. The event is also available online to subscribers of some TV operators. There is no free live stream of the fight available. More information on how to watch the fight can be found here.
SI.com also put compiled some ways to get the fight cheaper.
More coverage
Be sure to check out the rest of SI.com's coverage of the fight, including Greg Bishop and Chris Mannix's exclusive look at the six-year negotiation that made the fight possible. Pacquiao's trainer also broke down how he is trying to find a blueprint for beating Mayweather, and SI.com created an interactive feature on the 25 greatest super fights in boxing history. SI also tried out Mayweather's new-age training device, the Cryosauna and spoke with his bodyguards about how they keep Floyd safe.
via SportsInteraction.com
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