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Mayweather-Pacquiao by the numbers

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LAS VEGAS (AP) The richest fight in history is full of numbers. Here are some of them:

12 - scheduled rounds

147 - welterweight weight limit

3 - number of titles at stake (WBA, WBC, WBO)

$180 million - Mayweather's expected payday

$120 million - Pacquiao's expected payday

3-4 million - expected pay-per-view buys

2.48 million - previous pay-per-view record (set by Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya in 2007)

27.9 million - total pay-per-view buys generated in past fights involving Pacquiao and Mayweather.

$10,000 - price of a seat on the floor at the MGM Grand arena

$1,500 - price of the worst seat in the house

47 - number of wins in Mayweather's career

0 - number of losses in Mayweather's career

5 - number of losses in Pacquiao's career

$1,600 - cost of the cheapest room at the MGM Grand on fight night.

$120 - cost of cheapest room at the MGM Grand on a typical night

$1 million - reputed cost of special WBC title belt made for the fight.

900 - number of tickets Pacquiao bought for his friends and family for the fight.

$3,500 - online ticket broker price for worst seat in the house

$130 - online price for the weigh-in