By September 2015, the figure had been amended to 4.6 million. The fight was expected to be the most lucrative in the history of professional boxing: with an initial estimate of 4.4 million purchases, the PPV alone broke revenue records in the United States (U.S.) with $410 million in revenue, making it the highest-grossing PPV in history, surpassing Mayweather–Álvarez in 2013. In the Philippines, the fight was also broadcast in simulcast across three of the country's major broadcast television networks. The fight was televised through a pay-per-view (PPV) jointly produced by HBO and Showtime, the respective rightsholders of Pacquiao and Mayweather. By 2015, negotiations for the fight had been finalized, with all of the major issues that prevented the fight from happening in the past resolved, including purse split, drug testing, and location. Serious negotiations were kickstarted in 2014 by an unlikely source: a Hollywood waiter and part-time actor, Gabriel Salvador, made a key introduction between Pacquiao's trainer and confidant Freddie Roach and CBS President Les Moonves, who both worked to facilitate the match. The failure to arrange the Mayweather–Pacquiao fight was named the 2010 Event of the Year by The Ring. Although the fight was considered to be one of the most anticipated sporting events in history, it was largely considered a letdown by critics and audiences alike upon its broadcast.ĭespite predictions that Mayweather–Pacquiao would be the highest-grossing fight in history as early as 2009, disagreements between the two professional boxers' camps on terms for the fight prevented the bout from coming to fruition until 2015. won the contest by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring it 116–112 and the other 118–110. It took place on May 2, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super welterweight champion WBA (Unified), WBC, WBO and The Ring welterweight titles MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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