The Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight was not called "Fight of the Century" for nothing. With the fact that it pitted two of the most successful boxers of recent generation, what poured in are live spectators and more importantly, cash.
The two are expected to earn a combine amount of $300 million with Floyd getting 60% and Manny getting 40%. That total amount is not the final though. They are also expected to get their shares from pay-per-view and tickets sales.
Pay-per-view data regarding the recently held Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight, which the undefeated American lightweight champ eventually won, has been released and looks like the two fighters, especially Floyd, are about to create a new record in earnings from a sports event.
A report from Yahoo Sports revealed Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight pay-per-view could hit $5 million to make the event tied for the second-highest-selling pay-per-view of all time. The current PPV figure is now at $2.25 million and still growing. The website wrote:
"Yahoo Sports on Thursday learned sales figures for the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight on DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as AT&T's uVerse and Verizon's FIOS services. Those add up to 2.25 million sales, which even without one sale from a cable company customer would make it tied for the second-highest-selling pay-per-view of all time."
"DirecTV sold 1.15 million pay-per-views, while Dish's number was 500,000. The telephone companies combined for 600,000. Combined, that is 2.25 million already. If cable systems wound up being 60 percent of the total, that would mean the final figure is a mind-boggling 5.625 million."
Because of this figure, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao will split around $560 million, $336 million for Floyd and $224 million for his Filipino counterpart.
Right now, talks of a Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao Fight rematch has been shut down after Pretty Boy got turned off by Pacmam's excuses like his reported shoulder injury. He even calls Pacman a sore loser and coward.
