Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Mayweather Vs. Pacquiao: By The Numbers

The much anticipated and long-delayed bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is inching closer to fruition, according to multiple reports. Executives from Top Rank, which promotes Pacquiao, outlined the potential fight details to ESPN and Yahoo late Tuesday. Pacquiao and Top Rank have agreed to parameters around the date (May 2), location (MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas), network (Showtime and HBO would both broadcast the fight on pay-per-view), drug testing, boxing gloves and the all-important purse split (60/40 in favor of Mayweather).

While Pacquiao and Top Rank are on board with the terms of the bout, Mayweather’s camp remains publicly silent on the discussions. It remains a big question mark whether the bout gets made until the signatures of both fighters are on a contract. Pacquiao has publicly been itching for this fight for a couple years, including filming a humerous ad for Foot Locker FL -3.97% regarding the inability of the fighter to meet in the ring. Mayweather has shown less interest in the fight, although he opened the door a crack after his September bout against Marcos Maidana. “Manny Pacquiao needs to focus on the guy in front of him (Chris Algieri). Once he gets past him, he can look to the future. If the Pacquiao fight presents itself, let’s make it happen,” said Mayweather in his post-bout press conference.

The tortured negotiations between the two fighters have taken place on and off over the last six years, but this is the closest they have come to making the bout happen. The fight would most certainly shatter the records for PPV sales (2.5 million for Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya), PPV revenue ($150 million for Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez) and live gate ($20 million for Mayweather-Alvarez). It would be a record payday for both fighters with Mayweather likely banking as much as $120 million. Here some of the numbers that define the two fighters.

Rank

Mayweather: No. 1; Pacquiao: No. 3 in The Ring’s current pound-for-pound ratings.

Record

Mayweather: 47-0 with 26 knockouts; Pacquiao: 57-5-2 with 38 knockouts.

Age

Mayweather: 37; Pacquiao: 36

Betting Line

Mayweather: -350; Pacquiao: +265 via Bovada (fight must take place May 2 or 3 for bets to be valid).

Twitter Followers

Mayweather: 5.5 million; Pacquiao: 1.6 million

Earnings

Mayweather: $105 million between June 2013-June 2014; Pacquiao: $41.8 million, including endorsements. Mayweather topped Forbes list of the world’s highest-paid athletes, while Pacquiao ranked No. 11.

Purse (last fight)

Mayweather: $32 million (Maidana II); Pacquiao: $23 million (Algieri)

Biggest Career Payday

Maywweather: $75 million (Alvarez); Pacquiao: $30 million (Marquez III)

Career Earnings

Mayweather: $420 million; Pacquiao: $335 million, including endorsements.

Career PPV Buys

Mayweather: 14.2 million; Pacquiao: 13.6 million

Career PPV Revenue

Mayweather: $860 million; Pacquiao: $755 million

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