{"id":43495,"date":"2015-02-25T16:54:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T08:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43495"},"modified":"2015-02-25T16:54:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T08:54:50","slug":"pacquiao-mayweather-bout-will-blow-everything-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/25\/pacquiao-mayweather-bout-will-blow-everything-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao-Mayweather bout will \u2018blow everything away\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10371\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10371\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Manny-Pacquiao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10371\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Manny-Pacquiao.jpg\" alt=\"Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao. (Tracy Lee \/ Manny Pacquiao official Facebook page)\" width=\"960\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Manny-Pacquiao.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Manny-Pacquiao-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manny &#8216;Pacman&#8217; Pacquiao. (Tracy Lee \/ Manny Pacquiao official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Everything about Manny Pacquiao\u2019s much-awaited May 2 fight against Floyd Mayweather is set to \u201cblow you away\u201d: from the ticket prices to the purse money, to the expected intensity of the bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gonna set all records \u2013 pay-per-view sales, pay-per-view revenue, tickets, gates revenue, foreign sales. Everything is gonna get blown away,\u201d Bob Arum told reporters from local daily, The STAR, via a phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation has it that Mayweather\u2019s and Pacquiao\u2019s guaranteed purses would be staggering: a whopping $120 million for the former, and equally mind-blowing $80 million for the latter boxing legend..<\/p>\n<p>For tax reasons, however, the exact amounts cannot be disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a confidentiality agreement in the contract. We cannot and should not disclose the terms because stuff like that is contained in the confidentiality clause,\u201d said Pacquiao\u2019s chief adviser, Mike Koncz.<\/p>\n<p>The showdown between the two greats is expected to break all per-pay-view records, as well. The record for largest pay-per-view audience was set by the 2007 fight between Mayweather and Oscar dela Hoya, with 2.5 million households tuning in.<\/p>\n<p>Cable providers Showtime and HBO\u00a0 have pegged higher amounts for the cost of viewing the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, with the price set at $100 to watch the live telecast. Half of whatever amount is collected goes to the cable channels, while the boxers will be paid the remainder of the amount.<\/p>\n<p>Those who desire to see the fight live will have to pay a hefty sum for the experience: Ringside seats at the MGM Grand will reportedly cost $5,000 at face value No ticket is priced lower than $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN Radio, only MGM Grand high-rollers with a credit line of $250,000 have a chance at receiving complimentary tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two tickets to the Floor A section, favored by Hollywood celebrities, are going for e$113,435; approximately P5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Everything about Manny Pacquiao\u2019s much-awaited May 2 fight against Floyd Mayweather is set to \u201cblow you away\u201d: &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-sports","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}