| Las Vegas (March 11, 2015) – Sports fans will be treated to the fight that has captured the attention of the entire world when boxing’s pound-for-pound king Floyd “Imali” Mayweather steps into the ring to face eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao in an epic welterweight world championship unification bout. The ngabomvu mega-fight kuyokwenzeka Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Wasekela by Mayweather Promotions and Top Rank Inc., the pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by SHOWTIME PPV® futhi HBO Khokha-Buka® isiqala at 9:00 p.m. KANYE/ 6:00 p.m. PT.
Superstars Mayweather and Pacquiao, ogama crossover sesikhalo Kuyidlula yezemidlalo futhi uye wabenza amagama zasendlini, zizofuna esenzakalweni kulindeleke ukuba kwelanga zonke akhokhe-per-view, isango bukhoma kanye namarekhodi wesifunda closed. Mayweather vs. Pacquiao ngeke zidlule prizefights edume esimnandi emlandweni yezemidlalo sika ezifana “Thrilla in Manila,” the “Rumble in the Jungle” futhi Sugar Ray vs Leonard. Tommy Hearns.
“Njengoba impi kumenyezelwa, indlela umphakathi bekulokhu engakholeki, futhi ngisho kucace kakhudlwana ukuthi lena impi abalandeli bafuna ukubona,” Said Mayweather. “Ngithathe sibonga ukuthi mina Manny Pacquiao bakwazi ukwenza kwenzeke. Lokhu kuzokwenza wumcimbi emlandweni wesibhakela kube. Ngiswele iqembu lami ngokwanele ukuba bakusekele kusukela ngosuku olulodwa. Ngikhathazekile eyashukumisela kunanini ngaphambili ufake show engakholeki, and I’ll be ready for May 2.”
“I will be ready for my date with destiny on May 2,” said Pacquiao. “I am very happy that Floyd Mayweather and I can give the fans the fight they have wanted for so many years. They have waited long enough and they deserve it. It is their mandate. It is an honor to be part of this historic event. I dedicate this fight to all the fans who willed this fight to happen and, njengenjwayelo, ukuze sikhazimulise Philippines and basePhilippines nabo yami emhlabeni.”
The fighters, abagqugquzeli futhi inethiwekhi abaphathi wasebenza ngokubambisana ukuqinisekisa ukuthi yonke imininingwane kwavunyelwana futhi uhlele ukuba akhulule kule mpi mlando.
“Le impi yikho sonke sike eside ilindele,” Said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions. Sihlale sithi sifuna ukunikeza abalandeli abakufunayo, futhi phezu May 2 they will get just that. “Mayweather vs. Pacquiao wumcimbi emlandweni wesibhakela, futhi thina uku beqiniseka it will break konke pay-per-view, isango bukhoma, namarekhodi wesifunda closed. Floyd uye wasebenza kanzima umsebenzi wakhe wonke futhi elawulwa ikusasa lakhe ukuze ngifinyelele kuleli qophelo. Promotions Mayweather ujabule yena ukuba yingxenye yalesi ithuba elingavamile everybody abathintekayo.”
“Izwe lonke bakulindele ngabomvu le mpi ethokozisayo,” wathi Hall of Fame umgqugquzeli Bob Arum of Top Rank “Ngosizo lukaNkulunkulu, thina siyoba hlulile.”
“Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather bebelokhu fighters ezimbili ezivelele kunazo Umdlalo wesibhakela for the eyishumi edlule, futhi silwe abalandeli emhlabeni wonke ziye zidinga ukuba abhekane nomunye,” wathi Ken Hershman, President HBO Sports. “Futhi manje, on May 2, kulokho wonke umuntu okholwa kuyoba boxing wumcimbi-sonke isikhathi, fight fans have been granted their wish. May 2 will be a signature moment for the sport of boxing and HBO Sports is thrilled to be a part of this spectacular event. Ngiyazi bomlilo amaqembu azo ayobe abebenokwenziwa ezibukwayo futhi sihlela isebenzisane bonke abahilelekile ukuba akhulule elifanayo ukusebenza ngombono ukusakaza.”
“Uma Showtime Networks usayine Floyd Mayweather saqala uhlela ngezenzakalo yoke iThemu yesivumelwano sethu. For both Floyd and for us, lokhu impi kuqala,” wathi Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & Umphathi Ovamile, Showtime Sports. “The ukulangazela obuqand le mpi ngemoto ukuba basebenze ubusuku nemini cishe zonke izici umcimbi wokwethula isethulo-class emhlabeni worthy of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.”
“Like boxing fans emhlabeni wonke, Simagange kakhulu ukuthi Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight sesifikile ophawulekayo,” wathi Richard Sturm, umongameli we Entertainment and Sports for MGM Resorts International. “Kuyasijabulisa ukuba ithuba lokusingatha le mpi championship at MGM Grand, home to the sport’s biggest events. This May weekend will prove to be one of the most electric weekends Las Vegas has ever experienced.”
Omunye fighters ehlotshiswe kakhulu emlandweni sport, the Ezingakanqotshwa Floyd Mayweather (47-0, 26 Kos) kuyinto 11-time emhlabeni iqhawe kwabahlanu ukwehlukana isisindo futhi yonke njenge No. 1 ganda-for-ganda fighter in the world. With yakhe speed lokuhweba, ngekhono ukuzivikela kanye nekhono ukufunda abaphikisi bakhe Mayweather aye waqongelela iwina phezu 20 world champions in his already legendary 19-year career. Ngaphezu e-ring yakhe nalokho akufezile, Forbes, Fortune and Sports Illustrated ziye okuthiwa Mayweather athlete esiphezulu-paid izikhathi emhlabeni multiple. Imicimbi Yakhe
isilinganiso abangaphezu kwesigidi pay-per-umbono uthenga fight per, okuyinto isilinganiso esiphezulu of yimuphi boxer emlandweni. Mayweather holds the all-time record in gross pay-per-view receipts and has participated in three of the top six highest grossing pay-per-view events of all-time. Ngakho kude, Mayweather is the fighter kuphela abaye bahlanganyela izenzakalo ezimbili esabangela ngaphezu 2 million pay-per-view buys each. Mayweather has been decorated with awards for “Best Male Athlete” futhi “Fighter of the Year” zezinhlangano kuhlanganise amahlanu ESPN Espy Awards and ezimbili Boxing Writers Association of America imiklomelo.
Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 Kos), ummeleli lone mthetho ovela esifundazweni Sarangani in the Philippines (yena waba reelected ukuba ihlandla lesibili, egijima kokuphikiswa in 2013), is the only fighter to win eight world titles in as many different weight divisions. A three-time Fighter of the Year and the Boxing Writers Association of America’s “Fighter of the Decade,” Qalisa kabusha Pacquiao sika izici ngokunqoba phezu Hall zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo zalesi Famers, kuhlanganise Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez. From 2008 to 2010, ezinhlanu ukunqoba kwakhe eziyisikhombisa zezwe isihloko ukunqoba ezahlukene amakilasi isisindo emihlanu, kusukela 130 to 154 amakhilogremu. No active boxer has sold more live tickets in the U.S. kuka Pacquiao, obuye udumo ngaphezu 13 million domestic pay-per-view buys. Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight title last year, on April 12, nge isinqumo ngazwilinye ngomdlalo phezu Thimothewu Bradley Jr., lokuziphindiselela impikiswano yakhe 2012 uyahlukaniswa isinqumo kulahlekelwe Ezingakanqotshwa ezimbili-division emhlabeni iqhawe.
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The MGM Grand Garden Arena kuhlala amakhonsathi, ubuqhawe isibhakela uNdunankulu yezemidlalo nemicimbi ekhethekile. The Arena unikeza indawo ekahle for amaningi njengoba 16,800 kanye sightlines omuhle futhi state-of-the-art umsindo, lighting and sound. Prominent events to date have included world championship fights between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson as well as Oscar de la Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather and Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez; nasemakhonsathini by The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Bette Midler, George Strait, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, U2, U-Lady Gaga, U-Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Jimmy Buffett and the Barbra Streisand Millennium Concert. The MGM Grand Garden Arena also is home to annual events including Academy of Country Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, iHeartRadio Music Festival, Pac-12 samadoda Basketball Championship kanye Frozen Fury NHL pre-isizini game ebesihlelwe Kings Los Angeles.
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