| 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 “Money” Mayweather steps into the ring to face eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-tangata” Pacquiao in an epic welterweight world championship unification bout. Ka tangohia te-whawhai mega nui-tapoko wahi Rāhoroi, Kia 2 i te MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas. Whakatairangatia ana e Mayweather Whakatairanga me Top Kapa Inc., the pay-per-view telecast will be co-produced and co-distributed by SHOWTIME PPV® a HBO Totongi-Per-Tiro® timata i 9:00 p.m. AND/ 6:00 p.m. PT.
Superstars Mayweather a Pacquiao, tono crossover nei i ô mai i te hākinakina, me kua hanga ratou ingoa whare, Ka whakataetae i roto i te kaupapa e tūmanakohia ana ki pounga tetahi me katoa te utu-ia-tirohanga, te kuwaha ora me ngā pūkete iahiko kati. Mayweather vs. Ka tō Pacquiao prizefights rongonui, me te fakangalongata'a roto i te aamu o te hākinakina o pērā i te “Thrilla i roto i te Manila,” te “Wiriwiri i roto i te Jungle” a Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Tommy Hearns.
“Mai i kauwhautia te whawhai i, kua te whakautu i te iwi whānui kua maere, a te reira noa mārama ake e ko te whawhai nga pā hiahia ana ki te kite i tenei,” Said Mayweather. “Ahau au mauruuru i taea ki te tupu te reira Manny Pacquiao me ahau. Tenei ka te hui nui i roto i te hītori o te mekemeke. E kore e taea e ahau te whakawhetai nui toku rōpū mō to ratou tautoko i te ra kotahi. Ahau atu hihiri atu ake ake ki te maka ki runga ki te whakaatu maere, and I’ll be ready for Kia 2.”
“I will be ready for my date with destiny on Kia 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, rite tonu, ki te kawea mai te kororia ki te Philippines, me toku hoa Filipinos huri noa i te ao.”
Ko nga whawhai, kaiwhakatairanga me whakahaere whatunga mahi i roto i te mahi tahi tata ki te whakarite kia whakaae nga taipitopito i runga i a whakatakotoria i roto i te tikanga ki te whakaora i tēnei whawhai hītori.
“Tenei whawhai ko te mea katoa kua tatou i tatari mo te,” Said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO o Mayweather Whakatairanga. Mea tonu matou e hiahia ana matou ki te hoatu i te pā ta ratou e hiahia ana, a ki runga ki Kia 2 they will get just that. “Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Ko te hui nui rawa i roto i te hītori o te mekemeke, a kei māia ka whati te reira utu-ia-tirohanga katoa tatou, te kuwaha ora, me ngā pūkete iahiko kati. Kua mahi Floyd pakeke tona mahi katoa, me te mana i tona ake hopea ki te tiki ki tenei wāhi. Whakatairanga Mayweather he hihiri hoki ia, a ki te wahi o tenei whai wāhitanga faahiahia no te whai wāhi katoa.”
“Kei te tatari na ki te ao katoa i tenei pakanga whakaongaonga,” Na ka mea a Hall o Rongonui kaiwhakatairanga Bob Harumu o te Kapa Top “I te tauturu o te Atua, Ka tatou ikuna.”
“Kua nga whawhai tino nui e rua i roto i te hākinakina o te mekemeke mo te tekau tau o mua Manny Pacquiao me Floyd Mayweather kua, a ka whawhai pā huri noa i te ao kua karangatia hoki ki a ratou kanohi tahi i te tahi,” Na ka mea a Ken Hershman, Te peresideni HBO Sports. “Na inaianei, i runga i Kia 2, i roto i te aha katoa e te hui mekemeke nui o te katoa-wā whakapono, fight fans have been granted their wish. Kia 2 will be a signature moment for the sport of boxing and HBO Sports is thrilled to be a part of this spectacular event. E mohio ana ahau ki nga whawhai, a ka primed ratou kapa kia ki te hira me te whakamahere tatou ki te mahi ngātahi ki te whai wāhi ki te whakaora i te taumata i taua o te mahi mai i te tirohanga pāhotanga katoa.”
“A, no te hainatia Showtime Networks Floyd Mayweather timata matou te whakamahere mō ngā kaupapa mīharo puta noa i te wā o to tatou kawenata. For both Floyd and for us, tenei whawhai ko te matua runga,” Na ka mea a Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice te peresideni & Kaiwhakahaere General, SHOWTIME Sports. “Ko te anaanatae rahi no te tenei whawhai te peia ia tatou ki te mahi a tawhio noa te karaka i runga i tata āhuatanga katoa o te hui ki te whakaora i te whakaaturanga e tika ai te Mayweather vs-ao o te piha haapiiraa. Pacquiao.”
“Ka rite ki pā mekemeke te ao, ua oaoa roa matou e te Mayweather vs. Mai Pacquiao whawhai, kua ki te whaihua,” Na ka mea a Richard Sturm, peresideni o whakangahau me Sports mo MGM Resorts International. “Te oaoa nei matou ki te whai i te whai wāhi ki te manaaki i tēnei whawhai aito i 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.”
Ko tētahi o nga whawhai tino whakapaipai i roto i te aamu o te hākinakina, te tūturu Floyd Mayweather (47-0, 26 Koó) Ko te toa 11-wā te ao i roto i te rima wehewehenga taimaha, me te aotia rite te No. 1 toa i roto i te ao pauna-no te-pauna. Ki te tona tere waitohu, te kaha ārai me te kaha ki te pānui i ana hoariri pae Mayweather kua toa i runga i 20 world champions in his already legendary 19-year career. I tua atu ki ana lavame'a i-mowhiti, Forbes, Fortune a Sports Illustrated Kua ko Mayweather rawa-utua kaitäkaro wa maha o te ao. Ana ngā takahanga
toharite neke atu i te kotahi miriona tirohanga utu-ia-hokona ia whawhai, i te mea te toharite rawa o tetahi kaimekemeke i roto i te aamu. 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. Ko te kupu i tawhiti, Kei te anake te toa ki te whai wāhi atu i Mayweather i te rua ngā kaupapa i te i hanga atu 2 million pay-per-view buys each. Mayweather has been decorated with awards for “Best Tāne kaipara” a “Fighter o te Tau” e ngā rōpū, tae atu e rima ESPN te tutei Tohu, e rua Mekemeke Writers Association o Amerika tohu.
Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 Koó), te māngai ana'e congressional i te kawanatanga Sarangani i roto i te Philippines (I reelected ia ki te wā tuarua, rere whakaīngoa 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 “Toa o te tekau tau,” Anō o Pacquiao ngā whakaora i runga i reira, me te heke mai Hall o Famers, tae atu Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley a Juan Manuel Marquez. Mai 2008 ki 2010, e rima o ana toa e whitu i taitara ao whakaora i roto i te akomanga taimaha rerekē e rima, i 130 ki 154 pauna. No active boxer has sold more live tickets in the U.S. i te Pacquiao, nei, ka kiia hoki ki neke atu i te 13 million domestic pay-per-view buys. Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight title last year, i runga i April 12, mā te whakatau loto scintillating mo Timothy Bradley Jr., rapu utu ana i tautohetia 2012 afa mate whakatau ki te toa tūturu rua-wehenga te ao.
HBO Sports has brought the best in sports to television for four decades — from world championship boxing events, ki pakipūmeka tūmomo me motuhake, ki te täne hötaka mooni mālohi tino whakahonoretia me, and the most provocative sports magazine program on TV. Kua taupokina HBO te hākinakina o te mekemeke pērā tetahi atu i runga i te whakamutunga 40 tau. E toru raupapa Kei roto i te täne HBO Mekemeke, tae atu i te tino nui
World Championship Boxing® raupapa, teHBO Totongi-Per-Tiro® ratonga, e isthe ringa utu-ia-tirohanga o Office Box Home, me te kaiwhakarato pirimia o te hōtaka kaupapa ki te ahumahi utu-ia-tirohanga, and the late-night HBO mekemeke I muri Pōuri® raupapa, i whakaurua i roto i 1996.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), he āpiti whakapau ki te-ngā o CBS Corporation, nona a mahi nga kupenga moni pouaka SHOWTIME®, THE Whitiāhua Channel™ a Flix®, me te pai kia rite ki te awa multiplex SHOWTIME 2™, SHOWTIME® Showcase, SHOWTIME EXTREME®, SHOWTIME TUA®, SHOWTIME NEXT®, SHOWTIME WOMEN®, SHOWTIME FAMILY Rohe® me te kiriata Channel™ Xtra. SNI tuku SHOWTIME HD hoki™, THE Whitiāhua Channel™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND® me te kiriata Channel™ ON DEMAND, me te motuhēhēnga ratonga SHOWTIME wā o te whatunga®. SNI whakahaere hoki Smithsonian Networks, he mahi ngātahi i waenga SNI me te Smithsonian MoE, e tuku Smithsonian Channel™. Whāngai SNI katoa whakarato tangi whakarei te whakamahi i Dolby Digital 5.1. Markets SNI a tohatoha hākinakina, me ngā kaupapa whakangahau mo te whakaaturanga ki kaiohauru i runga i te kaupapa utu-ia-tirohanga i roto i SHOWTIME PPV®.
Ko te MGM Grand Garden Arena he te kāinga ki te konohete, tangaroa mekemeke me te pirimia hākinakina, me ngā kaupapa motuhake. Ko te Arena tuku tūru hāneanea hoki te hunga i rite 16,800 ki te sightlines pai, me te Fare Menemene e kāwanatanga-o-te-toi, 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 a Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez; me konohete i te Rolling kōhatu, Madonna, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Paora McCartney, Bette Midler, George Strait, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, U2, Lady Gaga, 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 tangata o Basketball Championship me te Frozen riri NHL mua-wa kēmu i whakahaeretia e nga Kings Los Angeles.
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