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I-LOS ANGELES – (March 13, 2015) – Ezifanele the nature engakaze ibonwe lokhu mega-fight, iziqubu ukuthi kulindeleke ukuba kube abacebe in boxing umlando, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao banikezwa ukwelashwa royal Wednesday engqungqutheleni gala press at Nokia Theatre at LA Live.

A glitzy, Hollywood–isitayela carpet-engaqhathaniswa obomvu ukuthi of umklomelo Hollywood ezinkulu sikhombisa-lalisongwa out nokwamukela bomlilo ukukhokhela ukufinyelela ngaphezu 700 credentialed media members from around the world. Among the formidable press core were dozens of television and radio crews and literally hundreds of newspaper columnists, boxing abalobi, futhi izindaba, entertainment and sports reporters. Even the Goodyear Blimp flew above to mark the occasion as the top-two fighters of this generation, Mayweather and Pacquiao, waya ubuso nobuso okokuqala ngaphambi kwabo welterweight amaqhawe ubuqhawe emhlabeni ubunye iziqubu 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.

Nazi lokho ababambiqhaza NgoLwesithathu press conference ayezokusho:

Floyd Mayweather

“Le impi babekwazi uke kwenzeka kudala, kodwa isikhathi manje. Kuba i matchup engakholeki futhi ngiyazi abalandeli abakwazi ukulinda ngenxa lokhu. Isikhathi okulungile futhi isikhathi manje.

“Ekugcineni safika kwenzeke. Konke mayelana uyasigcina isikhathi.

“Kwakungekho ukukwata towards (umgqugquzeli zangaphambili) Bob Arum, Ngangineminyaka nje happy ukuba babe boss yami emva kweminyaka esebenza kanzima futhi ngokuzinikezela isibhakela futhi ukufunda nohlangothi lwebhizinisi it. With kwesikhathi, I ekugcineni kwadingeka ukuba babe boss yami. Azikho imizwa kanzima towards Bob Arum nhlobo.

“Kuba njalo kuhle ukubona ukulwa best the best, lokho yini ethakazelisayo ngalokhu matchup.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi thina behlangana emva Miami Heat basketball game, ukuhlangabezana one-on-one, Nginomuzwa wokuthi ukuthi isizathu esenza le mpi kwenzeka.

“It ngempela wehla nethimba lami nethimba lakhe ehlezi phansi nekuchumanisa, ukuthola ekhasini efanayo ngokuyisisekelo.

“Akukho umuzwa wokukhululeka ukuthi ukulwa yenziwa. Ngigxila nje ukuphilela kwami ​​kwansuku zonke futhi wagxila kulokho ngenze. Angikwazi ukuphila kwami ​​aphile for ubani omunye.

“Siye wabhekana nazo zonke lezi guys phezulu kulo mdlalo futhi washaywa zonke guys top. Emva le mpi, engikholwa I uyonqoba, thina kuyosishukumisela ke kwenye guy.

“May 2 sinawo umsebenzi onzima ngaphambi kwami. Manny Pacquaio kuyinto fighter omuhle, kodwa okokugcina I bahlolwe I wabhekana southpaws eziyisishiyagalombili futhi unqobe izikhathi eziyisishiyagalombili, kanjalo angiyena ukhathazekile.

“You umhlabeleli bakholelwa ukuthi ngibe shape phezulu futhi kube best Floyd Mayweather Angikwazi bube.

“Kuba njalo enkulu ukuba uthole emuva emzini omkhulu Las Vegas. Lights, ikhamera, action. The MGM Omkhulu the hotel umhlabeleli emhlabeni. Kwaba njalo umgomo wami ukuba khona ukulwa. Babeqala ngaya khona ukulwa lapho ngineminyaka 17, Ngabona James Toney and Roy Jones.

“Ngiye ngabhekana umsebenzi engakholeki. Konke kwaqala nobaba. Uma bekungelona kuye mina ngeke kube lapha engikhona namuhla. Uma ubeka zonke izingcezu the puzzle ndawonye, Ngizwa nje like Ngingumfana ucezu isikhungo. Nsuku zonke lapho ngicabanga career yami Angizisoli lutho. Sizohamba phansi emlandweni njengoba ezinye fighters best, the Mayweathers ekulweni.

“Ngithemba ukulwa uyahlangabezana hype. Konke esingakwenza fighters kuba aphume khona bese ekwenza futhi enza lokho esikwenzayo umhlabeleli.

“Anginalutho ukufakazela on May 2. Ngiyazi mayelana amakhono ami, Ngiyazi ukuthi yini engingayenza futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ulethe Umdlalo wesibhakela. I am wasibusisa ngempela ukuba baphukile zonke amarekhodi boxing. Kwamanje I cha bheka phi fighter esithile nokwephula noma iyiphi amarekhodi zami.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi izitayela ukwenza ukulwa, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi izitayela zethu ezimbili ezahlukene wenze for an fight ethokozisayo.

“Any fighter kuyingozi. Uma I babhekene nabaphikisi ezahlukene, Angikwazi ukuthola a guy out kweso. Ngiyazi ukuthi wenza kahle nalokho engakwenzi kahle. Umsebenzi wami ukuthola lokho akusho ukwenza kahle.

“Uma fighter walahlekelwa ngaphambi, wokulahlekelwa in the engqondweni yakhe. Kwami, konke engikwenzele emsebenzini wami kuba win, kanjalo ngokuwina njalo engqondweni yami.

“Ingakanani imali ngenza ngempela focus yami akulona. Bengingeke ngibe lapho ngibukele namuhla uma kwakungekhona bonke abalobi kanye zabezindaba. Ngiyabonga umuntu ngamunye, ukuthi kwaba indaba enhle noma embi indaba. For 19 Eminyakeni, nina guys kwangigcina efanele. Kuze kufike umuntu imali, it ngempela uye reinvented uqobo. Ngangineminyaka 'Pretty Boy Floyd’ futhi mina ngiza ke emuva njengoba Money Floyd '’ Mayweather. Konke mayelana reinventing wena. Ngifuna ukuqhubeka nokwenza otshalomali smart kangaka grandkids zami kukhona OK.

” Ngihlale ikhambi ukwenza lokho ngenze ukuba aphume phezulu.

“Ngingumfana pretty isiqiniseko ubaba has a game plan omkhulu kangaka singa ukuphuma khona futhi wenze lokho esikwenzayo umhlabeleli. Game plan wethu ukuba smart, ngowokuqala, thatha isikhathi sethu bese msebenzi.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi Manny Pacquaio kuyinto fighter ethakazelisa kakhulu. Ukuze kuye ukufika lapho manje, kusobala ukuthi uye kwadingeka wenze kahle.

“Akekho okufanele aye ukulinda kuze ngaba 47-0 ukugembula on me, kufanele Bengilokhu ukubheja kimi kusukela ekuqaleni.”

Manny Pacquiao:

“Ngijabula kakhulu ngokuthi le mpi sekwenziwe, futhi ngiyazi ukuthi isibhakela fans bazizwa ngendlela efanayo.

“In Miami sakhuluma ukulwa futhi ngaqonda ukuthi kwaba B side futhi kwaba A side.

“Ngikholelwa ukuthi le mpi ubelokhu kuwufanele ukulinda. Abantu abaningi ajwayelekile nathi njengoba fighters, ngisho nabantu abangebona abalandeli isibhakela bayazi ngaleli fight.

“Bonke abantu Filipino bazoya ubuke le mpi.

“Camp Training uya kahle. Sijabula kakhulu. Ngilungisa ukuqeqeshwa kwami ​​usuku ngalunye on Instagram yami.

“Ngithanda kokuba isinamumva uya empini. Kube kanti kusukela bengilokhu eyodwa. Lesi sikhathi nxazonke kunginika ugqozi okuningi futhi ngizimisele ukufakazela ukuthi ngikwazi ukunqoba.

“Le impi kubaluleke kakhulu kimi futhi wesibhakela umlando. Asifuni ukuba ashiye uphawu umbuzo engqondweni boxing fans. Boxing fans bebelokhu bemagange ukubona le mpi iminyaka emihlanu. Aye engicela umbuzo ofanayo futhi ekugcineni kwenzekani.

“Ngilokhu ukulwa ngoba boxing kuba passion yami, Ngiyakuthanda boxing. Ngiye ngakwazi ukusiza umndeni wami ngokusebenzisa boxing.

“Abantu Filipino kakhulu ejabulile for kule mpi futhi angikwazi ukulinda ukuletha ukunqoba ezweni.

“Angifuni ukuba wahlulele, kodwa ngiyaqiniseka kakhulu ngalokhu fight. Ngangikhathazeke okwengeziwe ukulwa kwami ​​ngokumelene [Oscar] De La Hoya, [Anthony] Margarito and [Miguel] Okuphekiwe, kunami nge ekulweni Floyd Mayweather.

“Siyamjabulisa abalandeli kuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu kimi; Ngifuna ukubenza bajabule. I uthole ngezinye izikhathi ngokomzwelo ring ngoba ngifuna ukubenza bajabule.

“I ungadikibali kusaba nge ukulahlekelwa in wesibhakela. It kuyingxenye yomdlalo futhi ngiye ngamukela ukulahlekelwa futhi ngazenza a fighter kangcono. Okubalulekile ukwakha wena up and turning wena ube fighter kangcono.

“I uyosibonisa May 2.”

Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions:

“Sijabula kakhulu ukwenza umlando namuhla by ngokusemthethweni ememezela ukulwa kakhulu emlandweni ka isibhakela omunye izenzakalo ezinkulu emlandweni yezemidlalo.
“Ngithanda ukuba aqaphele indima Floyd and Manny kwadingeka ekwenzeni lokhu fight. Umhlangano ukuthi kwadingeka in Miami kwaba yingqophamlando enkulu futhi ngingathanda uqobo ukubonga Floyd ngokwenza kwenzeke.

“Eminyakeni edlule Floyd esenze MGM Grand ekhaya lakhe futhi baya ngaphezu ukuqinisekisa ikhwalithi kakhulu zonke umcimbi Floyd. Lokhu kuyoba Floyd sika 11^th fight alandelanayo at the MGM Grand kanye 14^th isikhathi uyobe elwa khona emsebenzini wakhe.

“Mayweather vs. Pacquiao mpi okusika phakathi Champions ezimbili ezinkulu namadoda amabili ezinkulu. May 2 kuyoba umbukwane ngokungafani yini ukuthi Las Vegas oke wabona ngaphambili.”

Bob Arum, Umsunguli CEO of Top Rank:

“It waqala lapho Les Moonves [usihlalo CBS] wafika endlini yami. Yena wangivakashela on umbhangqwana izikhathi ukungitshela ukuthi wayefuna ukwenza le mpi kwenzeke. Wayefuna ngiye Manny [Pacquiao] futhi uxoxe naye isikhwama ukuthi kungaba okwamukelekayo.

“Sasinamasonto inkhulumomphendvulwano kaningi. Bengithi ukuthi okuyakumehlela ngoba Moonves azokwenza konke wayengase ukwenza lokhu kwenzeke.

“Kwaze kwaba the game basketball in Miami lapho Manny wayeqiniseka ukuthi Floyd wayefuna ukulwa.

“It cishe kwaba ukulwa kunzima kakhulu ukwenza bengilokhu ingxenye. Kwathatha iminyaka emihlanu ukuwenza.

“Enye into icacile; kungcono ukulwa enkulu yalesi leminyaka.

“Anginayo inzondo kanye Floyd Mayweather. Floyd ubelokhu wahlala umngane omuhle; I abe lutho olubi ukusho mayelana Floyd njengoba umuntu.

“Ngiyamthanda Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach. Uma Manny iwina on May 2, okuyinto Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi kuthanda, I uyoba okukhulu nokwaneliseka the bobabili. Bayoba ngenzile umsebenzi ukuze kwenzeke.

“Isitayela Floyd sika kufanelekile ngempela ukulwa fighter sokudla. The southpaws ukuthi uye walwa ngimnikele izinkinga futhi uvukile ngenhla, kodwa southpaws walwa esikhathini esidlule akuzona Manny Pacquiao.

“Le impi uyovusa ezingenayo enkulu zonke Las Vegas. Ngingathanda bengilokhu efakwa isikhundla esabekayo uma ngingathanda uzamile ukuhambisa le mpi out of Las Vegas, ngisekhona ohlala. Ngempela, impi kungokwalabo in Las Vegas. Izinkulungwane nezinkulungwane zabantu ngeke uthele Las Vegas nje ukuba yingxenye yesehlakalo. Lokhu kuyoba wumcimbi emlandweni Las Vegas.”

Freddie Roach, Trainer Pacquiao sika:

“Ngicabanga ukuthi Floyd kwadingeka ithuba elingcono ngokukhanda Manny Pacquiao eminyakeni emihlanu edlule kunaye manje. Imilenze Floyd sika kukhona shot manje futhi ehlile impela kancane. Ngicabanga ukuthi kungaba ngokunenzuzo leso.

“Floyd uthi ufuna ukushintshanisa nge fighters more manje ukwenza kube fight more okuthakazelisayo, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi akulona iqiniso. Yena akanandaba abalandeli ngaso sonke futhi isizathu kuphela anakho ukushintshanisa kakhudlwana ngoba imilenze yakhe ngeke athathe naye aphume fight.

“Uma Floyd has ukushintshanisa nge Manny Pacquiao ngicabanga ukuthi kuhle kithi yingakho ngicabanga sesikude ukunqoba le mpi.

“Ngicabanga ukuthi le mpi zizoshintsha umdlalo isibhakela.

“Manny ungibizile up and wangitshela ukuthi akakwazi ukuqeqesha in the Philippines ngoba kungcono khulu crazy nazo zonke fans khona, akakwazi ukugxila.

“I abe rule in ekamu lokuqeqeshela kulesi sikhathi ukuthi uma kungukuthi enempumelelo in the gym for ukuqeqeshwa, ke ngeke kube azungeze. Isu yale mpi kubaluleke kakhulu futhi kuhlukile ukulwa ezidlule. Asikwazi iyiphi izinhloli ejimini; sisebenzisana nje epulanini game futhi wagxila kulokho Floyd yenzani. Ngiyazi ukuthi Floyd ubeka abantu futhi kwenza ukuba bahambe zibe isibhamu.

“Manny ushukumiseleka kakhulu kule mpi. Kufanele uthathe Floyd out of ukuzethemba kwakhe zone. Manny uyazi kanjani ukumshaya. Sizokwenza bethutha ilungelo ngaphambi we ukuhlasela kwakhe.

“Ngangifuna ukuba abanye abasha, fighters oluzayo njengoba sparring partners for Manny. Kukhona fighters abasha abavela Chicago, Massachusetts and Finland abangena ukuba Spar nge Manny. Izitayela yabo kukhona yisifo sokuwa ephelele Manny. Bangase get akhishwe futhi wathumela ekhaya, kodwa sizobe sibone. Engiye ababambisene sparring zikleliswe.

“Game plan yethu ukunqoba zonke round. Uma sithola Knockout, ke lokho nje ibhonasi. Floyd agcobhoze esandleni sika Manny. Lokho iphutha umuntu uyokwenza ngokumelene southpaw. Sinazo ukunqoba umzuliswano wokuqala futhi athathe Floyd out of induduzo yakhe zone.”

Richard Sturm, President Entertainment & Sports MGM Resorts International:

“Siyajabula ngokuthi le mpi sesifikile ophawulekayo nokuthi ukuwethamela MGM Grand. The resort is home to the biggest names in sports and entertainment and on May 2 we will host one of the greatest fights the sport will have ever seen.

“Eminyakeni edlule, kokubili Floyd and Manny umlomo abalandeli ngaphakathi MGM Grand Garden Arena nalabo ukubukela on PPV ngendlela ejabulisayo fight isipiliyoni. Nakuba ukulwa wangaphambili ukuba kwakuthakazelisa kakhulu, we believe there is nothing that can compare to the spectacle these two champions will deliver on May 2.”

Ken Hershman, President HBO Sports:

“Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo, the fans, pundits nabalobi ngeke aphambane phansi zonke izici le mpi.

“Ngithanda ukubheka emuva futhi siqonde indlela sifika lapha. Bekuyi 2001 lapho a kid young out of the Philippines okuthiwa Manny Pacquaio wenza HBO DEBUT yakhe. Nhlanhla, the bottale of the impi Floyd Mayweather. Floyd wenza HBO DEBUT yakhe 1997 futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi uye walwa on HBO noma HBO PPV 26 izikhathi.

“Nakuba laba ababili akaphindanga wahlanganyela ikhadi ngaphambi May 2, babé ngamunye sesiqhubeke ukuba Hall of Fame careers abe fighters ezimbili enkulu esizukulwaneni sabo. Floyd uye isihloko esikhulu nine HBO PPV imicimbi and Manny 17 HBO PPV izenzakalo. Labo 26 izenzakalo baye benza phezu 21 million uthenga PPV abangaphezu billion dollars ezingenayo.

“On May 2, lezi superstars ezimbili bazobamba iqhaza kulokho thina sonke siyazi kuyoba umcimbi single boxing enkulu kunazo zonke isikhathi.

“Thina uyaziqhenya eyodwa liphinde ukwenza umlando May 2 kanye Mayweather and Pacquiao.”

Stephen Espinoza, Executive Vice President & Umphathi Ovamile, Showtime Sports:

“Uma Floyd Mayweather wasayina deal yakhe mlando nge Showtime eminyakeni emibili edlule, wathembisa us izinto ezimbili: one, wayezobe ukulwa kaningi futhi; ezimbili, ngamunye ngosuku lwempi ayisithupha ngaphansi deal yakhe yayizoba izenzakalo ezinkulu kungenzeka ngokumelene nabaphikisi engcono. Phambili Fast iminyaka emibili, futhi Floyd uye wagcina zonke izwi izithembiso zakhe.

“Manje nje okwesibili ukulwa abahlanu Showtime, Floyd elwa Umphikisi ukuthi abantu abaningi babecabanga ukuthi ngeke ukulwa. Showtime PPV and Floyd irekhodi PPV ne umcimbi wokuqala ngo September 2013 futhi sibheka phambili omunye ukusebenza irekhodi-breaking on May 2.

“Showtime iye yaba nesandla ezinye enkulu PPV izenzakalo zomlando kuhlanganise Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson in 2002 futhi Mayweather vs. Canelo [Alvarez] in 2013. Kodwa akukho lezo zenzakalo ziye ekhiqizwa uhlobo isasasa nokulindela in media ukunakwa olufana usinga ukuthi le mpi luye lwashukumisa kakade.

“Lokhu yokuthi sonke at Showtime and CBS ngekutsi beletha kule mpi ndawonye. Excited, uyaziqhenya, Bathokozile, labo ezinye tichasiso ezingenakubalwa ukuchaza imizwa yethu ngalesi senzakalo, kodwa bamangaleAkayena omunye wabo. Lapho nje wavala deal bethu Floyd in 2013, impi Pacquiao kwaba kuqala kokubili for Floyd kanye nathi.

“Noma nini kwaba isikhathi sokuxoxa Umphikisi Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao kwaba njalo phezulu ohlwini Floyd sika.

“Njengoba CEO of CBS kanye fan osenesikhathi eside boxing, Leslie Moonves kwaba onogqozi lokhu deal futhi isizathu esiyinhloko esenza le mpi senziwa.

“Siyazi ukuthi Floyd abavumelana inombolo eyodwa fighter in the mdlalo, siyazi ukuthi Floyd kunazo zonke wakhuluma athlete zonke kwezemidlalo kanye Floyd Mayweather, Showtime isibe PPV inombolo eyodwa distributer in ithelevishini. Sibheke phambili breaking amarekhodi more nokwenza umlando okwengeziwe May 2.”

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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.

World Championship Boxing® series, theHBO Khokha-Buka® service, okuyinto isthe pay-per-umbono ingalo Home Box Office futhi umphakeli uNdunankulu izinkundla zokuhlela embonini pay-per-view, and the late-night HBO Boxing After Dark® series, olwethulwa ku 1996.

Showtime Networks Inc. (Sni), engxenyeni yakwa-ephethwe of CBS Corporation, ungumnikazi futhi usebenza amanethiwekhi premium ithelevishini Showtime^®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL^™ futhi Flix^®, kanye imigudu Multiplex Showtime 2^™, ISIKHATHI SOMBUKISO^® Umbukiso, Showtime obedlulele^®, Showtime NGALÉ^®, Showtime NEXT^®, Showtime WOMEN^®, Showtime FAMILY ZONE^® futhi THE CHANNEL MOVIE^™ Xtra. Sni inikeza Showtime HD^™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL^™ HD, Showtime ON IFUNA^® futhi THE CHANNEL MOVIE^™ EFUNWA KAKHULU, futhi inethiwekhi sika ubuqiniso service Showtime Anytime^®. Sni futhi okwenzayo Smithsonian Networks, ohlanganyelwayo phakathi sni kanye Smithsonian Institution, alinikela Smithsonian Channel^™. All sni feeds ukunikeza umsindo ngcono usebenzisa Dolby Digital 5.1. Sni nezimakethe futhi isakaze ezemidlalo kanye nemicimbi ukuzijabulisa for embukisweni ababhalisile ngesisekelo pay-per-umbono nge Showtime PPV^®.
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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