Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight on May 2, 2015. The professional boxing match will be at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Viewers can attend the match or watch the game at home on pay-per-view. Several polls have taken place online to guess the outcome of the highly anticipated match.
Pacquiao is a Filippino professional boxer. He is 36 years old. He has won titles for Flyweight Champion, Welterweight Champion, and Super Featherweight Champion. Mayweather is an American pro boxer who holds ten world titles. He has zero losses in his career. Mayweather’s nicknames are Money and The Best Ever (TBE).
According to a poll by Latinos Post, 87% of voters favor Pacquiao over Mayweather. Sportsnation poll suggested that 38% of voters think Mayweather will win by decision. 22% voted that Pacquiao will win by decision. 2% believed the outcome would be a draw. 31% thought Pacquiao will win by knocked out. Only 7% thought Mayweather would win by KO. These polls were taken from 131,237 voters. In a separate poll by Who Would Win in a Fight, Pacquiao received 17,003 votes whereas Mayweather received 7,822 votes.
“You have to focus without interruption after your activities of jogging, training … I don’t want to focus on anything other than boxing,” Pacquiao said to the Los Angeles Times. “You have to focus without interruption after your activities of jogging, training ... I don't want to focus on anything other than boxing. This is just the first time I’m asking for time to focus. There’s something I need to achieve in this camp, especially mentally,” said Pacquiao.
HBO and Showtime currently hold television rights for the boxing match between Pacquiao and Mayweather. It costs $89 to watch with standard-definition and $99 to watch with high-definition on pay-per-view.
