Saturday, 2 May 2015
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Mayweather to fight Pacquiao in $25,000 mouthguard
n less than a fortnight until Floyd Mayweather fights Manny Pacquiao in
their world welterweight showdown in Las Vegas, the hype is increasing
and so is Mayweather’s level of ostentation. follow all the proceedings here
Mayweather has his guards tailor-made by Lee Gause, a New York dentist, and it’s believed that the one he’ll wear against Pacquiao will contain gold and diamonds as well as the $100 dollar bills. “My career’s gone on 19 years and I’ve been able to preserve my smile,” the 38-year-old America was quoted as saying .
Not that ‘Money’ will be short of a few bob after his fight against Pacquiao. Win or lose, Mayweather is set to earn an estimated £122 million from what has been dubbed the “richest fight in
history”.
Mayweather has his guards tailor-made by Lee Gause, a New York dentist, and it’s believed that the one he’ll wear against Pacquiao will contain gold and diamonds as well as the $100 dollar bills. “My career’s gone on 19 years and I’ve been able to preserve my smile,” the 38-year-old America was quoted as saying .
Not that ‘Money’ will be short of a few bob after his fight against Pacquiao. Win or lose, Mayweather is set to earn an estimated £122 million from what has been dubbed the “richest fight in
history”.
Mayweather-Pacquiao: Still no tickets on sale for 2 May fight
Promoter Bob Arum is still unable to explain why there are no tickets
on general sale for the super-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny
Pacquiao in Las Vegas on 2 May.
The MGM Grand holds 16,500 but only about 1,000 tickets are expected to be made available to the wider public.
Contracts with the MGM Grand remain unsigned, while tickets are also not on sale for other venues across Las Vegas.
Arum cut a news conference short on Monday before questions could be asked!
Meanwhile, it was announced on Tuesday that Kenny Bayless, who has refereed many contests involving Mayweather and Pacquiao, will be the third man in the ring on fight night.
Bayless refereed his first world title fight in 1994 and is widely regarded as one of the best in the business.
The judges will be Burt Clements, Dave Moretti and Glenn Feldman, whose first world-title fights were in 1989, 1981 and 1997 respectively.
A representative for Arum, who handles Pacquiao only, said technical issues were to blame for the aborted teleconference, but Arum said he was unhappy with the number of journalists on the call.
Another source close to Arum said, contrary to reports, the ticketing problems have not been caused by Mayweather's camp.
After the MGM takes its share of the tickets, each camp is allocated a percentage and is able to resell them to brokers at higher prices.
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