Summary

  • News conference at LA's Nokia Theatre

  • Fight in Las Vegas on 2 May

  • Mayweather: 47 fights, 47 wins

  • Pacquiao: 57 wins, 2 draws. 5 losses

  • Mayweather is a 2-5 favourite

  1. Postpublished at 19:31 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2015

    Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd MayweatherImage source, Getty Images

    If big digits are your thing, continue reading: Mayweather-Pacquiao will almost certainly shatter the record for pay-per-view buys (currently 2.5m for Mayweather-Oscar De la Hoya in 2007), pay-per-view revenue (currently $150m for Mayweather-Saul Alvarez in 2013) and live gate (currently $20m for Mayweather-Alvarez)...

  2. Postpublished at 19:22 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2015

    Press pass for Mayweather v Pacquiao press conference

    Alex South, BBC World Service: "The media pass looks like a movie poster, the red carpet is fit for Hollywood's finest and the venue can hold thousands. All for a boxing press conference..."

  3. Postpublished at 19:13 Greenwich Mean Time 11 March 2015

    manny PacquiaoImage source, Getty Images

    Evening. There will be quite a big fight in Las Vegas on 2 May, when Floyd Mayweather takes on Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Despite the size of the contest - it is expected to be the richest in history, with the purse expected to be in the region of £167m - there is only one news conference, which is scheduled to kick off at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles at 2030 GMT. Given that this is boxing, it might not kick off until later...