Pacquiao-Mayweather megabout by the numbers

By: 9 years ago

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao AP FILE PHOTO

LAS VEGAS— The richest fight in history is full of numbers.

Here are some of them:

12 – scheduled rounds

147 – welterweight weight limit

3 – number of titles at stake (WBA, WBC, WBO)

$180 million – Mayweather’s expected payday

$120 million – Pacquiao’s expected payday

3-4 million – expected pay-per-view buys

2.48 million – previous pay-per-view record (set by Mayweather-Oscar De La Hoya in 2007)

27.9 million – total pay-per-view buys generated in past fights involving Pacquiao and Mayweather.

$10,000 – price of a seat on the floor at the MGM Grand arena

$1,500 – price of the worst seat in the house

47 – number of wins in Mayweather’s career

0 – number of losses in Mayweather’s career

5 – number of losses in Pacquiao’s career

$1,600 – cost of the cheapest room at the MGM Grand on fight night.

$120 – cost of cheapest room at the MGM Grand on a typical night

$1 million – reputed cost of special WBC title belt made for the fight.

900 – number of tickets Pacquiao bought for his friends and family for the fight.

$3,500 – online ticket broker price for worst seat in the house

$130 – online price for the weigh-in