The road to the Pacquiao-Mayweather ‘Fight of the Century’

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Road to the ‘Fight of the Century’

They are the best fighters of their generation, great in their own right, and it is just fitting that at one point in their illustrious careers they cross paths.

The road was by no means easy with the match fought outside of the ring for years. Accusations and taunts were aplenty from both camps, making the possibility of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather stepping into the ring to fight each other even more impossible.

But all those road blocks just made what is being dubbed as the “Fight of the Century” even more captivating for millions of boxing fans.

Let’s take a look back at the seven long years it took before this biggest match in boxing history came to fruition.

Boxers Manny Pacquiao (R) from the Philippines and Floyd Mayweather from the US pose during a press conference on March 11, 2015 in Los Angeles, California, to launch the countdown to their May 2, 2015 super-fight in Las Vegas. AFP PHOTO/ FREDERIC J. BROWN