The world’s highest-paid athlete is headed for the biggest payday of his career. Floyd Mayweather announced Friday night via the Shots social sharing site that he will put his undefeated record on the line and face off against Manny Pacquiao in the ring on May 2 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The tortured negotiations between the two boxers and their respective camps have dragged on for six years, but the sport’s biggest draws will finally clash with HBO and Showtime both broadcasting the fight on pay-per-view. “What the world has been waiting for has arrived,” Mayweather wrote on the Shots app in which he is an investor.
The fight will be just the second joint PPV telecast between Showtime, which has Mayweather (47-0) under contract, and HBO, which counts Pacquiao (57-5-2) in its boxing stable. The fierce rivals in the premium cable business came together in 2002 to jointly sell Mike Tyson (Showtime fighter) versus Lennox Lewis (HBO) with HBO earning the rights to the replay after Lewis’ knockout win. The May fight will be co-promoted by Top Rank and Mayweather
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