This weekend’s bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao isn’t just one of the most anticipated boxing matches of all time—it’s also poised to rake in more money than any other fight in history and to break all sorts of records in the process.
Revenues from the pay-per-view alone could come in at around $300 million with an estimated 3 million people expected to
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Those are just a few of the eye-popping financials surrounding this fight. Take a look at how the match breaks down, blow for blow and dough to dough:
(Infographic: by Todd Chapman)
Source: CBS News, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, ESPN, Sporting News, Washington Post, New York Times