Floyd Mayweather beats Manny Pacquiao in the 'fight of the century'

 

For some, it was the fight that almost never happened,  six years had passed since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao should have originally fought, but in the end, Mayweather answered one big question that haunted him for years: can he beat Manny Pacquiao?

 

The sense of anticipation as both men entered the ring was high, fans, pundits and TV networks had been demanding this bout as far back as 2009 when both men were arguably at their peak.

A series of contractual disputes and stipulations regarding drug testing, however, initially ensured an agreement was impossible.

But after a chance meeting between the pair at an NBA game in Miami earlier this year a deal was in the making. By February, it was on.

Tickets for the event sold out in minutes. Some were exchanging hands on the black market for as much as $350,000 before the fight. Even closed circuit relays of the match in Vegas were reportedly selling for as much as $3,500 a ticket, while viewers tuned in from every corner of the globe on pay-per-view channels.

After 12 rounds of fight, Mayweather won a careful, quiet unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, using his typically pensive and precise style of pinpoint punching.