“I promised the fans we would get this done, and we did,” he added.
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The welterweight world title fight is likely to smash all revenue records and be the richest bout in the sport’s history, easily eclipsing the pay-per-view record of 2.4 million viewers for Mayweather’s fight against Oscar De La Hoya in 2007.
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“The fight comes six years too late,” he said.
“Six years ago Pacquiao was a killer, a destroyer. Now he’s not. He hasn’t knocked anyone else for a while.”
The fight will take place in Las Vegas on May 2.
