On May 3rd, Beijing time, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, two of the world's most famous boxing champions, will hold a "boxing century war" in Las Vegas, which will attract worldwide attention. At the same time, this game will also determine the ownership of the three welterweight gold belts of WBC, WBO and WBA super champions. Tencent Sports will start a live video match at 9: on May 3rd, Beijing time. Pacquiao vs Mayweather will be broadcast live at 11: , with explanations from world champions Yang Jianping and Wang Kehan.

The most powerful heavy artillery in history

Pacquiao, the Asian destroyer whose height is less than 1.7 meters, is the most terrible heavy artillery fighter on the planet. The boxing superstars such as Della Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Shane Mosley, the British killer, all succumbed to his fists, and the American media exclaimed that he was "another one after Genghis Khan.

In the boxing ring, Pacquiao is an offensive madman, who vividly interprets the passion of professional boxing. In his career, he won 57 victories in 64 battles and knocked down his opponents 38 times. So far, he is the only winner of eight orders of magnitude. In order to watch Pacquiao's game, even during the war, the Philippine military and anti-government armed forces tacitly stopped the exchange of fire. In the three hours before and after his war with De La Hoya, the crime rate in the Philippines was zero.

The strongest shield in the boxing ring

Unlike Pacquiao, Mayweather's success comes from his "superman" footwork and quick response speed, which makes his opponent unable to capture his figure. American boxing commentator said, "If you want to list all the quality requirements needed for boxing, you just need to write down Mayweather's name."

Compared with Pacquiao, Mayweather is a master of boxing defense, and no one can hurt him so far. In his career, he won 47 battles and 47 victories, and knocked out opponents 26 times. As the third runner-up of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Mayweather cut down five levels of the world gold belt with unbeaten record after switching to the professional arena. His excellent movement and defense turned his opponent's heavy punches into invisibility. Mayweather won every victory without a scratch on his face and was known as "beautiful boy". However, because "beautiful boy" has been ranked as the world's most profitable athlete in the Forbes list in recent years, his nickname with an annual income of over 1 million yuan has been changed to "money", and hundreds of millions of dollars have been frequently exposed instead of handsome faces, making Mayweather the wayward rich man in everyone's eyes.

The legendary battle of fate between the two boxing rings will start on May 3rd. Just like the change of Mayweather's nickname, compared with the technical analysis of whether Pacquiao's offensive boxing "spear" can pierce Mayweather's defensive master's "shield", a glimpse of the money empire context behind this game can let the public know this game from another angle.

how much is divine retribution really worth?

Aside from professional technical analysis and comparison, before Pacquiao and Mayweather stepped into the ring, almost all the records about boxing events were completely refreshed. Every day, economic data with a suffix of zero hits people's nerves. 2 (2 million) dollars, yes, this is the income of two legendary boxers who were exposed at the beginning, but after being dazzled by a series of zeros, this figure still rose faster than the rocket. According to the information of the event party, the basic remuneration of Mayweather's competition has reached 12 million US dollars, and the PPV share is expected to reach 18 million US dollars. Pacquiao's basic remuneration this time is 8 million US dollars, and with the PPV share, the final income will also exceed 1 million US dollars, which means that there will be about 3 million US dollars more in the accounts of the two boxers after this competition.

if the data can't be accurately described just by "refreshing history", what is the concept of 3 million? The highest annual income ranking of Forbes athletes (from the end of May of the previous year to the end of May of that year) is that the annual income (including advertising income) set by Tiger Woods in the peak period of 27 was 125 million US dollars, and he was also the first athlete with an annual income of over 1 million US dollars. However, this data was easily exploded by Mayweather's entry into a game. At the same time, Pacquiao's annual income (plus the reward for last year's game in algieri) will also exceed this figure. Two boxers in a match set a new record for athletes' annual income list at the same time, which does not include any commercial sponsorship and advertising expenses. Boxing is so valuable! In addition to money, the winner of Pacquiao and Mayweather will win a special WBC gold belt inlaid with more than 3, emeralds, but this jewel-like gold belt is hardly worth mentioning in front of $3 million.

where did the $3 million come from?

Not all boxing world champions can "attract gold" like this. WBC Mini Lightweight World Champion Xiong Chaozhong (Weibo) earned $2, in his defending battle, considering his great influence in the China market. Why do Mayweather and Pacquiao get so much money? Who will pay for this $3 million? In a mature commercial society, there is no big head. Let's take a look at the specific composition of this $3 million. How much value can this game create.

first, pay cable TV. PPV pay-per-view cable TV is the main income source of professional boxing. In order to watch the match between Pacquiao and Mayweather, the audience must pay 89.95 to 99.95 dollars according to the standard definition mode and high definition mode (data comes from Yahoo Sports). It is estimated that the PPV sales revenue of this match will reach 4-5 million dollars. In addition to the basic boxing pay, Pacquiao and Mayweather will get extra commission in PPV (generally, the commission amount is determined according to the sales data of PPV). After exceeding a certain number, the more the excess part, the higher the commission. ) That is to say, the higher the sales of PPV, the higher the remuneration they get, and the ceiling is not capped.

second, ticket revenue. Mayweather and Pacquiao will play in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where a * * * can accommodate 16,8 spectators. Tickets will be divided into five stalls, which are 1,5, 2,5, 3,5, 5, and 7,5 dollars respectively. The price of a ticket of $7,5 also set a record for the most expensive boxing ticket in the history of MGM Hotel, which not only refreshed the history, but also tripled it. Previously, the highest price was $2,5, which was also the Mayweather game (against De La Jolla and Avarre). According to statistics, the total ticket revenue of the century war will reach 72 million dollars, which is only an official figure. Because there are too many people who want to watch the game, most of the tickets have been taken away by MGM Hotel, sponsors, organizers, the two camps and TV broadcasters. There are few tickets for sale to the public, and the lowest ticket price of $1,5 is robbed within one minute after invoicing, so the real market price will be much higher than the announced official price. It is reported that the lowest fare for buying second-hand tickets on SeatGeek online ticketing website is $4,116, the lowest price in the middle is $9,218, and the starting price for the ground floor seats near the venue is $22,441. Due to the scarcity of front-row seats on the sidelines, MGM will only provide front-row tickets on the sidelines to its customers with a credit line of $25,, and the scalper tickets on the sidelines even cost more than $1,. For example, the tickets for the seats in the E-zone (high-end zone) on the second-hand ticket website StunHub.com sold for $141,575.25.

third, hotel and casino revenue. Within 15 minutes of the news of the Mayweather-Pacquiao match, 6,8 rooms at MGM Hotel, the venue of the match, were immediately booked from May 2 to May 3 (Beijing time), with the lowest price of 6 to 7 dollars a night. As the competition is held in Las Vegas, many gamblers will watch live CCTV live broadcast in casinos on Las Vegas Avenue, and the cost will be about $15 per person. It is estimated that the number of viewers will exceed 3,. These two incomes alone will exceed 1 million dollars. In addition, it is believed that the casino owner will laugh at the commission on the betting amount of this game in the casino, and the total amount of this part is already an astronomical figure. At the same time, other Las Vegas-related tourism and service industries will also get a chance to make money.

based on the income from all aspects, the value created by this century's war is expected to exceed 6 million dollars, and ESPN, the American sports portal, even predicts that the commercial value brought by this competition will exceed 1 billion dollars, and 3 million won by the two boxers!

why mayweather?

The biggest hero of this billion-dollar war is undoubtedly Mayweather. Pacquiao earned $22 million in his last game, and this time he stepped into the 1 million threshold, relying on Mayweather's ability to raise prices. Mayweather topped the list of the richest athletes in Forbes last year with $15 million, and only played two games. In fact, since 212, he has been the most profitable athlete on earth. Unlike Woods, who made billions of dollars a year by receiving advertisements crazily, Mayweather has no advertising endorsement or commercial sponsorship at all. For traditional sports stars, income usually includes salary, competition bonus and advertising endorsement, but Mayweather subverts all this and proves his business acumen with countless green dollars. How much property does Mayweather have? According to a statistic in 213, Mayweather's assets have exceeded 6 million US dollars. His public tax returns in the United States show that the total value of real estate, stocks and funds is about 5 million US dollars. In addition, he still has more than 123 million US dollars in cash in a Swiss bank account. Since then, he has recorded another $15 million, and his net worth is expected to be above $7 million. After this competition, Mayweather's career income will exceed 1 billion. He lit a cigarette with US dollar bills, took 12 million cash to test the bank's counting ability, and deliberately leaked the account balance of up to 99.86 million US dollars on the ATM withdrawal bill. Being rich is willful, but how did he do it?

In sharp contrast to Mayweather, Tai Sen, who once earned over 1 million yuan and was also rich and willful, eventually went bankrupt and fell into the street. Tai Sen's tragedy proves that you can't get a good life with a pair of fists. The protracted lawsuits about exploitation and deception in Tai Sen and Tang Jin show the complexity of the whole boxing industry, which is full of inducements, lies and traps. Professional boxing has become a tight and complete business chain after a hundred years, and the boxer is only the end of this chain. When a boxer fights bloody battles in the ring, the organizers, brokers, sponsors, pay TV and casino interest groups will all benefit from it, and he is not just waving for himself every punch.

Although he has an unbeaten record of 47 wins, Mayweather can't be compared with Tai Sen only in terms of the KO rate and influence of boxing, but he has easily exploded the "Iron Man" in his business mind and is a real mall strongman. Smart as Mayweather saw through the essence of boxing industry and didn't want to be the lowest end of the food chain, so he launched a "boxer counterattack". He went to the upstream of the industrial chain and set up Mayweather Promotion Group, not only as a boxer, but also as a promoter, broker, game initiator and organizer. As a group, he signed a series of contracts with sponsors and broadcasters. In short, he wanted to take all the profits from all aspects of the boxing industry and become a real boss.

Mayweather knows how to take advantage of his own advantages. Although his boxing style is not pleasing, and he is even questioned because of his lack of initiative and passion, he has an unbeaten record of 47 wins, and uses this unbeaten record as capital, and is willing to play a "villain" through all kinds of flaunting his wealth and mouth cannons. Many people spend dollars just to see when this annoying Mayweather will be defeated. However, Mayweather kept his appetite alive again and again, which further increased his market value. No one knows whether Pacquiao can be a qualified "decent", but the only certainty is that Mayweather won the money game again.

how much does it cost to train a top fighter?

Boxing is first and foremost a game for the brave, but bravery alone is not enough. The poor boy who trained savagely like in the movie Rocky and then soared to the sky is just an illusion in the real society. With the progress of sports science, a top boxer can succeed not only by hard work and talent, but also by systematic training of top coaches, cooperation of excellent sparring partners, scientific nutrition, perfect logistics support and assistance of excellent brokers. However, it is still not enough to rely on these, and the most important thing is patience and time. It took Pacquiao 2 years to become such a successful commercial star from an unknown boxer in the street. The funds needed during this period are definitely not a decimal.

From several details, we can see the economic cost behind the boxer.

First of all, there are coaches. Generally, boxers will have several coaches to help them prepare for war, and the head coach will not change easily. Others include physical fitness coaches, assistant coaches, nutritionists and so on. Let's talk about the head coach. Roach and Pacquiao are also teachers and fathers, and Mayweather's coach is directly his father. I'm afraid this fee is not as simple as paying on time, but this kind of private contract will not be known to outsiders. What is certain is that as their social status rises, the head coach's income will also increase in direct proportion.

In addition, top physical fitness coaches earn a lot of money abroad, and the high annual salary will even reach 4-5 million US dollars. Real Madrid's football fitness coach Rui Faria earns more than 4 million euros a year. Excellent boxers will also hire special physical fitness coaches to help them prepare for the war. Generally, the preparation period is more than 8 weeks. If it is an important match like Mayweather and Pacquiao, the preparation period will be more than 12 weeks. During this time, inviting them to help prepare for the war is also very expensive.

Another unavoidable expense is sparring. Generally speaking, the sparring cost of excellent boxers is $2, per week. But for champions like Pacquiao and Mayweather, sparring partners must be champions. For example, in order to prepare for Pacquiao's game, Mayweather found a sparring partner who was his former opponent, former IBF ultralight champion Zabo Youdah. I'm afraid it's not as simple as thousands of dollars to find a former champion who was worth more than one million dollars to get beaten up.