Sky Sports, BoxNation To Vie For Mayweather-Pacquiao

By Terence Dooley 

Sky and BoxNation could be facing a £12,000,000 battle over the right to broadcast Floyd Mayweather, 47-0 (26), against Manny Pacquiao, 57-5-2 (38), here in the U.K. on May 2, according to Charles Sale of the Daily Mail, who also writes that Mayweather will have the “final say” over the TV rights.

 

The issue is set to be settled over the course of the next week.  BoxNation have televised Floyd and Manny’s recent run of fights, but Sky recently bid big to secure their football packages, and they can make a lot of money if they obtain the fight and price it correctly.  

BoxNation, though, are expected to structure the deal in a way that will keep them in contention, according to the Mail’s article, and have a solid history of landing U.S. fights in recent years.

 

The fight itself is already racking up big figures, tickets are going for over three thousand pounds.  American viewers could pay a record $99.95 for the Pay-Per-View event, which has been eagerly anticipated among boxing fans.  

Sadly, though, the average fan is likely to be frozen out of the event itself due to the the ticket prices and will have to turn to the TV networks, or CCTV in Las Vegas, to see it.