LAS VEGAS - Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will put boxing back on the cultural map for at least one glittering night on Saturday with a welterweight title showdown dubbed the Fight of the Century.
Prize-fighting has seen plenty of those, but in a sport that once made regular front-page news it has been years since a bout so captured the imagination of non-fight fans.
"This is the biggest fight in boxing history," Mayweather declared on Wednesday in a spurt of hyperbole befitting the occasion.
Pacquiao-Mayweather is a hot topic from late-night chat shows to breakfast television and a sensation on social media.
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Prize-fighting has seen plenty of those, but in a sport that once made regular front-page news it has been years since a bout so captured the imagination of non-fight fans.
"This is the biggest fight in boxing history," Mayweather declared on Wednesday in a spurt of hyperbole befitting the occasion.
Pacquiao-Mayweather is a hot topic from late-night chat shows to breakfast television and a sensation on social media.
[Click Here To Read More]
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