Manny Pacquiao is not only one of the two greatest pound-for-pound boxers in the world but a master of understatement.
Such is the modesty of the multi-tasking Filipino ? he is also a congressman, the world’s shortest professional basketball player, a singer, actor and philanthropist ? that he describes the up-coming richest event in boxing history like this:
‘I can say this will be one of the most important fights in my career.’
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Manny Pacquiao says the fight with Floyd Mayweather will be one of the biggest in his career +10
Pacquiao spoke to CNN’s Ivan Watson in an exclusive interview, where he spoke about the May 2 fight
Yes he could say that, since for their exploits in Las Vegas on May 2 he and Floyd Mayweather are expected to share a $300million (?218m) purse ($180m (?131m) to the Money Man, $120m (?87m) to the PacMan).
Pacquaio, in an exclusive interview with CNN, also reveals that the eldest of his five children played a major part in urging him to keep pursuing Mayweather for the showdown which is expected to draw a record US pay-per-view audience of four to five million buys.
‘My son and daughter really wanted this fight to happen and they will be in the front row,’ he says of the $6,000-plus seats he has reserved for them and his wife Jinker at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
