De La Hoya trains in silence – no music in the gym and no ipod for running. For Mayweather, the gym is jamming. For this fight?favorite tracks from 50 Cent and his own Philthy Rich recording artist H Flow. Although he doesn’t use an ipod when running, he does have his assistant trainers follow him in a vehicle with a blasting sound system.
Final our Fun Fact; De La Hoya and Mayweather are both picking UCLA as Final Four Tournament Champions.
The De La Hoya vs. Mayweather pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $54.95, will be distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to more than 61 million pay-per-view homes and in 176 countries around the world. The telecast will be available in HD-TV. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry. For your daily De La Hoya vs. Mayweather fight week updates visit www.hbo.com.
On Sunday, Apr. 15 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT, HBO will premiere the all-access prime time series “De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7.” The four-part series, with unprecedented access, will chronicle the fighters’ preparations for the May 5 mega-fight at MGM Grand and will provide viewers with a compelling look at two extraordinary champions.
