Bets flood in for Fight of the Century

With just hours to go before the Fight of the Century between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas the bets are flooding in as the experts give their predictions on who will win at the MGM Arena.

Mayweather is favourite while Pacquiao is in the unusual position of being the underdog.

But while Pacquiao may be attracting the money, it is Money Mayweather who is being tipped to win by the experts.

A Guardian poll of 84 boxing “insiders” found that almost three‑quarters (73.8%) expected Mayweather to win on points, and 95 per cent of them expected the fight to go the distance.

Boxing bible The Ring magazine polled 50 experts and 42 of them went for a Mayweather victory.

Only six backed Pacquaio, although they included the great Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez.

Yesterday after the weigh in, this is what Mayweather had to say.

After Mayweather’s comments, Pacquiao also had his say.

Mayweather’s trainer and father Mayweather Senior says no one can beat his son.

Fijivillage also spoke to some people yesterday of their pick on who will win the fight.

Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao at 3pm today, and you can watch it live on Sky Pacific’s Pay Per View channel for $40 for residential customers and $300 for commercial customers.

Source: The Guardian