LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. says fans will have to decide for themselves whether it's worth $99.95 to pay to watch his fight with Manny Pacquiao at home.
Personally, though, he believes the richest fight in boxing history will be must see TV.
"From the matchup it seems like an exciting fight," Mayweather said Tuesday. "When I mentally picture the fight, to me it looks like it's going to be a very exciting fight."
Mayweather, who could make $180 million for the May 2 bout, said he doesn't think the fight is overhyped, mostly because it's a matchup fans have waited five years to see. Even if it isn't the so-called Fight of the Century, he said, it will likely go down as one of the biggest fights ever.
"I can't really say it's hype because this is real life," Mayweather said. "You've got two future hall of famers in a megafight."
Mayweather said no one is forced to buy his fights, and that he won't change his style in any fight just to please the fans. Unbeaten in 47 fights as a pro, his biggest goal is to remain that way.
"I'm just thankful and I'm appreciative of whoever has bought pay-per-view, whether they were pleased or they weren't pleased," he said. "When it's all said and done, when the book is written, they're not going to say he was a defensive wizard. They're going to say Floyd Mayweather was a winner."
Less than three weeks before the two greats meet for the welterweight title, Mayweather took some time off from training for a media day outside the gym he owns near the Las Vegas Strip. He arrived more than 90 minutes late, but seemed eager to keep answering questions even as a desert windstorm threatened to undo the tent in the parking lot set up for his impromptu news conference.
