BOXING

Mayweather could end up earning $250m (#49.7bn).

Some of the pay-per-view (PPV) sales 

figures for the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd 

Mayweather Jr. fight are starting to trickle 

out, and they are blowing away even the 

most bullish expectations. As a result, the 

fighters are going to end up making more 

money than anyone expected.

Yahoo sports' Kevin Iole reports 

that based on some of the figures 

that came in earlier, the number 

of pay-per-view buys for 

Mayweather-Pacquiao will be 

about 5.63million and could go 

even higher.

Based on PPV buys estimate of 5.625 

million, Mayweather will make 

$167m(#33.2bn) to $195m(#38.8bn) from 

the PPV sales 

alone, with Pacquiao taking home 

$114m(#22.7bn) to $133m(#26.4bn), that's 

for pay-per-view only.

According to Branch, other revenue 

streams will generate close to $140m for 

the fighters to split.

At the end of the day, Mayweather is going to take home $250m(#49.7bn) to $275m (#54.7bn), with Pacquiao going home with $170m(#33.8bn) to $190m(#37.8bn).

Such a huge sum of money, for a less than an hour fight,  "instantaneous millionaire", i'd say.