Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao Live Blog
Floyd Mayweather to face-off Manny Pacquiao in the megafight. Catch all the live updates from the richest bout here. Stay updated, stay connected!
Live Updates (newest on top)
* The two fighters have reached the arena. Some time away from the bout now.
* The sun is going down on the Las Vegas Strip, and the first fans have filed into the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s bout with Manny Pacquiao.
* The casino has been buzzing with activity since morning, and the well-heeled boxing fans lucky enough to get a ticket are starting to fill up the stands. Thousands of people without tickets are milling around the entrances to the arena, hoping to glimpse anything interesting around boxing’s biggest fight in several years.
* The early-arriving crowd even included Floyd Mayweather Sr., who sat quietly in the stands to watch a decision victory for Chris Pearson, a middleweight in the Mayweather promotional stable.
Here’s what they are saying on Twitter about the big fight
