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The ring walk for Floyd Mayweather's long-awaited contest against Manny Pacquiao's is set to take place no earlier than 4am on Sunday 3 May (BST) and could start closer to 5am depending on the undercard fights.
The fight takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and will be broadcast on Sky Sports Box Office for UK viewers. The fight will cost £19.95 to purchase on Box Office, and will cost an additional £2 booking fee for those who book on the day.
The welterweight clash will also be most lucrative fight in boxing history, with the combined purse for the bout expected to top $300m (£201m).
Unbeaten Mayweather, 38, is an 11-time, five-weight world champion, while the Filipino Pacquiao, 36, has won versions of the world title at a record eight different weights.
Show all 10 1 /10Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Mike Tyson (Pacquiao) Iron Mike thinks Pacquiao will win because he throws more punches. "Floyd doesn't throw anywhere near 100 punches a round. He is more of a scientific fighter, he really plots a lot, he poses whereas Pacquiao is feinting and moving around. That's just my opinion, Pacquiao has perpetual motion he's all over the god damn place."
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions George Foreman (Pacquiao) "If we’ve got good judges this time, it's go Pacquiao," said Foreman. "Mayweather starts off early kind of looking for his timing and ... Pacquiao will pot shot him and get ahead on points and he’ll stay ahead. He’ll slow down later on and Mayweather will take on the more aggression but he doesn’t have a right hand. He’ll hurt his right hand. He can't get a knockout. So he’ll just have to cruise on in and win or lose the fight just by a couple of points."
Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Oscar De La Hoya (Pacquiao) De La Hoya, who has fought both, nods in Pacquaio's direction...but only "if he can start well in the first two rounds, then the fight can go in his direction."
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Ricky Hatton (Mayweather...just) Hatton said: "Manny has been in some real wars and that gives Floyd the slight advantage."
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Nigel Benn (Mayweather) Benn: "This fight is going to make Mayweather who he is. I believe that he has not got the recognition."
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Kell Brook (Mayweather) "I'm leaning towards Floyd Mayweather," Brook said. "He's never lost before, he knows how to win and it's in Vegas. I think Mayweather is going to control the pace and I think he's too clever for Manny Pacquiao."
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Amir Khan (Mayweather) "Mayweather will be smart and keep moving, so I think he will get a good unanimous win," Khan said.
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Shane Mosley (Mayweather) "I think Mayweather’s going to out-point Pacquiao by moving, evading punches, and being able to do combinations and stuff like that," Mosley said.
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Miguel Cotto (Pacquiao) "I'm rooting for Manny Pacquiao. I think the quickness of Manny is going to have a big impact on Floyd's performance," he said.
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Mayweather or Pacquiao? Boxing greats and current fighters make their predictions Ronda Rousey (Pacquiao) The unbeaten UFC fighter is backing Paquiao.
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WBA and WBC welterweight titleist Mayweather's record stands at 47-0, while WBO champion Pacquiao has lost five of his 64 fights, with two draws.
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