The world is looking forward to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. fight at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on May 2, 2015 but no one is more excited for the upcoming match than Pacquiao's fellow countrymen in the Philippines.
If you happen to be in the Philippines on May 2nd, you just might count yourself lucky. Traveling on the road should be smooth and easy all over the country. Go on a shopping spree, take your family to an out-of-town trip on that eventful day and you'll arrive to your destination sooner than you think.
The entire Philippines has notably been known for having decongested roads when Pac-Man fights. Whoever he takes on the ring, you'll be crazy to think that only few people from his country will be watching.
Countless Philippinos look up to Pac-Man. As News1130.com reported, Pacquiao's rags to riches story inspired many that hard work makes anything possible in life. "Kid Kulafu" is a Pac-man bio film that's been released on April 15 in Philippine cinemas. In this film, fans see Pac-Man coping with poverty's difficulties before he shot to fame.
ext month's Mayweather fight will be no exemption. The long awaited ring match has undergone endless negotiations before it was confirmed to push through. Negotiators for both the Filipino and American boxing champs invested tons of efforts to arrive at a mutual match bargain.
Expect the roads in Metro Manila to look like this on May 2nd. The image of Metro Manila's EDSA highway was taken on the day of Pacquiao's 2013 fight.
Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, fans are still eager to get their tickets for the May 2nd match. International Business Times reported that only 1,000 tickets will available for purchase of live audiences in MGM Grand. The Pacquiao and Mayweather camps and the MGM Grand will reportedly sell these tickets.
Brad Jacobs, Pacquiao's Top Rank executive event producer announced the chaos-free Pacquiao-Mayweather fight next month at The MGM. He told ESPN that:
"What we wanted to do was avoid the craziness you've seen at the Mayweather and Pacquiao weigh-ins where you have people sleeping out in front of the arena the night before and basically camping out,"
"We want to avoid that. We want some orderly fashion to it so people needed to have a ticket like they need to a concert or a fight, so there's no reason for a big crowd to get there the night before."
"They will all be reserved seats. You have your ticket. There's no craziness waiting in line trying to get into the arena."
ESPN revealed that ticket sales for boxing's biggest match would go to charity, as per announcement of Brad Jacobs.
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