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Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight Makes WAY More Money Than Expected, Floyd Celebrates With Orgy

From the day it was announced, the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight was expected to be the most profitable night in sports history. While the bout itself may have disappointed some fans who shelled out up to 100 bucks to watch it on pay-per-view, those in a position to profit from the 12-round hug-fest are very happy with how the night played out. View Slideshow: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: HOW Much Money Is Involved?! According to numbers released today by HBO and Showtime, the fight is officially the highest-grossing pay-per-view event of all time, with more than 4.4 million buys that brought in over $400 million in cash. That’s a million more buys than some experts predicted, and almost two million more than the previous pay-per-view record holder – the 2007 fight between Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya.  If you’re doing the math at home, that means that between #MayPac and people paying to watch Game of Thrones online , HBO now officially has all of the money.  Naturally, the fight was highly profitable for the fighters involved, although they both found themselves in some potentially expensive legal trouble in the days following the match. View Slideshow: Floyd Mayweather: The Money Man on Instagram! Pacquiao is being sued  for $5 million in a class action suit for concealing an injury that ,ay have resulted in a snooze-worthy fight. Meanwhile, Mayweather is being sued for $20 million by the mother of three of his children for allegedly lying about her in per-fight interviews. But what’s a little 8-figure settlement when you’re the champ, right? The Money Man is still living it up in the wake of his big win, as evidenced by 50 Cent’s latest Facebook post: “Champ woke my ass up 6AM this morning,” 50 said along with the above pic. “I said what you doing,he said I’m doing it BIG 5. He had a house full of bad b!tches. I said Damn you think you me champ.” Well, at least they’ve settled that weird Harry Potter-related feud . Seriously, that was a real thing.

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Jimmy Kimmel Tried, Failed to Mock Justin Bieber at Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight

The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Fight of the Century fell flat in multiple ways on Saturday night. First, it was boring, as Mayweather dominated Pacquiao en route to a unanimous decision. Secondly, despite the best efforts of Jimmy Kimmel, it didn’t lead to a great deal of mockery aimed at Justin Bieber. Allow us to explain… To the consternation of many, Kimmel ended up in Pacquiao’s entourage prior to the bout, actually walking with the boxer to the ring. Aside from being confused over Kimmel’s presence, observers were taken aback by his outfit, which included a bowler hat, gold chains and a black jacket. What was Kimmel thinking? “I was going for the Justin Bieber look, but everyone seemed to think it was Run-DMC,” Kimmel told Ryan Seacrest on the radio this morning. “I failed in that respect.” Bieber is a well-known good pal of Mayweather’s, as he went so far as to curse publicly curse off Pacquiao in front of many onlookers in Vegas over the weekend. Kimmel, meanwhile, asked Pacquiao if he could walk out with him last week… but never thought the request would actually be fulfilled. “I thought for sure that by the time I got there, somebody would have wised up and said, ‘We don’t need him walking in …’ Kimmel told Seacrest. “But no one did and I found myself in the ring, which was crazy.” Know what would be even crazier, though? If the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight was fixed , as alleged by Manny’s aunt!  View Slideshow: 40 Jimmy Kimmel Live Moments That Crack Our Funny Bone

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