article_snippet: Even before these reluctant grooms affirm these reluctant grooms vows to each other in public for the first time, estimates as to the potential worth of his fight with Manny Pacquiao have soared from a lip-licking $200million to at least an eye-watering $350m and maybe a gob-smacking half a billion.
article_snippet: Had Mayweather agreed to this shotgun wedding back in the year 2000 Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao would have received half each of a total purse estimated at around $60m.
article_snippet: Now Mayweather is getting the 60 per cent upside of a deal which is expected to deliver $210m to Mayweather and $140m to Mayweather arch-rival.
highlights_snippet: By May, the fight could be worth an estimated half a billion dollars .
  
highlights_snippet: The current estimate is $350m with Floyd Mayweather taking 60 per cent - $240m .
  
highlights_snippet: That means Pacquiao's share would be a minimum $140m . 