Manny Pacquiao will be wearing the world 's most expensive shorts when he takes the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with Floyd Mayweather on May 2 . The richest fight of all time , said to be worth $ 300m and then some to those involved , is raking in the big bucks with the money streams certainly not limited to TV rights and ticket sales . The PacMan 's shorts alone will carry sponsorship logos worth a total of $ 2.25m ( £1.5m ) , reports the Manila Bulletin . Manny Pacquiao , working out here with trainer Freddie Roach , will wear multi-million pound shorts . When PacMan takes the ring against Floyd Mayweather his shorts will carry £1.5m in sponsorship . Pacquiao gives a thumbs up in his blood-soaked , sponsor-covered shorts after beating Timothy Bradley . 'The rate for this fight is different from the previous ( fights ) , ' Pacquiao 's business manager Eric Pineda told the Bulletin , as reported by WorldBoxingNews . 'So far , we have six ( companies ) that will have their logos on Manny 's trunks . ' We 'll have to wait though to see who Manny will be wearing on the shorts – to say early would be free publicity and surely cost more . Pacquiao , who was visited by Sylvester Stallone in the latest of a string of celebrity meet-ups on Saturday , is assured more than £50m from the fight . Pacquiao enjoys a visit from Sylvester Stallone , the latest in a string of celebrity supporters , on Saturday . Mayweather gets to work on a speed ball in front of the media as his preparations continue . Mayweather 's cut is to be in excess of £80m before a range of other means of income from the fight are split by Mayweather Promotions , Top Rank and Pacquiao . Meanwhile , the latest video offering insight into the Mayweather camp concentrates on the five-division champion 's gloves , as revealed by his uncle Roger . 'Multiple gloves , multiple choices and it 's really up to the champ which ones he chooses , ' explains Roger Mayweather as his nephew surveys scores of gloves in an array of colours and weights . Mayweather 's latest insight into his camp comes in the form of a video about the gloves he trains with . Money Man has scores of gloves in all colours and chooses them based on their weight . Gloves at 14 ounces and up are to minimise the damage while sparring while 10 and 12 ounce gloves mean 'you 're going for a nice hard punch , like you 're fighting . ' When one of the team says Nascar , it means a glove change is to take place just like a motor sport pit stop , Roger says . 'When they say Nascar , that 's a change of gloves . It 's like being in a race . So he does n't get cold , his body does n't tighten up , ' he said . On May 2 , both Mayweather and Pacquiao have agreed to wear eight ounce gloves of their choice .
Manny Pacquiao meets Floyd Mayweather on May 2 in Las Vegas . The fight worth $ 300 million to both camps is boxing 's richest ever . PacMan 's shorts alone will carry sponsorship worth £1.5m . Mayweather has released a video with uncle Roger about his gloves .