Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao is the fight which just keeps on giving . Especially to Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao . The initial projection of a purse split of $ 150million to the Money man and $ 100m to the PacMan has just been upwardly revised by Pacquiao 's promoter . Bob Arum is now predicting a ' $ 300m distribution ' to the protagonists - $ 180m to Mayweather and $ 120m to Pacquiao under their 60-40 percent agreement . Floyd Mayweather could earn $ 180m from his May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao given the huge public interest . Pacquiao will receive 40 per cent of the purse , which could hit $ 120m on projected record pay-per-view buys . Mayweather laughs while watching the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Boston Celtics . Those figures are based on Arum 's firm expectation that this , the richest fight of all time , will not just break the pay-per-view record in America – but double it . He says : 'We are looking at four to five million buys . The interest is amazing , even from people who do not follow boxing , even people who do n't follow any sports . 'Wherever you go everyone is talking about this fight . ' They are also bending his ear for tickets in the 16,000-capacity MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 2 . Arum has already told a host of A-list celebrities : 'No comps this time . The demand is so huge that the only answer is everyone has to pay . ' The only free ticket promised by Arum is for female UFC star Ronda Rousey , who he heard was preparing to spend all her career fight winnings thus far on a seat as close to ringside as that amount could buy . Promoter Bob Arum believes there will be between 'four and five million buys ' of the fight on May 2 . Arum has only promised one free ticket to the Las Vegas showdown - to UFC star Ronda Rousey . Pacquiao , pictured working out in Minila , has already started preparing for his fight with Mayweather . Tickets are expected to be priced from the lowest at $ 1,250 to upwards of $ 6,000 for a seat at ringside . But it is unlikely any at all will go on general sale . Purchases may well be restricted to those holding a $ 250,000 credit line , or higher , at the MGM group of casinos on the Strip . Although there will of course be a thriving black market at eye-watering prices . Speaking at an ESPN fights night in New York state , Arum said : 'One guy offered me a hundred grand for a ticket . ' Then he joked : ' I told him he could have my seat for $ 200,000 . ' The double-up factor will begin with the Grand Garden taking $ 40m at the box office , compared with the previous high-mark of $ 20m for Mayweather v Saul 'Canelo ' Alvarez in September 2013 . But it is the pay-per-view TV sales – with rival networks HBO and Showtime sharing the broadcast – which will generate most of the revenue . The record number of buys stands at 2.4m for Mayweather v Oscar De La Hoya eight years ago . Oscar De La Hoya 's fight with Mayweather in 2007 holds the record for the most pay-per-view buys at 2.4m . Pacquiao was last in action when he dominated Chris Algieri over 12 rounds in Macau in November last year . Mayweather 's last fight came when he beat Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas in September 2014 . Naturally the charge has risen substantially since then , probably to $ 99.95 per subscription . Thus Arum 's five million buys – along with such ancillary income as TV rights overseas , including Britain - would make this 'The Half-Billion Dollar Fight ' . That would generate $ 200m to be shared among the likes of the local broadcasting stations , the MGM hosts , the promoters , the undercard fighters and so on . As for the $ 300m to the two best pound-for-pound boxers in the world , Arum says : 'Floyd loves cars and he could buy so many as to satisfy very dealer in Las Vegas . A lot of Manny 's money is going to charity in the Philippines . ' Each to his own – and the Las Vegas sports books are bracing themselves for seven-figure bets on Mayweather , the favourite , and Pacquiao , the under-dog .
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao will meet in Las Vegas on May 2 . The boxers have been expected to share a purse of $ 250m in a five million split . But pay-per-view sales could add another $ 50m to the fight 's pot . Promoter Bob Arum believes there will be 'four to five million ' PPV buys . CLICK HERE for all the latest Mayweather vs Pacquiao news .