Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao: Preview and head-to-head Infographic

Ahead of this weekend's gargantuan showdown, feast your eyes on our glitzy head-to-head Infographic and preview of Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquaio.

The most lucrative fight in boxing history will see the two fighters share a purse of around £198m, with Mayweather rumoured to be taking home a 60/40 majority.

Tickets for the fight sold out in 60 seconds last week and should generate approximately £48m, while the two men are expected to raise a further £179m through pay-per-view sales.

Mayweather will pocket around £3.4m per minute or £9.9m per round if the fights lasts the distance. Spare a thought for Pacquiao, who must settle for £2.2m per minute or £6.6m per round.

The biggest pay-per-view event in sporting history takes place at the MGM Grand Casino, Las Vegas, and is available to watch in the UK at £19.95 for anyone willing to wait until – or get up before – 4am.

Pacquiao has lost five of his 64 professional bouts and is generally unfacied with firms like Bwin pricing the 36 year-old at 9/5 to ruin Mayweather's unblemished 47-win record.

Pacquiao's supremely confident coach, Freddie Roach, begs to differ.

He doesn't believe Mayweather deserves to be ranked alongside his man after accusing the American of ducking a series of tough fights throughout his career.

"He has picked and chosen his opponents and I don’t think he’s fought enough competition to be considered the best," Roach told reporters last week.

"You have to fight the best to be the best, I feel. He’s ducked a lot of guys."

With both men approaching the end of their illustrious careers, there is a feeling the match-up would have been more of an attractive proposition some five to ten years ago.

Pacquiao's famous win over Oscar de la Hoya in 2008 was followed up by a devastating victory against Ricky Hatton, securing his crown as boxing's pound-for-pound king after Mayweather's decision to retire having defeated the same two fighters.

Inevitably, Mayweather made a successful comeback in September 2009, but his camp were embroiled in controversy less than a month later when his father implied that Pacquiao had been using steroids.

Pacquiao sued for defamation and they eventually settled out of court, although the legal battle only exacerbated calls for the men to settle matters properly with a lucrative and eagerly anticipated bout.

It seemed destined to happen when Pacquiao drafted a contract for his rival and suggested a March 2010 date, which would have seen them split the purse equally.

But Mayweather's demands for urine samples and rigorous, random blood testing leading up to weigh-in irked Pacquiao and scuppered any realistic chance of an agreement being reached.

Defeats against Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012 saw Pacquiao surrender his pound-for-pound crown back to Mayweather, who remained undefeated.

The fighters respective TV deals with HBO and Showtime since then made it seem like the fight boxing fans had been craving for more than five years would never materialise.

An attempt from Nelson Mandela's daughter to arrange the bought for her father's 93rd birthday failed, Pacquiao declined Mayweather's offer of a flat fee, while Pacquiao's proposal for a "charity" fight also fell on deaf ears.

And then, following years of failed negotiations and what seemed like false hope, an agreement was finally reached between all parties in February 2015.

Mayweather and Pacquiao may not be as quick or light-footed as they once were, but any fears that interest in the fight had faded over the years have been quashed by record TV sales and the eye-watering figures at stake.

Whoever emerges victorious on Saturday night, Paquiao's trainer is one of those who, unsurprisingly, believes the timing of their meeting could not be better.

"It’s a better fight today than it was five years ago because they were both a lot faster and more mobile five years ago," Roach argued.

"It might have been more of a boxing match but now they’re a little bit older, it’s going to be a better fight."

Infographic provided by Bwin.