On May 3 (Manila time), the moment boxing aficionados and fans all over the world have been waiting for has come, as eight-division Filipino world boxing champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and undefeated American pound-for-pound king Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. will square off in a historic showdown in the world of boxing today. Millions of Filipinos cannot wait to watch the so-called fight of the century and show the world their support for the People's Champion none other than Manny Pacquiao: The question is: Where will you watch the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout?
Well, while local government units in the Philippines are staging free public viewing areas for thousands of spectators, many would prefer watching the fight at home. And it seems that ABS-CBN and TV5 are getting into the heat of the much-awaited fight of the century by bringing the free TV airing of the Battle for Greatness. But these two networks have engaging ways to bring the fight to free TV viewers even closer.
Both networks will have their own pre-fight show before the delayed telecast of the fight at 9:00 am, but TV5 will also have a post-fight special at 10:00 pm. PC and mobile device users may catch up to the fight through live streaming on iWantv and sports5.ph but on a delayed basis as well. But, that is not all.
ABS-CBN is engaging fight fans to support the People's Champion in the biggest fight of the century through Isang Laban para kay Pacman campaign. Just log on to oneforpacman.abs-cbn.com for more details. Meanwhile, TV5 bring fight fans to a front seat experience through what is known as the biggest live viewing party. Fans need to buy tickets through Ticketnet to watch the live and commercial free airing of the fight in any of the six designated venues, including Smart Araneta Coliseum and Philippine Arena among others.
So, enjoy watching and be one with the Pacman come the morning of May 3rd from Las Vegas!!
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