Big price, big expectations for Mayweather-Pacquiao pay TV (The Associated Press)

George Foreman was fighting Evander Holyfield for the heavyweight title, and anyone wanting to watch it in April 1991 had to plan ahead. It was the night boxing pay-per-view was born. ”I remember the Friday before the fight we were getting calls from cable operators saying there were lines wrapped around the building a number of times and not enough boxes to meet the demand,” said Mark Taffet, who oversees pay-per-view for HBO. It will cost people $99.95 to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight Manny Pacquiao Saturday night.