Boxing-Back in spotlight, boxers fighting to stay there (Reuters)
By Steve Keating LAS VEGAS, May 3 (Reuters) – Boxing was back in the headlines on Sunday, basking in the buzz generated by Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s win over Manny Pacquiao in a title fight watched ringside by A-listers and high rollers and millions more around the world on pay-per-view. A smiling Mayweather exited the MGM Grand Garden Arena late Saturday night flashing a $100 million cheque, the first installment of perhaps a $200 million payday from what could be the top grossing prize fight of all-time. “Many have said that boxing is dead,” Peter Nelson, vice president of programming for HBO Sports which shared the pay-per-view rights with rival Showtime, told Reuters.