While everyone was busy focusing on the fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, McCarran National Airport in Las Vegas experienced its own traffic jam with dozens of private jets taking up space ahead of the fight.
USA Today Sports reported that the fight was seen as one of the year’s most exclusive event in sports so of course it drew a huge crowd of people who came via their private jet. It even caused the airport to be closed to other planes. People tweeted photos of all of the jets that kept the airport from being used by any other aircraft.
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The much anticipated fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao ended with Mayweather leaving as the undefeated champion thanks to a unanimous point system, CNN reported. The scorecards from the judges all read 118-110, 116-112, and 116-112.
As previously reported, there were many reasons that kept this fight from happening, even though the men were interested in taking part in a fight. The two boxers had met earlier in the year while attending an NBA game and it ultimately led to Saturday night’s match.
At the end of the match, Pacquiao reportedly said that he was sure he had the match in his pocket, saying “I got him many times.”
For his part, Mayweather said he had been a “smart fighter” and that “We did what he had to do tonight. I knew he was going to push me. He had his moments in the fight but I kept him on the outside.”
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