Executives from both pay-per-view (PPV) providers, HBO and Showtime, are a bit concerned heading into the historic broadcast later this evening (Sat., May 2, 2015) inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are not fighting each other, the boxing superstars can delay their entrances for various reasons, superstitions and/or egos. Typically, main event walkouts begin sometime around midnight; however, typically there are more than two bouts on the PPV undercard.
With just a pair of bouts (see the full fight card here), one would imagine that the production team is trying to avoid the blockbuster main event starting at, for example, 1 a.