Additional details
Corners:
Mayweather's corner will include: Floyd Mayweather Sr. (Trainer), Rafael Garcia (Cutman), & Roger Mayweather (Assistant).
Pacquiao's corner will include: Freddie Roach (Trainer), Justin Fortune (Cutman), & Buboy Fernandez (Assistant).
Announcers:
The fight will be co-announced by Michael Buffer of HBO & Jimmy Lennon Jr. of Showtime.
Belt:
The winner of the fight will receive a newly created belt by the WBC. The belt, valued at $1 million, is an exact replica of the current belt, except it has hundreds of emeralds in place of the gold plating for the center logo. The belt also contains the faces of both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, along with the faces the former WBC president, José Sulaimán, and boxing legend, Muhammad Ali.
Two belts were initially made for the fight. The green emerald belt won the public fan vote over the black onyx belt with a vote of 53% to 47%.
Promoting the fight:
On March 11, 2015 in Los Angeles the first and only press conference/event was held featuring head promoters Leonard Ellerbe (Mayweather Promotions) & Bob Arum (Top Rank Promotions), HBO and Showtime representatives, the fighters' trainers, and the fighters themselves. This will be the only time before the week of the fight Mayweather and Pacquiao are scheduled to see each other.
