The Mayweather v. Pacquiao Bout To Generate $500 Million

Floyd Mayweather Signed The Pacquiao Fight Contract With An 18k Gold Pen

Talk about a golden touch … TMZ Sports has learned Floyd Mayweather used an 18 karat gold pen — worth $4,000 — to sign his contract for the big Pacquiao fight.

It’s called the Peerless 125 (because there are only 125 in the world) by Cross … and it’s one of the most expensive writing implements in the world.

A spokesperson for Cross says he’s pumped to add Floyd to the list of “noble” clients who use the company’s pens … including Oprah and President Obama, who has actually signed official docs with a Cross.

BTW — Floyd retired the pen after he signed contract … saying it’s now “a part of history.”

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Mayweather Pays Chef $1000 Per Meal To Prepare For Pacquiao

Floyd “Money” Mayweather certainly knows hows to make dough but he’s not exactly frugal. At least he’s willing to shell out big bucks for quality nutrition (when he’s not posting about his million-dollar sports bets), and that’s what he sees in the culinary works of “Chef Q,” who Mayweather will apparently be paying $1,000 per meal to cook for him ahead of his May 2 showdown with Manny Pacquiao.

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Pacquiao And Freddie Roach Hire Secret Sparring Partner From Mayweather Camp

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“I have a secret sparring partner. He doesn’t want to get beat up or something like that because he’s leaving Mayweather’s camp,” said Roach, who earlier accused Mayweather’s team of bribing fighters not to become sparmates with Pacquiao.

Roach plunged into action immediately, taking over the reins of Pacquiao’s training, and he liked what he saw from his top pupil.

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Mayweather KOed Sparring Partner With A Body Shot

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“Floyd doing his thing,” said Robinson, owner of the HustleBoss.com website, which posts images and stories from Mayweather headquarters. “He dropped one of the guys with a body shot.”

Mayweather has 26 knockouts in his 47 professional victories, but his last inside-the-distance win came under dubious circumstances against Victor Ortiz, who was turned toward referee Joe Cortez when Mayweather dropped him with a combination.

Nicholas Cage and Elijah Woods visit Mayweather At Training Camp

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Floyd Mayweather Jnr began his official training camp at his Las Vegas gym on Monday as he prepares to take on Manny Pacquiao in May.

The undefeated world welterweight champion posted several pictures to the social media site shots.com on Monday night and also uploaded a video to Instagram after his first session – which took place on the same day Pacquiao started training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card gym in Los Angeles.

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