MayPac Redux for ESPN The Magazine

Catching up on past work….The May 2015 Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight was billed as the fight of the century. On assignment for ESPN The Magazine, I spent the day on the Las Vegas Strip with tourists in town for the fight hype. These were a few of my favorites from the day.

UNLV students, Destiny Penna, left, and Chaslina Cress work as showgirls for tips while friends from Bronx, New York - who came to Las Vegas for the fight, pose for a group selfie outside the MGM Grand in the midst of pre-fight excitement on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Jay Beets, center, of Chicago, Ilinois, isn't sure where he's watching the fight yet, seen outside the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Fans take pictures with Floyd Mayweather's bus in front of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Fred Barnes, of Shreveport, Louisiana, on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Pre-fight excitement on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Irony, during the pre-fight excitement on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Claudi Ruiz, left, and Karla Silva, of Los Angeles, Calif., pause outside the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Pre-fight excitement on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Beau Swindall, of Dallas, Texas, heads into the closed circuit viewing of the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super fight at MGM Grand in Las Veags on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Ticket holders head into the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super fight at MGM Grand in Las Veags on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Ticket holders head into the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super fight at MGM Grand in Las Veags on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Programs go for $30 at the door to the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao super fight at MGM Grand in Las Veags on Saturday, May 2, 2015.

Tourists watch the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight through a Monte Carlo bar window from the Las Vegas Strip, on Saturday night, May 2, 2015.


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