text: Manny Pacquiao will be wearing the world's most expensive shorts when he takes the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with Floyd Mayweather on May 2. The richest fight of all time, said to be worth $300m and then some to those involved, is raking in the big bucks with the money streams certainly not limited to TV rights and ticket sales. The PacMan's shorts alone will carry sponsorship logos worth a total of $2.25m (£1.5m), reports the Manila Bulletin. Manny Pacquiao, working out here with trainer Freddie Roach, will wear multi-million pound shorts . When PacMan takes the ring against Floyd Mayweather his shorts will carry £1.5m in sponsorship . Pacquiao gives a thumbs up in his blood-soaked, sponsor-covered shorts after beating Timothy Bradley . 'The rate for this fight is different from the previous (fights),' Pacquiao's business manager Eric Pineda told the Bulletin, as reported by WorldBoxingNews. 'So far, we have six (companies) that will have their logos on Manny's trunks.' We'll have to wait though to see who Manny will be wearing on the shorts – to say early would be free publicity and surely cost more. Pacquiao, who was visited by Sylvester Stallone in the latest of a string of celebrity meet-ups on Saturday, is assured more than £50m from the fight. Pacquiao enjoys a visit from Sylvester Stallone, the latest in a string of celebrity supporters, on Saturday . Mayweather gets to work on a speed ball in front of the media as his preparations continue . Mayweather's cut is to be in excess of £80m before a range of other means of income from the fight are split by Mayweather Promotions, Top Rank and Pacquiao. Meanwhile, the latest video offering insight into the Mayweather camp concentrates on the five-division champion's gloves, as revealed by his uncle Roger. 'Multiple gloves, multiple choices and it's really up to the champ which ones he chooses,' explains Roger Mayweather as his nephew surveys scores of gloves in an array of colours and weights. Mayweather's latest insight into his camp comes in the form of a video about the gloves he trains with . Money Man has scores of gloves in all colours and chooses them based on their weight . Gloves at 14 ounces and up are to minimise the damage while sparring while 10 and 12 ounce gloves mean 'you're going for a nice hard punch, like you're fighting.' When one of the team says Nascar, it means a glove change is to take place just like a motor sport pit stop, Roger says. 'When they say Nascar, that's a change of gloves. It's like being in a race. So he doesn't get cold, his body doesn't tighten up,' he said. On May 2, both Mayweather and Pacquiao have agreed to wear eight ounce gloves of their choice.
target: Manny Pacquiao meets Floyd Mayweather on May 2 in Las Vegas .
  The fight worth $300 million to both camps is boxing's richest ever .
  PacMan's shorts alone will carry sponsorship worth £1.5m .
  Mayweather has released a video with uncle Roger about his gloves .