as both pacquiao and mayweather had exclusive relationships with the broadcasters, hbo and showtime, at the time of the fight, the telecast of the fight was a joint production between hbo world championship boxing and showtime championship boxing. this marked the first collaboration between the two american premium television services since lennox lewis vs. mike tyson in 2002. it was executive produced and directed by showtime's david dinkins jr. and bob dunphy and featured a mix of showtime and hbo personalities. the ringside announcers for the fight included roy jones jr. (hbo), al bernstein (showtime) and jim lampley (hbo) provided analysis. max kellerman (hbo) and jim gray (showtime) covered the locker rooms of pacquiao and mayweather, respectively. james brown and paulie malignaggi of showtime hosted the pre-fight show.