What was billed as the “Fight of the Century” left many feeling very underwhelmed, but never-the-less everyone had an opinion on Mayweather V.s Pacquiao because this is Twitter. It was what what everyone was talking about on Friday night.
Here’s a map that documented the tweets around the world. The yellow flashes are for Mayweather tweets and orange ones for Pacquiao.
At one point, there were an astounding 110,000 tweets about Floyd Mayweather per MINUTE.
How #MayPac played out on Twitter: mentions of @FloydMayweather vs mentions of @MannyPacquiao http://t.co/3nsvervolx pic.twitter.com/zbBeB0JwMG
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) May 3, 2015
“”The fight was preceded by some unusual pomp and circumstance.
The moment Justin Bieber realized he’d been replaced by a walking burger mannequin pic.twitter.com/sTwc39bzEP
— Dan Carson (@DrCarson73) May 3, 2015
New to boxing, does the Burger King king usually show up? #maypac pic.twitter.com/Ag1ujwDlYj
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) May 3, 2015
Then the fight began and so did the snark.
Mayweather has hugged Manny more times than my dad has hugged me my whole life
— childish gambino (@DonaldGloverrr) May 3, 2015
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Mayweather Pacquiao Fight… pic.twitter.com/6pIkG0tsTG
— Mentality Mag (@MentalityMag) May 3, 2015
When Mayweather hugs his opponents but beats his wife hahahah it’s the other way around dude
— christine (@_christineaye) May 3, 2015
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