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Only pre-fight hype remains before the long-awaited Floyd Mayweather–Manny Pacquiao match in Las Vegas on May 2 (9 p.m. ET; PPV). After tickets for this most recent "Fight of the Century" sold out in an hour on Thursday afternoon, we thought it would be a good time to look back at other bouts that have captivated the interest of the sports world.

Prepare to witness a knockout that may make you more jelly-legged than the fighter who fell to the mat.

We are now almost two weeks away from the megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. The two boxers will meet at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas to unify the welterweight championship. Famed attorney Robert Shapiro decided to give Pacquiao a little extra motivation while he trains for the biggest fight of his life...

Presumably to help get Foxx into character, Tyson put together a 57-minute collection of every single one of his knockouts, and it's one of the best things we've ever seen.

When actors transform for a role, we take notice (and most of the time, so does that little golden statue named Oscar). Christian Bale in ‘The Machinist,’ Matthew McConaughey in ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ Charlize Theron in ‘Monster,’ Christian Bale in the ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy, etc. Jake Gyllenhaal recently joined the club when he dropped 25 pounds to play the sociopathic Lou Bloom in ‘Nightcrawler,’ and now he’s at it again with his incredible transformation for his next film, Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Southpaw.’

The fight on the bill was not nearly as the one that took place afterward.

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. was released from a Las Vegas jail early Friday after serving two months of a three-month sentence in a misdemeanor domestic battery case.

Do you remember when the Olympics used to be about being the best? Winning based on ability and skill? Me neither.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. claimed the World Boxing Association super welterweight title Saturday night with a unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto in front of a crowd of 16,407 at the MGM Gran Garden.

Former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier passed away late Monday night at the age of 67 after a brief battle with liver cancer.