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Published 09:39 4 Jul 2015 BST
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Mayweather, judging by his social media accounts, is most likely to spend his money on himself, but Pacquaiao is promising to be a lot more generous with his pile of cash.
The boxer has promised to give 5 million Philippine pesos, (more than £70,000) to the first Filipino athlete to win gold at next summer's Olympics in Rio.
A spectacularly sound gesture from Pacquiao, who said: "The pledge I, next year when you have gold (at the Olympics), five million no matter what sport."
Pacquaio, who's a senator in the country, made the announcement at the Philippine Sports Museum, after delivering sports memorabilia, and probably on his way to volunteer at a soup kitchen.
The country has never produced an Olympic gold medallist before, coming closest in 1964 when boxer Anthony Villanueva won silver, though their boxers have impressed at the South East Asian Games.
They have plenty of motivation to end the dry spell now.
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