Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, who traded punches in the boxing ring for less than an hour on pay-per-view last month, topped Forbes Magazine's list of the highest paid celebrities for 2015.

Mayweather finished first on the list, earning a whopping $300 million over the last  2 months – most of it derived from his May 2, majority decision win over Pacquiao in the most lucrative pay-per-view boxing match ever. Pacquiao for his part finished second on the list with $160 million, according to Forbes.

The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight generated more than $400 million in PPV revenue from more than 4.4 million PPV buys.

Other celebrities making the Top 10 list include Katie Perry, One Direction, Howard Stern, Garth Brooks, James Patterson, Robert Downey Jr., Taylor Swift and soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, according to Forbes. 

Fight fans that just happen to find themselves in international waters on May 2 will still be able to catch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, thanks to Global Eagle Entertainment’s maritime division, GEE Maritime.

Global Eagle Entertainment, a media and connectivity provider to the travel industry, said its Maritime business group, GEE Maritime, will exclusively distribute the upcoming Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao boxing match to cruise lines worldwide.

GEE Maritime will distribute the event to the Maritime market via MTN Communications satellite network.

"We're excited to distribute this live event exclusively to cruise line passengers, providing them with a live broadcast of one of the most anticipated boxing matches this decade," said Global Eagle SVP of Content Purchasing and Distribution Jim Griffiths in a statement. "GEE prides itself on new and differentiated content for the travel industry and acquiring the rights to this event highlights our ability to bring live sporting events and other programming we can bring to the market."

Showtime in April will launch a four-part documentary that will go inside the training camp of Floyd Mayweather leading up to his highly anticipated May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao.

The series, Inside Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will debut April 18 and will showcase the undefeated Mayweather’s public persona while chronicling his preparation for what is expected to be the biggest pay-per-view boxing event in history.

“Showtime has set itself apart with its coverage of the biggest fights in boxing and our viewers have come to expect the unique access we provide,” said Stephen Espinoza, executive vice president & general manager for Showtime Sports in a statement.  “Inside Mayweather vs. Pacquiao will not only welcome viewers into Mayweather’s camp before the fight, but also give viewers a window into those dramatic and often poignant moments immediately before and after this historic fight.” 

Residential pricing for the PPV bout, which will be co-distributed by Showtime and HBO, still has yet to be revealed. The fight is expected to break the record $150 million in PPV revenue genrated by the 2013 Mayweather-Canelo Alvarez PPV bout. 

The parties involved in negotiations for the proposed May 2 Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view boxing match have recently thrown more jabs and counter punches at each other, which could help KO the fight altogether if a deal isn’t reached soon.

The latest tit for tat revolved around Showtime and HBO’s negotiations to co-distribute the fight. Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum was quoted by ESPN.com on Feb 5 as saying a deal had been reached between Showtime (which has two fights left on a six-fight deal with Mayweather) and HBO (which televises all of Pacquiao’s fights) on such points as announcers and which network would get rights to the fight replay.

The two premium powers have worked together in the past, having co-distributed the 2002 Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson fight. But Showtime Sports executive vice president and general manager Stephen Espinoza refuted Arum’s claim of a compromise, saying the two premium programmers were still negotiating.

“There are still a few significant issues on the networks’ side and the fighters’ side,” Espinoza said. “While we’re optimistic, it’s still premature to say the network deal is done.”

HBO officials would not comment on negotiations between the two parties. The network earlier in the week said in a statement that it was not impeding negotiations for the fight after published reports intimated that HBO has less incentive to make the fight than Showtime.

Despite the gamesmanship between the two networks and the boxers’ camps, the Mayweather- Pacquiao fight — which could set all-time PPV buy and revenue records — has yet to be signed. Industry observers said the later the negotiations go, the less likely it is the fight will happen, given the time needed for promotion and for the boxers to train.

HBO Sports president Ken Hershman said it would benefit all parties to wrap up the talks.

“For us, the sooner the better to get this done and move on because we have a lot of other fights on the runway that we want to start moving along,” he said during an HBO press conference last Wednesday for the network’s April 25 Wladimir Klitschko-Bryant Jennings heavyweight championship fight telecast from Madison Square Garden.

“This is an important step, and we hope it gets resolved as soon as possible,” Hershman added.

The much anticipated Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather mega boxing match may happen after all.

Pacquiao has agreed to terms for a mega May 2 pay-per-view boxing match against Mayweather, Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum told the Examiner.com Tuesday.

Arum told the website that Mayweather’s representatives have also agreed to a May fight, but Mayweather has yet to sign off on the deal.

Mayweather recently stated during a Showtime interview last month that he wanted the fight to happen. “We are ready. Let's make it happen. May 2. Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao. Let's do it," he said during the Dec. 12 interview.

The report marks the closest the two fighters have come to making the mega fight. Negotiations for the fight have been marred over the years by disputes over blood sampling issues, purse splits and bad blood between the two fighters.

If the fight happens, many observers believe it will be the most lucrative pay-per-view boxing match in history. The two fighters are arguably the biggest names in the fight game, and their fights have generated the most PPV buys and revenue over the past decade.

Mayweather’s Sept. 2013 fight against Canelo Alverez is the most lucrative PPV event in history, generating more than $150 million.

The fight would most likely be co-promoted by HBO -- which has Pacquiao under contract -- and Showtime, which has two fights left on a six-fight TV deal with Mayweather. The two companies reportedly are talking about a potential deal, according to ESPN.com.

Of course Mayweather and Pacquiao have been down this road before, and most boxing fans won’t believe the fight will happen until the two fighters actually step into the ring. Let’s see what transpires over the next few weeks.

Is it an early Christmas gift, or just more boxing blather? Time will tell.

Floyd Mayweather Jr., in an interview on Showtime Friday night, said he wants to fight Manny Pacquiao on May 2.

The would-be megafight – attempts to make the match have been KOd in years past – would be a boon for boxing, pitting the sweet science's top performers of recent vintage, and the various constiunents of the pay-per-view industry.

In an interview on Dec. 12 in San Antonio, where his promotional company was putting on a boxing card, Mayweather called for the fight to take place on Cinco de Mayo weekend, a period when“Money” has often put the gloves on.

"We are ready. Let's make it happen. May 2. Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao. Let's do it," he said during the Dec. 12 interview.

Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum have been pushing for the fight in recent weeks, before and after' "Pac Man's" six knockkdown performence versus Chis Algieri. According to published reports, Arum has held talks with CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves in an effort to forge a deal under which Showtime and HBO, which has Pacquiao under contract, would produce a joint pay-per-view. The companies teamed together for the 2002 heavyweight championship fight between Lennox Lewis, who was signed to HBO, and Mike Tyson, who was with Showtime.

Pacquiao, in response, to Mayweather’s claim, was optimistic, but remained skeptical until contracts are actually drawn.

Previous attempts to get the fighters in the ring broke down over blood sampling issues, purse splits and animus between Pac Man and Money, who exacerbated the bad blood with a homophobic rant against the Filipino. Mayweather's proclamation also comes in the face of the general perception that he has been ducking Pacquiao.

History and gegotiations aside, there could be another impediment to the long-awaited matchup: May 2 is already the target date for a potential HBO PPV fight between middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and former junior middleweight titleholder Canelo Alvarez. That match could be the first for Alvarez on HBO after he left Showtime in September.

Alvarez's loss to Mayweather on Sept. 14, 2013 was the most lucrative PPV event in boxing history, generating more than $150 million.

With pay-per-view buys stultifying for both senescent fighters – Mayweather has two fights left on his six-bout Showtime contract and has talked about retirement after it runs its course, while Pacquiao holds political office in his homeland -- an encounter figures to jolt buy-rates and the revenue pie in 2014.

As Money said: "Let’s make it Cinco de Mayweather" ,,, and Pacquiao.

With some top-flight fare on the menu, Showtime will serve up a free preview next weekend to some 74 million households across cable, satellite and telco providers.

Extending from Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 11, the freeview not only extends to the premium service, but Showtime On Demand, its TV Everywhere vehicle, Showtime Anytime, as well as a number of the participating distributors’ portals.

The free preview opens up the series premiere of drama Penny Dreadful, new episodes of original series Nurse Jackie and the final season of Californication, the premium-window premiere of Scary Movie 5, and an encore of the 12-round welterweight unification bout won by Floyd Mayweather over Marcos Maidana that played on Showtime pay-per-view on May 3.

During the preview, Showtime will make the second installment of Penny Dreadful -- a reimagining of some of literature’s most famous characters, notably Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and Dracula embroiled in Victorian London – available on Showtime Anytime, immediately after its linear bow on May 11 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

Free preview weekend watchers can also screen installments of original series, including Homeland, Ray Donovan, Masters of Sex, House of Lies, Weeds and Dexter on Showtime On Demand and Showtime Anytime.

The network will also air an array of theatricals including Silver Linings Playbook, Django Unchained, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Sinister, Alex Cross, Step Up Revolution and Lincoln.

Documentary programming will include the first four episodes of Years of Living Dangerously, Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic, MAD DOG: Inside the Secret World of Muammar Gaddafi, Broadway Idiot: Green Day on Broadway, Springsteen & I, Made in America, LT: The Life & Times, Billy Joel: A Matter of Trust - The Bridge To Russia and History of the Eagles, among others.