MANNY PACQUIAO BETTING ODDS HISTORY

Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao should probably consider himself very fortunate that he is still able to cash in the opportunity to face Floyd “Money” Mayweather in the “Fight of the Century” on May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

“Cash” is the key word with Pac-Man gobbling up at least $120 million for his 40 percent share of the welterweight championship bout that is expected to gross $300 million or more.

Pacquiao (57-5-2) will never know if he could have made even more money had he not lost consecutive fights against Timothy Bradley (a controversial split decision) and Juan Manuel Marquez (six-round knockout) in 2012 before reeling off his current three-bout winning streak.

The big question is, how motivated was Pacquiao in those two losses? He was able to avenge the setback to Bradley with a unanimous-decision victory last year to re-gain the WBO welterweight title and help set up this matchup with WBC champ Mayweather, who remains unbeaten in 47 professional fights.

The recent form of both boxers is somewhat irrelevant despite the fact that many consider the 38-year-old Mayweather to be the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Many bettors like the value on Pacquiao as an underdog in the biggest bout of his life, the first time he is on that side since upsetting Oscar De La Hoya in 2008 at +160.

But Pacquiao has more knockouts and a higher career percentage of scoring a KO or TKO than his opponent even though he is two years younger with 38 among his 57 wins (67 percent) compared to 26 of 47 (55 percent) for Mayweather.

Here's a look at Pacquiao's latest results on the boxing betting lines heading into his May bout against Mayweather in Las Vegas . .