My cellphone rang and there I was, inbtween mattress running for triple points at Radisson PE and surf trip I planned a year ago to my old and most favourite hometown of Jeffreys Bay.
Caller: Hello is this Zaheer? Did you enter the Samsung win a trip to Mayweather vs Pacquiao ?
Now, I have been following this match up since 2010. I booked a room with IHG 8minutes after the fight was signed earlier this year only to see the whole strip get sold out and match ticket prices load exorbitantly with super inflated re-sale prices over and over including delays with the distribution. Until that call, the biggest boxing or sporting showdown in history was a mere fantasy for live viewing.
I had 24hours to drive back home, pack and get to the Emirates counter in Johannesburg to make the flight to Los Angeles and connect to Vegas night before the fight. How I love last minute travels, they always seem to play out seamlessly as apposed to advanced pre planed ones.
Night flight JNB-DXB-LAX
Time to main event: – 54h 07m
Sunrise in Dubai. 3 hour layover for connecting flight.
Time to main event: – 46h 10m
The North Pole. Halfway to LAX.
Good morning Los Angeles
Time to main event: – 28h 59m
Getting to Vegas.
I was met by Samsung brand Ambassador DJ T’Bo Touch for the transfer. 
Navigation to avoid jams on the most heavy traffic day of the year into Vegas.
Time to main event: – 27h 44m
Time to main event: – 20h 02m
The Hotel.
Samsung had arranged the Tropicana by Hilton Double Tree, as a Hilton HH Diamond member my fast track perks were amazing on this busy weekend date. Conveniently this hotel is directly across MGM Grand where the fight was taking place. 
Hilton HH Diamond lounge.
The Room.
Diamond HH upgrade to a deluxe suite with balcony overlooking pool. 
The MGM Grand view from my balcony.
Giant Terminator 5 advertising.
The Breakfast.
HH Diamond members get complimentary breakfast consisting of any 4 items for 2pax.
Time to main event: – 08h 15m
The morning of the fight.
Que for taxi. Hyatt’s / MGM mLife platinum gets you to front of que any time.
IHG’s the Venetian.
Ticket finally in hand.
Time to main event: – 01h 37m
Finally: Lets get ready to rumble !
Time to main event: – 00h 03m
Pacquiao makes his entrance.
Pacquiao enters the ring.
Mayweather steps into the ring.
Pacquiao detonates a left hook on Mayweather as Mike Tyson behind and millions of viewers around the world watches in anticipation.
Mayweather unanimously wins the fight of the century and the controversy continues..
More of Las Vegas.
Ive stayed here in 1988. This used to be THE hotel in Vegas. The Flamingo ( previously Hilton) during the era when Tyson reigned.
Caesars Palace.
Crowds fill the sidewalks on the strip.
New York New York.
Circus Circus and Excalibre.
The Belllagio, famous from the movie Oceans 11.
Bellagio has a massive water feature.
The room inside Bellagio.
Pools of the Bellagio.
The foyer of MGM Grand.
Mayweather’s robes from previous fights.
Special thanks to Buli from Samsung and DJ T’bo Touch.
All photos taken with the new Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
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