Tonight, people all over the world will somehow, some way, be watching the pay-per-view Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao boxing match that’s being hyped as ‘the Fight of the Century.’ But for many, it won’t be easy. HBO and Showtime have exclusive rights to the match and are ready to take down illegal streaming sites offering the show. They’re so aggressive, they’ve already filed a couple of lawsuits against piracy sites that had planned to stream the fight.
HBO and Showtime are trying to make it impossible to watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight online. But where there’s an Internet, there’s a way—even if it’s a fairly convoluted one. Truly, the only option if you’re a cord-cutter or a globetrotter is to use a VPN, or Virtual Private Network.
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