Mayweather Pacquiao
Fans who wanted to view the "Fight of the Century" Saturday night reported trouble getting the signal from DirecTV and Time Warner Cable. Undefeated WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (left) of the U.S. and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines pose during a final news conference at the MGM Grand Resort in Las Vegas, April 29, 2015. Reuters

DirecTV customers joined Time Warner subscribers in dealing with service issues before the big Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight Saturday. Cities affected include Los Angeles, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Las Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix and Minneapolis.

DownDetector.com, a site that monitors technology companies and services, shows DirecTV customers are experiencing severe service problems mere hours before the billed “Fight of the Century.”

Fifty-two percent of the issues are due to no signal, 30 percent to bad signal and 17 percent to the company’s website.

Boxing fans, perhaps many in a scramble to order the fight over the phone or online at the last minute, could be jamming up DirecTV’s signals and/or Time Warner’s services.

But for those who ordered the fight ahead of time, it has become a huge early disappointment. Currently, only the undercard is affected but as the night wears on fans could get restless.

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