Tickets for the fight in Las Vegas went on sale at 8pm on
Thursday night
Between 500 and 1000 tickets were released priced between
$1,500 (£996) and $7,500 (£4,982) each
The MGM Grand has a capacity of 16,500 but most of the
tickets will be split between Mayweather and Pacquiao's camps and the TV
broadcasters
Up to 50,000 tickets for closed-circuit viewing were also
sold on Thursday
One ticket was being sold on StubHub for $128,705 (£85,508)
Sitting Planning
V The biggest fight in boxing history has sold out within a
minute of going on sale as tickets for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao at
the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2 were snapped up on Thursday evening.
Just minutes after 8pm UK time (12 noon in Las Vegas),
tickets for the richest bout in history began appearing on the secondary market
with one ticket going for a cool $128,705 (£85,508) on StubHub.
After weeks of wrangling and accusations between Mayweather
Promotions and Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum, a batch of between 500 and 1,000
tickets were made available to boxing fans for the mega-fight in May.
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