Pacquiao VS Mayweather is Rewriting Sports History Books Days Before the Fight

04/28/2015 | 4:32 0 Posted in Sports

04/28/2015 – Manila | The average cost to see boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight next week in Las Vegas is $11,000 (£7,200)

The bout between two superstars of this boxing generation is considered the biggest match ion boxing history and has now broken ticket price records.

According to TiqIQ, a historical data tracker organization, the average ticket price for the said bout is now the most expensive average ticket price not only in boxing, but in any other sports.

The 1,000 available tickets on Thursday were sold within minutes like hot cakes.

Among 1,000 tickets sold, the most expensive was $141,000 $141,000 (£94,000) with the cheapest priced at $5,270 (£3,500).

The previous most expensive average ticket was this year’s Super Bowl in Pheonix at $10,400 (£6,800).

The long and most awaited fight between the two archrivals will also be available on Pay-Per-View for $1,000 (£661). This will also be the most expensive Pay-Per-View in the history of any sport according to TiqIQ.

People who can’t afford to pay the Pay-Per-View have a chance to go in some bars and pay $300 (£198) for all-you-can-drink while sitting and $200 (£115) to stand.

This is also the first time in history of boxing that people who want to see both fighters during weigh-in must buy $10 (£6.20) ticket.

American Mayweather, 38, and Filipino Pacquiao, 36, are considered two of the best fighters of their generation and the bout, which has been in the pipeline for five years, is set to generate $250m (£162m ), the highest grossing fight in the history of boxing.

Whoever the winner will be, both will surely be laughing going to the bank after the fight.

/Dionisia Arawan/ Assisted Press Manila