Mayweather-Pacquiao: SOLD OUT

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mayweather-pacquiao-2The highly-anticipated mega fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao sold out within a minute. At this moment, tickets are appearing on StubHub for as much as $125,000.

Only 500 tickets were made available to the public for the May 2nd fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The remaining 15,500 seats will go to fighters, sponsors, and promoters.

Tickets officially went on sale on Thursday on the MGM Grand’s website and Ticketmaster, with the cheapest ticket priced at $1,500, rising to about $7,500.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are considered to be the two best fighters of their generation and the bout, which the public has demanded for the past six years, is expected to generate up to $400 million dollars.

Mayweather is undefeated, who hasn’t lost since receiving a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The pound-for-pound king is 47-0 with 26 knockouts. Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao, who is a champion in eight weight classes, is 57-5 with 38 knockouts.