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Your support makes all the difference.Nine days before the super-fight next week, the tickets for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao will finally go on sale at 8pm tonight, but beware - the cheapest ticket will cost $1,500 (£1,000), and only 1,000 are on sale to the general public.
The tickets are expected to be sold at a staggering $100,00 on the resale market.
The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where the fight will be held, has a capacity of 16,500 but only about 1,000 seats can be bought by the public.
The rest will go to the fighters, the casino, sponsors and promoters.
Ringside seats will not be on general sale.
As many as 50,000 tickets will be available to watch the fight at various MGM properties via closed-circuit television. Priced at $150 (£100), they will be on sale at 11pm on Thursday.
“I don’t worry about tickets, I worry about the guy in front of me,” said Mayweather. “Manny Pacquiao that’s my whole focus. Tickets is something I don’t deal with.”
Mayweather has defended his claim that he is a superior boxer to Muhammad Ali as the countdown to his £332million clash with Pacquiao continues.
Mayweather, unbeaten in 47 fights and favourite to extend that record against Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2, is scathing of the five losses Ali endured during a celebrated career spanning 56 bouts.
While the comments made during an international conference call on Wednesday night will not win him any new fans, the 38-year-old is unconcerned by the criticism he knows he will receive.
"No disrespect to Muhammad Ali, but he did it in one division. I just look at Ali's career when he fought Leon Spinks and lost to a fighter with seven fights," Mayweather said.
"There were some other fights he lost and he's still known as The Greatest because that's what he put out there. It is what it is.
"He called himself The Greatest and I call myself TBE (The Best Ever). I'm pretty sure I'll get criticised for what I said, but I couldn't care less. I could care less about the backlash."
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