10 Reasons The "Fight Of The Century" Was Anything But

7. Tickets Were Nowhere To Be Found Even If You Could Afford Them

Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, punches Manny Pacquiao, from the Philippines, during their welterweight title fight on Saturday, May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
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Supposedly, about a thousand of the 16,000 or so seats available at the MGM Grand, where Mayweather-Pacquiao was held, were to go on sale to the public. However, reports have as little as 500 actually being available for general sale. In short, the promoter's and fight camps took the bulk of the tickets, allowed them to trickle on down to celebrities, and auctioned off the rest at astronomical prices.

How high were they?

Ringside seats were priced at $7,500 for the fight, but were going for hundreds of thousands of dollars in the days leading up to the fight. CNN reported that attorney Tony Buzbee paid $74,000 for a pair of seats in the twelfth row, and that other seats were going for $180,000.

Sadly, there were no refunds on this one. The fighters, however, are laughing all the way to the bank. And the fans? They were left out in the cold. It's especially disheartening given there was originally talk of having the fight in a stadium.

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Primarily covering the sport of MMA from Ontario, Canada, Jay Anderson has been writing for various publications covering sports, technology, and pop culture since 2001. Jay holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Guelph, and a Certificate in Leadership Skills from Humber College.