Report: Mayweather-Pacquiao sets boxing gate record

The May 2 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao generated $72,198,500 in ticket sales, a new boxing record.
Report: Mayweather-Pacquiao sets boxing gate record
Report: Mayweather-Pacquiao sets boxing gate record /

The May 2 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao generated $72,198,500 from the sale of 16,219 tickets, a new boxing record for ticket revenue, ESPN's Dan Rafael reports.

ESPN's Darren Rovell reports that the $4,451 in average ticket value is also a record.

Mayweather defeated Pacquiao by unanimous decision in a bout billed "The Fight of the Century." The fight was expected to be the richest in boxing history.

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Days before the fight, tickets were averaging nearly $7,000 on the secondary market.

Celebrity Sightings at the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight

Jake Gyllenhaal

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Celebrities spotted in Las Vegas for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight.

Michael Jordan

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Beyonce

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Charlotte McKinney

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Ben Affleck

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Paris Hilton

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Michael Keaton

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Liv Schreiber

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Mark Wahlberg

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Drew Barrymore

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Bradley Cooper

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Tom Brady and Michael Jordan

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Jimmy Kimmel

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Charles Barkley

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Donald Trump

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Denzel Washington

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Tom Brady

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Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs

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Shane Mosley

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Andre Agassi

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Beyonce and Jay Z

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Nicky Minaj

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Lil Wayne and Christina Milian

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Clint Eastwood

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Adrien Brody

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Don Cheadle and Sugar Ray Leonard

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Michael Strahan

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Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin

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Mike Tyson

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Jon Voight

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Whitney Cummings

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- Alex Putterman


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