Mayweather-Pacquiao fight tickets sell out in minutes

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's fight sold out within minutes and tickets immediately appeared on websites for as much as £47,000 ($70,790).

Only 1,000 tickets were made available to the public for the fight on 2 May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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

The cheapest ticket for the bout cost £1,000 ($1,500), rising to about £5,000 ($7,500).

The contest between the two has been set since February, but a ticket contract was only finalised this week.

I have read that they were going to stream the event for free at certain venues in PI. Regardless of that I bet the internet cafes will be busy that day.

I watched a documentary on the thrilla in Manila fight not too long ago. Excellent.

Yep. I remember watching the Ali fights when I was 6 or 7. He commanded not only the fights but the audience.

I see tickets are on offer now for as much as £90,000! Who'd pay that to go to a boxing match?

I love Muhammad Ali. I think for anyone who was around at that time he was a total icon.

I went to see Disney on Ice at the Areneta Coliseum in 2012 purely because I wanted to go to where The Thriller In Manila took place.

I`m not totally certain about that.. Frazer hated Ali till the day he died because of the way Ali constantly referred to him as "Uncle Tom" and "The gorrila in Manila"..

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I cant stand Mayweather but have to say he is one of the most talented boxers I ever saw in my lifetime..
Just hope Manny can find a way through his famous defense and knock him sparko.
Boxing fans have been waiting for this fight for 5 long years!
Plenty of places to watch it free whilst sipping ice cold very reasonably priced SMB..
Its on the telly here but it aint live as far as I know with 10 minute adverts between rounds.

I seen that only a small portion of tickets went to the public. The others went to promoters and TV channels

All I need to know is that the Philippines will be closed for business on the 2nd of May

Erm ... it's a Saturday so Philippine offices will be closed as per normal!

Actually...Its Sunday!! Fight usually starts around noon..Filipino time.

You both know what I mean!

Yeah..I guess you are correct... The days go so quickly over here..Its the months I have to take note of..Occasionally the year.
Time flies by when you are enjoying yourself..Its true!

For the duration of the fight, the streets will empty and a great HUSH will descend, broken only by roosters.

Yep.. Ive been warned to be there 4 hours early to get the best table!! No reservations,even for his best friends.
Lots of strong coffee and beers start around lunch time..
Do not disturb!

Mmm my work days are like that but I suspect that I'm not enjoying them as much as your days there!

Just been watching Ali on youtube. I saw a lot of his fights back then but not the Sonny Liston ones.

In his earlier years he was such an agile boxer for a heavyweight.

Watched a couple of his bouts against Our 'Enry. Jab jab jab, yeah yeah yeah, great smell of brut, splash it on all over!