The Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight is expected to earn the two fighters a combined amount of $300 million. The earnings of the mega boxing bout might just get bigger with price of tickets also getting steeper as the fight approaches. In a report by the Philippines' Inquirer.net, it said organizers have changed the price range of tickets.
"(Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight) Promoters first aimed for $40 million, then boosted the ticket prices from $1,000 to $1,500 at the low end and $5,000 to $7,500 for the best seats due to huge demand for the ducats, Arum said.
But organizers have now shuffled the number of seats in various price ranges and boosted top seats to $10,000 to raise the live gate total from $50 million to $74 million."
For Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, the decision to raise the price of seats won't affect the interest of people on the Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight in a negative way. Tickets will start selling next week and he thinks it will be a 'mania.'
"We'll probably have a handful of tickets that will go on sale to the public next week," Arum said. "It's mania."
Meanwhile, to those who don't have the money to buy the 'gold' tickets, they can watch it on TV through Sky Sports which has just won the airing rights of the Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao fight.
"This fight has everything and is set to be one of the biggest sports events of the year ... we're thrilled to be awarded the rights," said Barney Francis, the managing director of Sky Sports.
According to a report by the Guardian, to watch Floyd Mayweather Jr - Manny Pacquiao Fight on Skysports will cost one household £19.95 and €24.95 across all forms of booking up until midnight Friday. May 1.
"From then on the cost will still be £19.95/€24.95 if bookings are made via remote control and online, but will cost £24.95/€29.95 if booked via the phone. An additional £2 booking fee still applies if bookings are made via a telephone agent."
