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Mayweather-Pacquiao fight tickets most expensive in boxing history
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Mar 27, 2015
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Mayweather-Pacquiao fight tickets most expensive in boxing history
Ticket prices for the super fight range from $1,500 to $10,000.
Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, pose for photos after a news conference, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Los Angeles. The two are scheduled to fight in Las Vegas on May 2. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr., left, and Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, pose for photos after a news conference, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, in Los Angeles. The two are scheduled to fight in Las Vegas on May 2. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Ticket prices for the super fight range from $1,500 to $10,000.

It's been called the fight of the century. The boxing matchup between 8 title holder Manny Pacquiao and the undefeated Floyd Mayweather, Jr. While some contest whether this is truly the biggest fight in a hundred years, there is one area where it handily knocks out the competition: money.

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Tickets are expected to go on sale by the end of next week and the revenues from the fight are on track to bust every record on the book. Dan Rafael joined the show to tell us more. He covers boxing for ESPN. You can visit his blog to get the latest updates.