All the precaution that Dana White took to keep the tickets of Mayweather vs. McGregor from being resold at ridiculous prices has been for naught. The ticket selling website StubHub has tickets on sale for as much as $150,000 or £115,000.
That is enough to put a dent in your life savings.
The Richest Fight in History
When the tickets went on sale for the general public the prices for them were already higher than any boxing match in history.
The cheapest tickets were priced at an incredible £1983 and the priciest tickets were available for a hefty £19147.
But what Dana White feared would happen, did happen.
When Mayweather vs. Pacquiao took place in 2015, the tickets were sold without any cautionary implementations. Tickets hawkers were selling tickets online the next day for hugely inflated prices.
History is repeating itself for Mayweather-McGregor.
The reason White chose Ticketmaster to sell the tickets was for the security code that is required to complete the purchase of tickets. There was also a limit of 2 tickets per person to make sure no one took advantage of boxing fans later.
That’s exactly what happened.
It seems White underestimated people’s desire to make extra bucks wherever possible.
Just a day later the tickets went on sale, tickets were being resold at StubHub for ludicrous amounts of money.
Tickets are priced at £75,000 to £115,000.
The richest fight in history just got even richer.
Other options for watching the Fight
With those eye opening ticket prices, you have to consider more affordable options to watch the fight.
If you are in the US, you are in luck. The fight is going to be screened live in many cinemas live, you can check listings of cinemas near you and book your ticket.
Fans in the UK aren’t so lucky, though they can purchase the Showtime PPV and enjoy the hotly anticipated fight in the comfort of their home.
The 40-year-old undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. will face MMA superstar Conor McGregor on Aug 26 at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
20,000 fans will be able to see the fight in person, be one of them if you can. But don’t miss this exciting bout for any reason.
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