Updated 04:46 PM EDT, Fri, Apr 19, 2024

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Manny Pacquiao 2015: Who Gets Free Tickets?

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With the projected scarcity of the tickets for the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight once they become available, promoters have told celebrities that there will be no comped tickets for anyone.

But it seems like Top Rank CEO and Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum is ready to give an exception to UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey who recently claimed a 14-second victory against Cat Zingano.

Daily Mail noted in a report that Arum is willing to offer the free ticket to Rousey after he heard that the MMA fighter is ready to purchase ringside tickets with the money she won from her fights.

The Top Rank CEO added that he is also a "huge fan" of Rousey and the gesture was his way of showing support to her MMA career.

TMZ said in an earlier report that Rousey is determined to win versus Zingano to be able to afford tickets for the megafight.

"I really want to go so bad. I gotta go beat Cat Zingano so I can make a couple million dollars and afford that ticket," the UFC champ added.

An established female UFC fighter herself, Rousey again made a resounding victory after she won 14 seconds after the sound of the bell against the returning Zingano and she remains unbeaten at 11-0.

"We were expecting that she might come out and do something flying at me right away. That's not usually how you land an armbar at that angle, but it works. It was a lot like judo transitions, where you scramble the second you hit the ground," Rousey said, as quoted by the Daily Mail.

Asked who she will bet on during the fight between the two greatest boxers of their generation, Rousey said she is gunning for the Filipino pride.

"Pacquiao has been very, very nice to me so I'm going to root for him," she added.

The sale of tickets for the May 2 fight at the MGM Grand Arena is already anticipated by so many people who all want to witness the two boxers duel live.

Forbes noted that tickets are expected to be sold starting at $1,000, with ringside tickets amounting to about $5,000.

The same report said that the 16,800-seater arena can earn around $40 million dollars during fight night.

With the high demand for the tickets, an MLive report said that there could be a shortage in supply, and celebrities have no choice but to spend their own money to buy their own tickets.

"Nobody is going to get these tickets without paying for them. The type of calls I'm getting, it's unbelievable. I could spend the rest of the day on the phone and sell out the entire place," Arum was quoted as saying in the MLive report.

He added that the "biggest block" of tickets is with MGM and that whenever he receives a call asking for comped ones, Arum said he would refer them directly to MGM.

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