Report: Mayweather-Pacquiao sets boxing gate record

The May 2 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao generated $72,198,500 in ticket sales, a new boxing record.

SI Wire | May 12, 2015

Report: Mayweather-Pacquiao sets boxing gate record /

The May 2 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao generated $72,198,500 from the sale of 16,219 tickets, a new boxing record for ticket revenue, ESPN's Dan Rafael reports.

ESPN's Darren Rovell reports that the $4,451 in average ticket value is also a record.

Mayweather defeated Pacquiao by unanimous decision in a bout billed "The Fight of the Century." The fight was expected to be the richest in boxing history.

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Days before the fight, tickets were averaging nearly $7,000 on the secondary market.

The #MayweatherPacquiao gate record included 46 comps and 9 unsold tickets. #boxing
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) May 12, 2015

Of tix sold for #MayweatherPacquiao's record gate, 1,226 were in the $10k category and 1,594 in the $7,500 category. #boxing @darrenrovell
— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) May 12, 2015