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

Celebrity Sightings at the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight

Jake Gyllenhaal

Celebrities spotted in Las Vegas for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight.

Michael Jordan

Beyonce

Charlotte McKinney

Ben Affleck

Paris Hilton

Michael Keaton

Liv Schreiber

Mark Wahlberg

Drew Barrymore

Bradley Cooper

Tom Brady and Michael Jordan

Jimmy Kimmel

Charles Barkley

Donald Trump

Denzel Washington

Tom Brady

Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs

Shane Mosley

Andre Agassi

Beyonce and Jay Z

Nicky Minaj

Lil Wayne and Christina Milian

Clint Eastwood

Adrien Brody

Don Cheadle and Sugar Ray Leonard

Michael Strahan

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin

Mike Tyson

Jon Voight

Whitney Cummings

- Alex Putterman