No takers yet for $150,000 Floyd Mayweather seats
30 July 2017 - 00:00
It is being billed as the biggest (and possibly richest) fight in combat sports history - and tickets are at eye-watering prices.
When former five-weight boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight title-holder Conor McGregor step into the ring at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on August 26, about 20,000 people will be in the venue.
The scrap for tickets during this week's release was intense, short-lived and disappointing for the majority. But will anyone be willing to shell out $150,000 to be there?
Ticket resale website StubHub has tickets on sale at that price, with several others at a comparatively cheap $100,000...
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