The biggest fight in boxing history has sold out within a minute of going on sale with tickets for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2 being snapped up on Thursday evening . Just minutes after 8pm UK time ( 12 noon in Las Vegas ) , tickets for the richest bout in history began appearing on the secondary market with one ticket going for a cool $ 128,705 ( £85,508 ) on StubHub . After weeks of wrangling and accusations between Mayweather Promotions and Pacquiao ’ s promoter Bob Arum , a batch of between 500 and 1,000 tickets were made available to boxing fans for the mega-fight in May . Late last night , a ticket priced at $ 128,705 ( £85,508 ) appeared on the StubHub website after all tickets on public sale were snapped up inside a minute . One lucky English fan managed to snare a ticket for $ 7,924 ( £5,265 ) and tweeted his booking confirmation . Mayweather and Pacquiao strike their poses during a news conference in Los Angeles last month . Less than a minute after 8pm , the Ticketmaster website announces that no tickets are available . Fight fans were able to purchase the tickets through mgmgrand.com and ticketmaster.com - although those precious seats certainly came at a cost as prices began at $ 1,500 ( £1,000 ) leading all the way up to $ 7,500 ( £5,000 ) per seat . Prospective buyers were limited to four tickets per person . The mgmgrand.com website experienced issues minutes before the 8pm start time due to high traffic . Those lucky enough to secure a seat for the mega-fight via Ticketmaster will have to collect them in person from Wednesday , April 29 from a designated collection point in Las Vegas . One lucky English boxing fan managed to snare a ticket for the big fight at a cost of $ 7,924 ( £5,265 ) and tweeted his booking confirmation on Thursday night . Super-ringside tickets costing $ 10,000 ( £6,600 ) were not released for public sale with several reports suggesting those seats would exchange hands on the 'black market ' for upwards of $ 200,000 ( £133,000 ) . Just minutes after 8pm , tickets for the richest bout in history began appearing on StubHub . One ticket for the May mega-fight was advertised for $ 70,790 ( £47,000 ) on the secondary market . If you were lucky enough to progress on the Ticketmaster website , this is what you would have seen . A pair of tickets for the Las Vegas showdown was posted on eBay at a cost of $ 12,600 ( £8,300 ) per seat . Mayweather vs Pacquiao is advertised by an escalator at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Wednesday . The MGM Grand marquee is lit up with the boxing pair ahead of the mega-fight on May 2 . The capacity of MGM Grand is 16,800 seats with the remaining seats set to be divided up between the two promoters , the two cable networks sharing the pay-per-view broadcast and the MGM hotel group for their clients and high rollers . MGM also announced the sale of around 50,000 tickets for closed circuit seats at its various properties at £100 ( $ 150 ) per head . Priced at $ 150 ( £100 ) , these tickets also went on sale on Thursday . Media interest in the eagerly-anticipated bout has been staggering with almost 15,000 accreditation requests submitted from news outlets across the globe . Tickets for the weigh-in go on sale on Friday at 3pm from the MGM Resorts Box Office at a cost of $ 10 ( £6.50 ) per head with a limit of 10 per person . Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to charity . Floyd Mayweather ( left ) trains with his uncle Roger during a media workout in Las Vegas last week . Manny Pacquiao takes on the pads with trainer Freddie Roach in front of the watching media . Mayweather and girlfriend Doralie Medina chilling out at home days before the fight . 'Thank you Keanu Reeves for visiting me and my wife . God bless you always ' wrote Pacquiao . Pacquiao also wrote on instagram : ' I 'm ready to rumble . Nine days to go ' ahead of the clash . The WBC title belt that will be presented to either Pacquiao or Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas .
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao meet on May 2 in Las Vegas . Tickets for the fight in Las Vegas went on sale at 8pm on Thursday night . Between 500 and 1000 tickets were released priced between $ 1,500 ( £996 ) and $ 7,500 ( £4,982 ) each . The MGM Grand has a capacity of One but most of the tickets will be split between Mayweather and Pacquiao 's camps and the TV broadcasters . Up to 50,000 tickets for closed-circuit viewing were also sold on Thursday . 16,500 ticket was being sold on StubHub for $ 128,705 ( £85,508 ) WATCH : Pacquiao stars in hilarious advert ahead of Mayweather fight . CLICK HERE for all the latest Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao news .