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The MGM has sold 50,000 $150 tickets to watch the big fight on TV

"Charging people $150 apiece to watch the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight at a closed-circuit viewing party in Las Vegas might have seemed steep when MGM Resorts International announced the price. Now, it appears the company could have charged far more. MGM has sold 50,000 tickets and is trying to find room in its 10 hotel/casino properties on the strip for another 15,000 people willing to pay $150 to watch the May 2 fight on closed circuit, said Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports books for MGM.
MGM has never hosted more than 15,000 people at viewing parties for a boxing match and never charged more than $100 per person, according to Rood, who said the 50,000 tickets sold on Thursday in a matter of hours."


MGM has sold 50,000 tickets at $150 apiece to watch Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao on TV | Boxingjunkie

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Mosely and Hatton both agree that Manny hits harder than Floyd

"Having felt both guys punch, Pacquiao is the harder puncher because I went down. I was dizzy when I got up. I felt in that fight I didn't have a chin anymore," Mosley, who lost to Pacquiao in 2011, told ESPN.com.

Hatton, who fell to Pacquiao in two rounds, said there was no comparison.

"First thing I noticed about Manny was his speed like in the Floyd fight. But he was heavy-handed, a lot more heavy-handed than Floyd. He punches were more explosive. Floyd is more calculated. Manny clipped me with a lead right hook and even the non-power punches felt very, very heavy-handed," said Hatton.

Mosley, Hatton agree: Pacquiao hits harder than Mayweather| Pacquiao vs. Mayweather - GMA News Online Special Coverage

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