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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs Manny Pacquiao: Ringside Tickets Bound For The Recognisable, Rich, Lucky

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Vs Manny Pacquiao: Ringside Tickets Bound For The Recognisable, Rich, Lucky
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. walks to the stage during an arrival ceremony Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Las Vegas. Mayweather will face Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas on May 2. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. walks to the stage during an arrival ceremony Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Las Vegas. Mayweather will face Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight boxing match in Las Vegas on May 2. (AP Photo/John Locher)

LAS VEGAS — Tickets are at such a premium to see Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao's long-awaited matchup that all of those at ringside will be recognisable, rich or very lucky.

Only 500 tickets were sold to the public.

Plenty of celebrities will be at Saturday night's fight, but even in Las Vegas where VIPs are routinely "comped" with free hotel rooms and tickets, very few of the 16,800 ticket-holders got a free ride.

Even two U.S. senators will be watching on television.

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, a former boxer who reportedly helped nudge negotiations for the fight along, will watch from Washington.

Fight fan Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, would have loved to go his office said the high ticket prices have him watching from afar.

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