Mayweather vs. Hatton Tickets
Sold Out!
September
18, 2007
Courtesy Photos by Golden Boy Promotions
(SEPT 18) LAS VEGAS – With tickets for “UNDEFEATED,” the welterweight
championship fight between Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton, having
sold out immediately earlier this morning, MGM MIRAGE will host closed
circuit viewing at several properties, including MGM Grand, where
tickets went on sale today. The championship card scheduled for
Saturday, Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena will be produced and
distributed live by HBO-Pay-Per-View at 9 p.m. EST/6 p.m. PST.
Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Treasure
Island, New York-New York, Luxor, Monte Carlo and Excalibur also will
host closed circuit viewing with tickets going on sale Monday, Oct. 1.
Tickets for the closed circuit telecast are priced at $50, not including
handling fees.
The venues will televise the most highly anticipated welterweight
showdown in years and will open doors at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased
at each individual property’s box office outlets or by phone with a
major credit card at 866-799-7711. For MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay
venues, tickets also will be available by visiting www.ticketmaster.com
or by calling 702-474-4000. Ticket sales are limited to eight (8) per
person and all seats are general admission.
The fight features two undefeated
welterweights with a combined record of 81-0. Mayweather, a six-division
champion and boxing’s pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, will
face the British icon Hatton, a two-time world champion and universally
recognized as the best junior welterweight in the world today. This will
be the biggest match-up of two undefeated welterweights since the
record-setting mega-fight between Oscar de la Hoya and Felix Trinidad in
1999.
Mayweather vs. Hatton is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and
Mayweather Promotions and supported by presenting sponsor Rockstar
Energy Drink, and secondary sponsors Tecate Beer and Southwest Airlines.
Source/photos press release from Golden Boy Promotions
