The most expensive boxing tickets ever sold were for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight in 2015. The highest-priced ticket sold for as much as $180,000 for ringside seats, with some secondary market prices reported around $141,000 to $180,000. The average ticket price for this fight was about $11,000. This event remains one of the most expensive in boxing history in terms of ticket prices and overall revenue generated from ticket sales, which totaled over $72 million from more than 16,000 tickets sold.
Other notable expensive bouts, like Tyson vs. Paul and Mayweather vs. McGregor, have had significantly lower maximum ticket prices, with aftermarket prices around $20,000 for Tyson vs. Paul and gates around $55 million for Mayweather vs. McGregor, but the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight still holds the record for highest ticket prices and total gate revenue.
Thus, the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao tickets stand as the most expensive boxing tickets historically.
