LAS VEGAS, April 24 (UPI) — Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and actor {link:Mark Wahlberg: “http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/4c5c35bf4aee0589f5dd068f301d2441/?ilink=1″,nw, t: “2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles”} are throwing fistfuls of cash at the the epic {link:Floyd Mayweather: “http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/7ae43c870550f6a089a7d8bf34085a6f/?ilink=1″,nw, t: “Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao news conference held in Los Angeles”} vs. {link:Manny Pacquiao: “http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/247ac5ba4ab329869df691a064e2be73/?ilink=1″,nw, t: “Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao news conference held in Los Angeles”} bout May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
In a {link:video posted by TMZ: “http://www.tmz.com/2015/04/24/diddy-250-000-bet-with-mark-wahlberg-over-mayweather-vs-pacquiao/”,nw, t: “TMZ video on bet”}, the duo sit down and bet $250,000, {link:Diddy: “http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/ac37b909cde9e35ce886583db5db0161/?ilink=1″,nw, t: “65th Annual Cannes International Film Festival”} on Mayweather and Wahlberg on Pacquiao. The first bet Diddy makes is for $100,000, before Wahlberg asks “why so little?”
Rapper 50 Cent made the biggest splash by saying that he would bet $1.6 million on Mayweather, according to {link:USA Today.: “http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/03/50-cent-betting-1-6-million-floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao”,nw, t: “USA Today on 50 cent bet”}
The fight was sold out within minutes. Tickets have been seen for as much as $141,000, according to {link:the Washington Times.: “http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/24/mayweather-pacquiao-tickets-sold-out-mgm-grand-fig/?”,nw, t: “Sold out fight”}
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao’s fight sold out within minutes and tickets immediately appeared on websites for as much as £94,000 ($141,000). Only 1,000 tickets were publicly available.
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