Report: Celebrities Can Have Free Tickets to Mayweather-Pacquiao If They Are Ads

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's showdown in Las Vegas is the hottest ticket in town, which means that even if you're an A-list superstar, there's no chance you'll be getting a comped VIP ticket to the event.

Those hoping for the front row, VIP experience can apparently expect to see tickets going for around $100,000—but if a celebrity wants to go for free, they're going to have be, as TMZ put it, "a walking billboard":

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But we've learned there's another option. If a celeb is willing to endorse companies by wearing logo-emblazoned gear at the fight -- that company will eat the ticket cost.

For instance, we're told VOCO Vodka & Coconut Water has already made such offers to Leo [Leonardo di Caprio], RiRi [Rihanna], and Big Willie [Will Smith] ... in exchange for front row seats.

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As Bob Arum said recently [via New York Daily News] there's only one free ticket up for grabs, and that's going to Ronda Rousey (and if you didn't let her have it she could probably force you into giving it to her via a 14-second submission anyway).

So if you see people you recognise sitting at ringside on May 2, check their T-shirts and see what you're supposed to be buying.

[TMZ]