Two Essex men dressed as members of Floyd Mayweather's entourage managed to blag their way in to ringside seats to watch the world champion triumph over rival Manny Pacquiao.

Ifran Ahmed, 29, and Chris Stowe, 30, donned Mayweather tracksuits and baseball hats to sneak past security and enjoy seats worth up to £650,000 in the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.

The pair rubbed shoulders with a host of A-list stars from the likes of popstars Nicole Scherzinger and Justin Bieber to actors Mark Wahlberg and Verne Troyer after gaining ringside access.

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Ifran Ahmed, 29, and Chris Stowe, 30, donned Mayweather tracksuits and baseball hats to sneak past security and enjoy ringside seats worth up to £650,000 in the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas for the hotly-anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Pictured: Mr Stowe with popstar Nicole Scherzinger

Mr Stowe, 30, is who friends with television presenter Mark Wright, poses with Justin Bieber at the boxing match. He said they hung out with the 21-year-old popstar for 'ages' and hugged him when Mayweather won

Mr Stowe, who is friends with former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright, even met heiress Paris Hilton, 34, who apparently 'loved' his British accent.

The friends also partied with rapper Sean 'P Diddy' Combs and British singer Sting in the MGM Grand Garden Arena after fooling everyone into thinking they were part of 38-year-old Mayweather's team.

As Mayweather's entourage passed the pair while walking towards the ring ahead of the boxing match, they latched onto the back of the group.

Mr Ahmed, a 'professional autograph hunter' from Braintree, Essex, said the pair had bought some seats 'on the cheap' but dressed up in tracksuits to look like part of the Money Man's entourage to get a better view and receive celebrity treatment.

He told The Sun's Pete Samson: 'We had the night of our lives. Everyone was really friendly because they thought we were millionaires.

'We got some "nosebleed seats" on the cheap then dressed up in all the gear.

'When Floyd's entourage arrived we piggybagged them to get ringside.'

He wore a baseball cap emblazoned with the initials TBE - which means The Best Ever – while Mr Stowe had a cap emblazoned with TMT – for The Money Team. Both wore dark-coloured tracksuits with 'Mayweather Promotions' embroidered on the chest.

Mayweather himself has a tracksuit almost identical, which he sported when he arrived at the Las Vegas venue for the multi-million pound fight.

American Mayweather came out on top at the end of the multi-million dollar spectacle, beating Pacquiao after 12 rounds. More than 400 million people worldwide watched the fight, which is the richest in boxing history

Mayweather retained his undefeated record (pictured) in front of 16,000 spectators including a host of celebrities such as Jay Z , Beyoncé, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Donald Trump

The Essex men spent the evening mingling and having their photograph taken with a number of famous faces before watching Mayweather take on Pacquiao in the richest fight in history.

Tickets for the event, which attracted more than 16,000 spectators at the MGM alone, started at £1,000 before selling for up to £650,000 pre-fight through touts.

American Mayweather came out on top at the end of the multi-million dollar spectacle which went 12 rounds - retaining his undefeated record in front of a host of celebrities including Jay Z, Beyoncé, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Donald Trump.

He stands to pocket upwards of £120million ($180million) from the super fight, while his Filipino opponent, 36, who has since blamed his defeat on a shoulder injury, will take home around £80million ($120million).

More than 400 million people around the world are believed to have tuned into the fight at the weekend – but it was Mr Stowe and Mr Ahmed who had some of the best seats on the night.

They said they 'hung out with Bieber for ages' and even hugged the 21-year-old singer when Mayweather was announced as the winner.

Mr Stowe, a property developer from Romford, Essex, added to The Sun: 'He just thought we were part of The Money Team.'

He is a keen boxing fan and has previously posted photographs of himself with both Mayweather and Pacquiao on Twitter.

His good friend Mark Wright, a television presenter who is famously engaged to Michelle Keegan, took to Twitter to reveal the pair's antics.

He wrote: 'Don't know how he does it!! @ChrisStowey one of my v close friends blags he's way into anything #delboy.'

He accompanied the message with a montage of pictures of Mr Stowe with a host of celebrities.

A-listers Jay Z and Beyoncé were among the famous faces in the star-studded crowd at the MGM in Las Vegas

Mr Stowe and Mr Ahmed said they spent a fair amount of time with Bieber (pictured) at this weekend's event

Actor Robert De Niro (left) and heiress Paris Hilton (right) were both ringside at the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight

It is not the first time the men have blagged their way into a sports event.

Four years ago they managed to slip onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium in London when Barcelona beat Manchester United in the Champions' League Final.

Mr Ahmed has also found himself in the spotlight before when he accidentally smacked Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in the eye with a programme outside a top London restaurant.

The autograph-hunter, who set up a business selling mementoes on eBay, struck the tennis ace during a scrum for his signature as he left upmarket restaurant Nobu in Mayfair with wife Kim Sears in July 2013.

Murray was being ushered through the crowd of well-wishers when a brochure bearing the words 'winning serve' was waved near his face.

However, in a desperate bid to get his attention, Mr Ahmed misjudged the angle and caught him straight in the face.

The Essex men managed to gain access to the MGM Grand Garden Arena where they partied with rapper Sean 'P Diddy' Combs and singer Sting after fooling everyone into thinking they were part of Mayweather's team

The businessman set up his eBay account selling celebrity autographs and memorabilia in 2002 but apparently no longer runs the business himself or makes money from the items placed on the account.

Items sold on the eBay profile over the years include a Formula 1 helmet signed by various drivers including champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, a guitar signed by Rolling Stones star Keith Richards and a giant tennis ball signed by Murray and Novak Djokovic.

Due to his autograph-hunting hobby, Mr Ahmed regularly posts photographs online of himself with high-profile stars including the likes of Sir Bradley Wiggins, Tom Daley and Lewis Hamilton.

Ahead of this weekend's hotly-anticipated boxing match, he uploaded a photograph of Mayweather apparently training in the ring, alongside the caption: 'When @FloydMayweather keeps his promise and let's us watch him train very privileged #checkmeoutintheorangetop.'

Amazing blagger from Hull tags on to Leo DiCaprio's entourage to get ringside at 'fight of the century' – before being defended from security by Floyd Mayweather himself

By Gemma Mullin

A blagger pretended to be part of Leonardo DiCaprio's entourage to get a ringside seat at the 'fight of the century' and was even defended by one of the boxer's after he was rumbled by security.

Steve Carruthers, 24, from Hull in East Yorkshire, put on his best suit and waited outside the MGM Grand Garden Arena ahead of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather's big fight on Saturday.

When he spotted the A-list actor he followed behind his team straight into the VIP bar, where he mingled with the likes of Christian Bale, Donald Trump, Michael Keaton and Paris Hilton.

Chancer: Steve Carruthers, 24, managed to blag his way past security at the Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fight on Saturday night, where he got a picture with the boxers (pictured right with Mayweather)

Shameless: Mr Carruthers poses for a quick selfie with Manny Pacquiao after the fight, when he pretended to be among the journalists waiting outside their dressing rooms

Even after the fight he thought he'd try his luck once more in a bid to meet the fighting legends and joined journalists filtering past security teams and waiting outside their dressing rooms.

But the business graduate, who is on a six-week trip to the U.S., was caught out by the MGM security team when he asked Pacquiao for an autograph.

He thought his luck was up but to Mr Carruthers' surprise the Filipino turned to one of the guard's and said 'I've got him', before inviting him to his press conference and posing for photos.

The shameless chancer, who also met Chris Brown, Michael Jo Fox and Macklemore, said: 'It was quite hard. You've got to have the balls to do it.

'If I was in jeans and trainers I don't think it would have worked. Everyone was suited and booted so I just blended in.'

Mr Carruthers already had a £2,000 ticket in block 208 to watch the fight, but after waiting outside the 16,800-capacity Las Vegas venue he spotted an opportunity to get an even closer seat.

He said: 'I was outside and I saw Leo DiCaprio - he had a cap on and his sunglasses and head down so that nobody recognised him, but I did and followed him in.

'I just walked in with him to the ballroom after tagging on with about six of his entourage. He went straight to the bar and that was where he took off his cap.

'He said he didn't do photos but he was really polite and shook my hand.

'He went towards the ring side so I just followed him in there and that was where I met loads of people and took a selfie with Mark Wahlberg. He was really nice and did a shout out on my phone.'

Mr Carruthers wasn't the only person to blag himself a ringside seat, which set ticket-holders back a hefty £650,000.

Ifran Ahmed, 29, and Chris Stowe, 30, from Essex, donned Mayweather tracksuits and baseball hats to sneak past security and fool everyone they were part of his team.

The pair rubbed shoulders with a host of A-list stars from the likes of popstars Nicole Scherzinger and Justin Bieber to actors Mark Wahlberg and Verne Troyer after gaining ringside access.

Smiles: The business graduate, who is on a six-week tour of the United States, even met Paris Hilton

Buddies: The Yorkshireman met actor Mark Wahlberg (right) who was 'really nice' and did a shout out on his phone for a friend

Due to a lack of spare spots Mr Carruthers had to take his seat in the designated one he had paid for.

But after the 12th round he went back down and once again blagged his way past security and towards the boxers' dressing rooms where he met both sportsmen.

'There was about four other people there already with their accreditation badges around their necks - so I just walked through and evaded security,' he said.

'I just waited outside their dressing rooms and just avoided eye contact with anyone. Manny was the first one to come out and I took a photo with him.

'He was really nice considering he had just lost the biggest fight of his career. Nobody was asking who I was so I just stuck around and waited for Floyd to come out.

'He was really cool and had a huge entourage. I asked him for a photograph and also an autograph and I was walking with him.

'He said it was okay to walk along with him, but he had to go do an interview right then.

'The MGM security said I had no accreditation on, but he said "I got him" and said it was fine, he said "just leave him, don't worry it's fine".

'He said I could come and watch the press conference so the MGM guy had to just leave it and he said 'don't worry, I've got you'.'

Mr Carruthers, who has now flown to LA for three weeks, added: 'After the interview he was like "let's go do the photos outside".

'I got one and I was going to leave it but he got security to take quite a few photos. He was really, really nice.'