Largest Crowd?

Justin · Post by **Justin** » 13 Jun 2002, 22:48

Chavez - Haugen had 130,000 spectators
Georges Carpentier - Jack Dempsey had 80,183 spectators

I forget the Exact Schmeling - Louis II attendance, but it rivaled the above attendances...

Didn't Jess Willard - Jack Johnson have a 50 thousand + attendance too? Anyone know the Infamous Dempsey Shelby fight attendance? (I know it was a lot lower than expected by the townspeople, just wondering what it was)... I'll have to look at the old newspapers for the Louis-Schmeling II attendance.

saad · Post by **saad** » 13 Jun 2002, 22:59

I don't know much about the Chavez-Haugen fight. I heard he talked a lot of smack and then took a severe beat down. 130,000!!! That had to have taken place in Mexico City. And they had to have loved seeing Haugen go down.

SteveO · Post by **SteveO** » 14 Jun 2002, 06:10

The attendance figures you require:
Louis-Schmeling II - 70,043
Willard-Johnson - 17,000
Dempsey-Gibbons - 7,202

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 14 Jun 2002, 10:21

The two Dempsey v Tunney matches were seen by more than 100.000 people too I believe, and the Demsey v Firpo fight also had a very large number of spectators.....
By the way, I read a few years back in KO magazine that a Luisito Espinosa title defence in the Philipines drew more than 400.000 people!!!
May have been a typo, may be my lack of memory, 'cause I can't imagine a stadium big enough to hold that many spectators.

Justin · Post by **Justin** » 14 Jun 2002, 11:13

Thanks for those records Steve O, appreciate it...

Ali,Foreman, Frazier and the welters of the 80's attacted a lot of fans though, but since there hasn't been any huge gates.

I think the reason we don't see huge attendances like that since the '50's is because back in the day you could only see the fight by actually being there, or listening to it on the radio... Plus we have the introduction of several other sports since the '20's, when Boxing was THE sport.

Justin · Post by **Justin** » 14 Jun 2002, 19:30

Dempsey-Firpo had 82,000 Spectators

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 12 Jul 2002, 10:41

largest attendence since Tunney-Dempsey 2 was John Tate vs Gerrie Coetzee in 1979-80 ish

SteveO · Post by **SteveO** » 12 Jul 2002, 15:43

81,000 attended the Tate-Coetzee contest on 20th October 1979.

$ bill · Post by **$ bill** » 08 Sep 2002, 14:40

How about August 16, 1941 - Tony Zale vs Billy Prior at Juneau Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attendance 135,132. Would that qualify?

SonnyRollins · Post by **SonnyRollins** » 10 Sep 2002, 17:16

$ bill wrote:How about August 16, 1941 - Tony Zale vs Billy Prior at Juneau Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attendance 135,132. Would that qualify?

That's THE record as far as I know.
However, it should be noted that admission was free that day.

Friedie · Post by **Friedie** » 21 Oct 2002, 13:26

1934 in Hamburg: 95.000 saw Schmeling t.K.o.9 Neusel
(biggest European Attendance so far)
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Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » 22 Oct 2002, 19:19

Whitaker Vs. Chavez - 60'000
Spinks Vs. Ali II - 60'000

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Nov 2002, 10:27

Boxings three largest crowds...

1. Tony Zale vs Billy Pryor 135,132
2. Julio Cesar Chavez vs Greg Haugen 132,274
3. Gene Tunney vs Jack Dempsey 120,757