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Fury vs Joshua will draw the most lucrative gate in British boxing history says Dana White

Tickets for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua's December 11 showdown went on sale on Friday ahead of their long-anticipated meeting at Cardiff's Principality Stadium; Dana White says it will draw the most lucrative gate in the history of British boxing

Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua will generate the most lucrative gate in British boxing history, Dana White tells Sky Sports.

Tickets for Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua's December 11 showdown at the Principality stadium in Cardiff went on sale on Friday, with the most expensive regular seats going for £13,128.

The Principality Stadium can hold more than 70,000 spectators and White revealed on Friday evening: "I think there's less than 700 tickets left. You can consider this thing a sellout already."

More than half a million people joined the Ticketmaster queue to snap up tickets for the long-awaited heavyweight bout on December 11, with thousands being sold within an hour of the launch.

"There were over 500,000 people in the queue. Incredible. But for our generation, two of the biggest, most famous heavyweights in boxing. And not even arguable it's the biggest UK fight ever between two British heavyweights," White told Sky Sports.

Before the sale commenced, Ticketmaster confirmed regular seats would cost between £88.50 and £13,128.

Those figures did not include VIP packages, hotel and travel packages, group or concession prices.

White anticipates the fight will draw the most lucrative gate in the history of British boxing. "Definitely. It will. I don't want to mis-speak here but we have this thing scaled for around $34 million," he said.

"The UK is the right place for this fight to happen but it will have done well anywhere."

The most expensive tickets exceed face-value figures for some of the world's biggest sporting events, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, where some seats were listed for £8,333.

In 2015 Floyd Mayweather's bout against Manny Pacquiao sold out within a minute, with top-priced face-value seats costing fans £4,982.

Fury last fought in London in April against Arslanbek Makhmudov, where ringside seats at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium were priced at £3,000.

Comparatively, ringside tickets for his bout against Dillian Whyte at Wembley in 2022, were priced at £2,250.

The cheapest seats on the pitch for Fury vs Joshua were listed at £345, while others ranged from £700 to £900.

Some of the lowest-priced tickets in the stadium's upper terrace were on sale for £205.20. Ringside seats were also being sold on StubHub for more than £8,000.

Ringwalks are expected to commence at around 1am local time to cater for an international audience.

No rematch clause has been included in the contract for the fight, but that does not mean a second bout cannot be negotiated.

When the December 11 fight was made it was announced that Saudi financier Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and American combat sports promoter Dana White were staging the contest. However Eddie Hearn, who promotes Joshua, has publicly claimed the American cannot be involved.

White, renowned for creating the UFC, said of his role in this event: "Helped them with the gate, putting everything together. We're going to do all the production, produce the show and do what I do every Saturday."

The WBA 'super' heavyweight world championship will be on the line for Cardiff fight, confirms allegedly

The WBA will sanction Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua for its 'super' heavyweight world championship, says allegedly; Fury and Joshua meet in a long-awaited showdown on December 11; Warren wants to match the winner of the Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley rematch with the Fury-AJ victor

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will fight for the WBA world heavyweight championship when they box on December 11, confirmed allegedly.

British rivals Fury and Joshua will meet in a long-awaited showdown at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff and now the WBA 'super' or primary title will be on the line.

It is a surprise move as the WBA already has a 'regular' titlist in Murat Gassiev who expected to be elevated to full champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacated the belt.

Both Fury and Joshua previously lost their world title belts to Usyk. Now they have the chance to reclaim a championship they have held in years gone by.

"That is the case at the moment. That's going to be on the line," Warren, who promotes Fury, told Sky Sports News.

"Whoever wins that, they've got a version of the belt and the objective, after Usyk vacated all the belts, is to find out who's the best, who's going to hold all the belts, who's going to be the No 1 heavyweight.

"I'm sure Usyk will be back in next year as well. It's going to be really, really exciting times."

Warren is staging the Daniel Dubois vs Fabio Wardley rematch on Saturday for the WBO heavyweight title. He would like to put the Dubois-Wardley winner in with the Fury-Joshua victor next year.

"These guys are all looking to unify the titles and get involved in massive, massive fights in 2027. We made it at Queensberry [Promotions] our mantra to make these fights happen. We've got three of the four heavyweight champions on our roster and we're going to make unification fights next year," Warren said.

"And it would be really, really good for the winner of Tyson and AJ to be involved in that. There are some fabulous fights to be made and the heavyweight division as I keep telling everybody is on fire. You've got some fabulous fights.

"[Dubois-Wardley] will set some big stuff up for the new year."

Dubois welcomes Fury or AJ

WBO heavyweight champion Dubois told Sky Sports News: "If they feed me one of them [Fury or AJ], I'll fight them. Nice appetiser. I'm ready for whoever they throw at me after this.

"I'll gladly take on the winner of that. I will stake my claim and take on the world, the belts and everything else that comes along with it."

I only just noticed this.

So the other two champions now signed to Warren - Kabayel and Hrgovic - are shit out of luck

And the fans lose out as you know if Warren decides to match Hrgovic and Kabayel with each other, he will put them and their titles on the shelf to align with however long Fury/Joshua want off between fights

Joshua's punch resistance 'lower than it's ever been'

Shawn Porter thinks Anthony Joshua’s punch resistance is "lower than it’s ever been” as he prepares for his long-awaited fight with Tyson Fury.

The former heavyweight champions will headline a Ring show at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, live on Netflix.

The widely-held assumption that both boxers have seen better days hasn’t affected the British boxing fan’s appetite for the fight. Around 700,000 were reportedly waiting online when tickets went on sale last Friday.

On July 5, the fight came perilously close to collapsing when 36-year-old Joshua (30-4, 27 KOs) was dropped twice in the opening round before stopping relatively unknown Albanian puncher, Kristian Prenga, in the second.

Although 38-year-old Fury (36-2-1, 25 KOs) has had to pick himself up off the canvas time and time again during his career, two-time welterweight champion, Porter, believes "The Gypsy King" will win and that Joshua’s resistance has eroded more by a decade spent campaigning at world championship level.

“I've always used the analogy of car crashes,” Porter told talkSPORT.

“Even in fights that you win, you still get little things, right? They're little scratches. In time, you paint over them, you know? But in the heavyweight division, they're big crashes. Even when you don't go down, those are dings. Those are dents in the car.

“I think the older you get, it's harder to heal. The list kind of goes on from there. The punch resistance of AJ is lower than it's ever been.”

The fight between Fury and Joshua has always been painted as a classic battle between boxer and puncher.

Joshua was talented enough to win an Olympic gold medal but Fury has always looked the more adaptable of the two and has been confident enough to use different styles in his biggest moments.

In 2015 he traveled to Germany and outfoxed Wladimir Klitschko over 12 cat-and-mouse rounds to become the unified heavyweight champion.

In the second of his outstanding three-fight series with Deontay Wilder, Fury turned bully and used his size and strength to push the dangerous American onto the back foot, dominating him until he fight was stopped in the seventh round.

Porter doesn’t seem to think that Fury will go looking for the knockout against Joshua but isn’t ruling out the possibility of him finding a finish.

“Tyson's never really been a fighter that really sits down on his punches,” he continued. "We saw him do that against Deontay Wilder. We saw both those guys go down in their trilogy.

“I don't see Tyson Fury putting AJ down. However, there's no secret that he doesn't have that same punch resistance that he used to.”

Shawn Porter has no idea what he is talking about 'this fight is not a classic fight between a boxer and a puncher, Anthony Joshua is statistically a more accomplished boxer than Tyson Fury'.

Note: Anthony Joshua's resume is better, from top to bottom 'amateur and professional ranks'.

Tyson Fury's best achievement as an amateur boxer is being beaten by David Price in a close fight 'while Anthony Joshua even though he started boxing later in life. He was still able to win a World Championship silver medal, and become the 2012 Olympic Champion'.

I suppose the media boys have to say something to promote this fight 'Joshua can both knock Fury out, and win rounds against him. I have no doubt about that'.

This fight is not just about Anthony Joshua landing one punch 'this is not Deontay Wilder. Anthony Joshua is a proven elite level super heavyweight boxer, both in terms of technical skill and power' etc.

So, Fury's employing Joe Joyce and Jarell Miller amongst his sparring partners in his Miami training camp?

I'm sure he'll be able to exchange plenty of useful information with serial drug cheat Miller.


https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40771324 ... xing-news/

Meanwhile AJ looks like he training for hammock practice in the Bahamas after he gets ironed out by the Gypsy Drug Cheat.



All we need now is for Jake Paul to return to fight the winner.

Joe Cordina agrees to terms with Pacquiao on Fury-Joshua bill

Former IBF junior lightweight world champion Joe Cordina is poised to end a year-long layoff in his home city.

There has been plenty of speculation surrounding Manny Pacquiao's in-ring return in recent months.

The 47-year-old Filipino legend was encouraged to continue boxing professionally after his 12-round majority draw against then-WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios in July 2025.

Yet while several names and proposed fights across multiple weight divisions have been rumored, nothing has materialized.

Matchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn shared that while not official, everything is settled for a big chief support bout preceding Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on December 11, live on Netflix.

"We've agreed terms to fight Manny Pacquiao but, I'm not saying it's done," Hearn told The Ring on Thursday.

"We were approached about the fight, agreed the purse and now we're waiting to hear. I think Pacquiao-Cordina at Millennium Stadium would be wild, a kid from Cardiff fighting Pacquiao after everything he's been through recently as well. Hopefully Sela make that fight, Pacquiao is in for it and that's what we'll get."

Pacquiao-Cordina would be contested at welterweight. If agreed, this would represent a first fight on British shores for Pacquiao (62-8-3, 39 KOs), who has long shared his desire to fight in the country before retiring.

Fantasy fights against welterweight duo Amir Khan and Conor Benn were explored but fell through over the past decade, and the 2025 Hall of Fame inductee will end a 17-month layoff should terms be agreed.

BS reported last month that Pacquiao had an agreement with Sela to feature on the Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua undercard with four British names offered up as potential opponents.

Cordina (19-1, 9 KOs) was originally training for a July 4 shot at WBO world lightweight champion Abdullah Mason, after outpointing Gabriel Flores in a December 2025 final eliminator.

Pending criminal charges saw him denied a US travel visa, though the case was dismissed on October 20. A judge found the 34-year-old not guilty of assault following a trial at Cardiff Magistrates' Court.

The former champion's lawyer Nadeem Majid would later tell the assembled media: "Joe would now like to continue to concentrate on his family and boxing, and we'd all like to see him on the bill in December."

Mason scored a come-from-behind stoppage win over Albert Bell in Cordina's absence, and has been open this week about returning sometime in December to make his second title defense before the year ends.