Tickets for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight at Cardiff Principality Stadium don sell out within one hour. The two heavyweights go meet on one bill wey start on 11 December, but dem no expect say the fight go start until early hours of 12 December.
Highest-priced tickets bin dey available for £13,128, including booking fees, while lowest bin dey £88.50. The all-British heavyweight contest, wey Netflix go broadcast globally, dem announce am in September and around 80,000 tickets go on sale at 12:00 BST on Friday.
Just minutes after tickets go on sale, more than 500,000 people bin dey wait for online queue. Tickets quick begin show up on resale websites, with ringside VIP seats advertised for £73,645, while upper tier seats bin dey available for £425.
Ringwalks expected to start around 01:00 GMT on Saturday 12 December, after short live music performance, and stadium go remain open until 03:30. The event dey promoted as a collaboration between Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh’s The Ring and UFC chief Dana White. Organisers never confirm any undercard fights.
Joshua, 36, and Fury, 38 – both former two-time world champions – bin sign contracts for the bout earlier this year, but date and venue never still confirmed. London’s Wembley Stadium and New York‘s Madison Square Garden bin be frontrunners to stage the fight, but both get issues before Cardiff emerge as alternative.
Principality Stadium don host late-night boxing before, including Joe Calzaghe’s fight with Mikkel Kessler in November 2007, wey begin at 01:00 GMT. Ricky Hatton’s victory over Kostya Tszyu for Manchester’s MEN Arena in 2005 begin around 02:00 local time, wey allow US broadcaster Showtime to show the fight on Saturday evening.
Just 11 days ago, uncertainty bin dey whether the fight go even happen due to dispute over role of UFC chief White in promotion of event. Broadcaster Netflix talk say Alalshikh’s The Ring and White go collaborate to promote event, but Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn talk say his fighter contract prevent White from having promotional role.
The British rivals finally meet for news conference on 30 September to begin build-up to one of most anticipated fights in British history.
