Mar 19, 2018 · The Rumble in the Jungle, perhaps boxing's most famous fight, attracted a 60,000 crowd to the Stade du 20 Mai in Kinshasa, Zaire -- now the Democratic Republic of Congo -- on October 30, 1974.

On September 21, 2024, a record post-war British boxing crowd of 96,000 rocked up to Wembley to see Dubois knock Joshua to the canvas four times in a five round contest. So with that big clash now in the history books, Planet Sport takes a look at …

Apr 24, 2024 · At UFC 129, Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields fought in a baseball stadium in what was by far the biggest crowd in promotion history at the time. St-Pierre methodically defeated...

Sep 25, 2019 · Typically, boxing matches take place in smaller venues than what are used to host other popular sports such as football and American football, but there have been some pretty big crowds recorded in the past. The bouts at Wembley between Froch and Groves as well Joshua vs Klitschko are two recent examples that spring to mind.

Aug 25, 2024 · Today, boxers like Anthony Joshua and Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez attract some of the largest crowds to boxing events. However, the numbers they have attracted are still well below the biggest estimated attendance of all time. In this article, Big Fight Weekend goes down memory lane to see what the biggest crowds in boxing have been.

Jun 17, 2024 · Heavyweight Fights that have had the Biggest Attendances. A total of 120,557 packed into the Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia expecting to see Tunney become the latest victim of Dempsey’s fast and ferocious attacks.

Apr 26, 2017 · As Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko gets set to sell out Wembley Stadium, we take a look at the sport's record attendances over the decades - and where this latest heavyweight title fight...

The biggest fight of the game came when Igor Larionov and Pete Forsberg collided. Danny McCarthy then proceeded to throw many combinations of punches, kicks and knees at Lemieux.

Jun 19, 2018 · Despite the true numbers still being unclear today, the estimate given to authorities reached 100,000, which places it at fifth in this list of great boxing attendances. Chudinov, who was 13-0-2 at the time, fought the 60 th -ranked Mehdi Bouadla, who had previously lost to the crowd-favourite Arthur Abraham.

Sep 20, 2024 · Joshua and Dubois will meet in a crunch heavyweight showdown for the IBF world title at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London, in a fight which is set to break the UK boxing attendance record.