Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua fight tickets sell out in one hour
Tickets for the heavyweight boxing clash between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium sold out in just one hour after going on sale on Friday.
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Tickets for the heavyweight boxing match between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua at Cardiff's Principality Stadium sold out in one hour on Friday, the BBC reported. Around 80,000 tickets went on sale at 12:00 BST, with more than 500,000 people joining the online queue within minutes of the release. [1][2]
According to the BBC, prices for the event ranged from £88.50 for the cheapest seats up to £13,128 for the highest-priced options, which included booking fees. The fight bill begins on 11 December, with the fighters expected to take to the ring at around 01:00 BST on 12 December. The bout will be broadcast globally on Netflix. [1][2]
Anthony Joshua is a British professional boxer who previously held the unified heavyweight championship twice between 2017 and 2021, as well as the International Boxing Organization, British, and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the fight was announced in September, and Fury has stated that he plans to invite United States President Donald Trump to join his ring walk in Cardiff. [1][3][5]
In short
- Around 80,000 tickets for the Fury-Joshua fight sold out in one hour.
- Ticket prices for the event at Principality Stadium ranged from £88.50 to £13,128.
- More than 500,000 people joined the online ticket queue just minutes after sales opened.
- The fight will be broadcast globally on Netflix, with ringwalks expected around 01:00 on 12 December.
Sources
Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.
- [1]Fury-Joshua tickets priced up to £13,000 sell out in one hourBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
- [2]Fury-Joshua tickets priced up to £13,000 sell out in one hourBBC, 1h ago
Background
- [3]Anthony Joshua on Wikipedia
- [4]Glastonbury Festival 2027 tickets sell out in under 45 minutes FTMQ News, 4d ago
- [5]Tyson Fury plans to invite Donald Trump for ring walk in Cardiff FTMQ News, 5d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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