Fury-Joshua Gate to Be Biggest in British Boxing History — SkimNews
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- Dana White told Sky Sports the Fury-Joshua gate will be the most lucrative in British boxing history, with the event scaled for around $34 million.
- Ticketmaster saw over 500,000 people join the queue for the December 11 Principality Stadium fight, with fewer than 700 tickets remaining and the 70,000-plus-capacity venue nearly sold out within hours.
- Principality Stadium seats range from £205.20 in the upper terrace to £13,128 for top regular seats — exceeding 2026 FIFA World Cup final face-value prices of £8,125 and dwarfing Mayweather-Pacquiao 2015 top seats at £4,982.
- Ringwalks are expected around 1am local time to cater for an international audience, and no rematch clause was included in the contract — though a second bout can still be negotiated.
- Eddie Hearn, Anthony Joshua's promoter, has publicly disputed White's involvement despite the fight being staged by White and Saudi financier Turki Alalshikh's The Ring.
Why it matters: The Fury-Joshua gate is scaled at $34 million, a British boxing record, with top seats at £13,128 surpassing the 2026 World Cup final's £8,125 face-value. Eddie Hearn's public dispute over White's staging role signals friction between Joshua's camp and the organizers that could complicate any post-fight rematch negotiations despite no clause being included in the contract.
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