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Fury-Joshua tickets priced up to £13,000 sell out in one hour

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Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua's heavyweight boxing match tickets sold out within an hour on Friday, with prices ranging from £88.50 to as high as £73,645 for resale seats. The fight at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 12 is part of a collaboration between Saudi boxing promoter Turki Alalshikh and UFC chief Dana White, set to be broadcast globally by Netflix.
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Tickets for the Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua heavyweight fight in Cardiff sold out within an hour on Friday. The highest-priced tickets were £13,128, while the lowest started at £88.50. Over 500,000 people waited online when sales began, and VIP seats soon resold for up to £73,645 on secondary markets. The fight is scheduled to begin around 1 AM GMT on December 12 after live music performances starting at midnight. Netflix will broadcast the event globally, which was announced in September amid dispute resolution over promotion roles. Undercard fights have yet to be confirmed for the Principality Stadium event promoted by Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and UFC chief Dana White.

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Ricky Hatton's victory over Kostya Tszyu at Manchester's MEN Arena in 2005 began at about 02:00 local time, allowing US broadcaster Showtime to show the fight on Saturday evening. Just 11 days ago, there was uncertainty over whether the fight would even take place due to a dispute over the role of UFC chief White in the promotion of the event. Broadcaster Netflix said Alalshikh's The Ring and White would collaborate to promote the event, but Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said his fighter's contract prevented White from having a promotional role. The British rivals finally met at a news conference on 30 September to begin the build-up to one of the most anticipated fights in British history.
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🔮 Fury and Joshua will meet on a bill that begins on 11 December but they are not expected to fight until the early hours of 12 December.
2026-10-09 · BBC News
Fury-Joshua tickets priced up to £13,000 sell out in one hour · assertive framing

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- Published Tickets for Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua's fight at Cardiff's Principality Stadium have sold out in just one hour. asserted
Tickets → publish → hour
Fury and Joshua will meet on a bill that begins on 11 December but they are not expected to fight until the early hours of 12 December. asserted
they → meet → December
The highest-priced tickets were available at £13,128, including booking fees, with the lowest at £88.50. asserted
tickets → price → 88.50
The all-British heavyweight contest, which will be broadcast globally on Netflix, was announced in September and around 80,000 tickets went on sale at 12:00 BST on Friday. asserted
tickets → broadcast → Friday
Just minutes after the tickets went on sale more than 500,000 people were waiting in the online queue. asserted
people → go → queue
Tickets quickly began emerging on resale websites, with ringside VIP seats being advertised for £73,645, while upper tier seats were available for £425. asserted
seats → begin → 425
Ringwalks are expected to start around 01:00 GMT on Saturday 12 December, following a short live music performance, and the stadium will remain open until 03:30. asserted
stadium → expect → 03:30
The event is being promoted as a collaboration between Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh's The Ring and UFC chief Dana White. asserted
event → promote → Ring
Organisers are yet to confirm any of the undercard fights. asserted
Organisers → confirm → fights
Joshua, 36, and Fury, 38 - both former two-time world champions - signed contracts for the bout earlier this year, but the date and venue had yet to be confirmed. asserted
date → sign → bout
London's Wembley Stadium and New York's Madison Square Garden were the frontrunners to stage the fight, but both presented issues before Cardiff emerged as an alternative. asserted
Cardiff → stage → alternative
The Principality Stadium has hosted late-night boxing before, including Joe Calzaghe's fight with Mikkel Kessler in November 2007, which began at 01:00 GMT. asserted
which → host → GMT
Ricky Hatton's victory over Kostya Tszyu at Manchester's MEN Arena in 2005 began at about 02:00 local time, allowing US broadcaster Showtime to show the fight on Saturday evening. Just 11 days ago, there was uncertainty over whether the fight would even take place due to a dispute over the role of UFC chief White in the promotion of the event. Broadcaster Netflix said Alalshikh's The Ring and White would collaborate to promote the event, but Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn said his fighter's contract prevented White from having a promotional role. The British rivals finally met at a news conference on 30 September to begin the build-up to one of the most anticipated fights in British history. asserted
rivals → begin → history
Fury and Joshua are reported to be sharing a purse worth close to $200m (£151m) asserted
Fury → report → purse
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