Tickets for the event the long-awaited heavyweight clash English boxing legends Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua went up for sale yesterday, but fight fans seemed to learn that locking down a seat at the table isn’t easy.
Friday morning, more than 500,000 boxing fans joined the online queue to try to buy a ticket heavyweight super fight Dec. 11 From the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. With about 80,000 tickets sold, it drove a lot of people away. Fans were also forced to shell out quite a bit of cash, with the highest priced tickets costing $17,000 and the lowest nosebleed options around $120.
When the dust settled, it only took about an hour to sell out all 80,000 tickets. Of course, this left hundreds of thousands of boxing fans queuing online with no choice but to turn off their computers. Tickets have already been added to resale websites, but usually outsell them. This has angered many fans who were hoping to see history for themselves this December.
“Nice to see the tear down in full swing.”
“It’s too bad. My son loves boxing and loves these two boxers, this fight would be a perfect memory for him and many other young people, but the price of these tickets is too high, it’s sad for young people to miss this opportunity, especially in Wales.”
“Money making racket.”
“Ticketmaster is on sale as usual. I got to the front of the queue with 12,500 people. When I got to the front of the queue, I tried to book tickets 5 times and every time it kicked me out of the site. When I tried the 6th time, it put me back in the queue with 50 thousand people.”
“I tried to buy tickets for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury and they put me in line. Now I’m over HALF A MILLION people behind me to buy a ticket and watch the fight live. It better be the fight of the century!”
“Fury vs Joshua tickets.. 500,000 people in front.. Oh hell no.”