The following is a list of boxing attendance records. The 1941 Middleweight bout between Tony Zale and Billy Pryor at Juneau Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was attended by 135,132 spectators. This remains the largest attendance in the history of combat sports.
The February 1993 bout between Julio César Chávez and Greg Haugen for the WBC super lightweight title would set the record for the highest post-war attendance with a crowd 132,274 at the Azteca Stadium to watch as Chávez would earn a dominant fifth round TKO victory.
In 1948 Max Schmeling and Walter Neusel would set the attendance record for the largest crowd outside of North America, with 102,000 spectators watching on as Schmeling came out victorious in Hamburg.
The record for the largest ever female boxing match was set in 2026 when 83,000 people were in attendance in Dublin to witness Irish boxing icon Katie Taylor compete in her final ever fight against the undefeated French sensation Flora Pili. Taylor would win and end her career as a three-time undisputed champion.
Events and attendances
Note: Minimum attendance of 75,000.
No. Headline fight Venue Date Attendance Notes 1 Tony Zale vs. Billy Pryor Juneau Park August 16, 1941 135,132 2 Julio César Chávez vs. Greg Haugen Azteca Stadium February 20, 1993 132,274 3 Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney I Sesquicentennial Stadium September 23, 1926 120,757 4 Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney II Soldier Field September 22, 1927 104,943 5 Max Schmeling vs. Walter Neusel Sandbahn Lokstedt May 23, 1948 102,000 6 Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois Wembley Stadium September 21, 2024 98,128 7 Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte Wembley Stadium April 23, 2022 94,000 8 Len Harvey vs. Jock McAvoy White City April 7, 1938 90,000 9 Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko Wembley Stadium April 29, 2017 90,000 10 Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois II Wembley Stadium July 19, 2025 90,000 11 Katie Taylor vs. Flora Pili Croke Park September 5, 2026 83,000 12 Carl Froch vs. George Groves II Wembley Stadium May 31, 2014 80,000 13 Anthony Joshua vs. Alexander Povetkin Wembley Stadium September 22, 2018 80,000 14 Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker Principality Stadium March 31, 2018 75,000 15 Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam Principality Stadium October 28, 2017 75,000
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