Anthony Joshua-Dillian Whyte tickets have already sold out

Dillian Whyte-Anthony Joshua

TICKETS for Anthony Joshuaโ€™s British heavyweight title clash with Dillian Whyte at the O2 on December 12 have already sold out.

The fight combines one of Britainโ€™s fastest rising stars in Joshua with outspoken rival Whyte, who picked up a win over the Olympic gold medallist at a very early stage of their amateur careers and clearly has wide appeal. According to Matchroom, tickets sold out in six hours.

Even Joshuaโ€™s last fight, against humble Scotsman Gary Cornish for the Commonwealth title, sold well compared to Floyd Mayweather-Andre Berto in Las Vegas on the same day.

โ€œItโ€™s mad isnโ€™t it? [Mayweather’s] last fight and itโ€™s not a big draw. I donโ€™t knowโ€ฆ People go to watch him lose,โ€ said Joshua, before his last fight. โ€œThey canโ€™t relate, heโ€™s distanced himself from the public so much.โ€

Speaking after Joshua defeated Cornish, promoter Eddie Hearn said, โ€œTo be honest with you I didnโ€™t expect that number [13,000] for this fight. The lower bowl [at the 02] holds 8 or 9,000 full and I would have been over the moon with the lower bowl. We opened half the upper bowl and I think that goes to show, although there were a lot of competitive fights on the card, there were no other big names on the undercard, other than Dillian now. There were a lot of ticket sellers, but there werenโ€™t any huge names on the card. So theyโ€™ve all come for all Anthony. I think itโ€™s a different kind of audience to the traditional boxing audience.

โ€œItโ€™s very exciting to be part of the journey. Itโ€™s catching fireโ€ฆ All heโ€™s got to do is just keep doing what heโ€™s doing. Work and train as hard as he can. Itโ€™s the most simple path.โ€

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