Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua tickets have soared to £13,128 for the most expensive seats, while more than 500,000 fans joined an online queue for one of boxing’s most anticipated showdowns.
The highest-priced seats for the December 11 clash at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium cost more than tickets for several of the world’s biggest sporting events. They surpass the 2026 Super Bowl’s top face-value price of £6,300 and the £8,333 cost of the most expensive World Cup tickets.
Fury vs Joshua tickets went on sale at noon on Friday. Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh had sought to provide an affordable option for supporters, with prices starting at £88.50 including fees. However, the cost rises dramatically at the premium end, reaching £13,128.
The listed prices exclude VIP experiences, hotel and travel packages, group purchases and concession rates. All tickets are also subject to availability.
The huge demand was clear from the outset, as more than half a million people waited in the digital queue in the hope of securing seats for the long-delayed heavyweight encounter.
The fight is scheduled for December 11 at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, finally ending years of speculation about a professional meeting between the two former heavyweight world champions.
Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua tickets range from £88.50 to an astonishing £13,128 as supporters compete to attend the long-awaited heavyweight blockbuster
Fury and Joshua are due to fight in Cardiff on December 11, with the main event expected to begin at 1am so Netflix viewers in the United States can watch during peak hours
Fury and Joshua have been connected to a blockbuster bout for more than 10 years, but repeated negotiations failed to deliver the rivalry fans had been waiting to see.
That will finally change when the British heavyweights meet in the professional ring, with the result potentially shaping the next chapter of both fighters’ careers.
Fury, 38, returned to action in April after announcing another retirement, defeating Arslanbek Makhmudov on points. The former WBC heavyweight champion has won 36 of his 39 professional bouts, suffering two defeats and recording one draw.
Joshua, 36, won Olympic gold at London 2012 and went on to become a two-time unified heavyweight world champion. His record stands at 30 wins, including 27 knockouts, and four losses.
Joshua’s latest major appearance came in December 2025, when he stopped Jake Paul. He returned in July 2026 and defeated Kristian Prenga with a second-round knockout.
The December contest offers both fighters an opportunity to settle their long-running rivalry and secure a career-defining win before a packed Cardiff crowd.
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The Principality Stadium holds as many as 80,000 spectators for major events, while Netflix is preparing to broadcast Fury vs Joshua worldwide.
The headline fighters are expected to make their ring walks at around 1am local time on Saturday, December 12, although the precise schedule has yet to be confirmed.
The December fight gives both heavyweights a chance to end their enduring rivalry and claim a statement victory in front of a sellout audience
Fury vs Joshua was once in danger of becoming boxing’s great lost fight, but the two heavyweights will now finally resolve differences that began more than a decade ago
Turki Alalshikh has aimed to make the event accessible to supporters, with the cheapest Fury vs Joshua tickets starting at £88.50, including fees.
At the opposite end of the pricing scale, premium seats are listed at £13,128, placing them among the most expensive publicly advertised tickets for a major boxing event.
The figure is not without precedent in a sport where premium seats can command eye-watering sums.
When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao met in 2015, official tickets cost up to $10,000 (£6,700), while resale listings subsequently reached around £94,000 after the initial allocation sold out in less than a minute.
Meanwhile, a premium hospitality package for Mike Tyson’s 2024 bout with Jake Paul was advertised at $2million (£1.57m) for 10 tickets and an exclusive ringside experience.
Some individual ringside seats were also listed on the secondary market at $50,000 (£39,000).
The highest-priced ticket previously listed for a British boxing event was a VIP ringside seat for Anthony Joshua’s 2017 showdown with Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley, which was advertised for £202,400 on resale platform Viagogo.
However, that figure was an asking price rather than a confirmed sale. Around 90,000 fans attended the fight, which saw Joshua stop Klitschko in the 11th round.
Meanwhile, face-value prices for inner-ringside seats at Tyson Fury’s 2022 fight against Dillian Whyte at Wembley reached £2,250.