Championship Boxing tickets

About Championship Boxing

Some Prominent Current Boxing Champions: Deontay Wilder (WBC), Anthony Joshua WBO, IBF, WBA), Tyson Fury (Lineal Heavyweight champion)

Oldest Ever Boxing Champion: Bernard Hopkins (IBF Light Heavyweight champion, age 49)

Youngest Ever Boxing Champion: Wilfred Benitez (WBA Light Welterweight champion, age 17)

Some Legendary Championship Fights: The Rumble in the Jungle, the Thrilla in Manila, Evander Holyfield vs. Riddick Bowe trilogy, Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran trilogy, Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield I and II

Championship Boxing Tickets

Watching a championship boxing match at home and seeing two top athletes vying for the belt and the right to be called the best is quite a treat, but it cannot possibly compare with watching the action live and in person. The energy and electricity in the air during a live boxing event — especially one involving a champion and an especially difficult upcoming challenger — have to be felt directly in order to be believed. Throughout boxing’s illustrious history, great and even legendary champions have been crowned in packed arenas teeming with tens of thousands of screaming fans. In many cases, the fans present at many such fights got the chance to see history being made with their very eyes. You, too, can have a chance to get boxing tickets and participate in the spectacle. Become a part of the action and cheer on your favorite champions when you buy championship boxing tickets at StubHub.

What are some upcoming championship boxing events?

The

Wind Creek Event Center

in Bethlehem, Pa., will host live matches on March 14, 2020, with the top card featuring Kermit Cintron vs. Martez McGregor. In addition, there are other major championship fights scheduled for 2020, especially the rematch between

WBC Heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and Lineal Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury

on February 22, 2020, at the

MGM Grand Garden Arena

in Las Vegas, Nev. — easily the most anticipated fight of 2020.

What is the most highly attended championship boxing match in history?

To date, the most highly attended championship boxing event took place on February 20, 1993. At that time, Greg Haugen challenged Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez for the WBC Light Welterweight championship in front of an enormous crowd of 132,247 spectators at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

Who have been some of the great championship boxers in history?

The roster of boxers who have fought in championship bouts in the past reads like a who’s who of the legends of the sport: Evander Holyfield, whose trilogy of heavyweight title fights with Riddick Bowe is considered one the greatest spectacles of boxing in the 1990s; Mike Tyson, who was perhaps the most dominant boxer of his era; Muhammad Ali, who’s charisma, speed and technical skills earned him the moniker The Greatest; and many more. Amid currently active boxers who hold championships and who you can see fight in title bouts, there are Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua, the three heavyweights who are currently vying for supremacy; Saul Canelo Alvarez, Mexican boxing superstar and Middleweight and Super Middleweight champion; Lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko; and Super Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.

What are some of the most prominent venues in which championship boxing matches have taken place?

Championship fights cheered on by legions of screaming fans have happened all over the world at legendary sporting arenas like

Madison Square Garden

in New York City and the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The

Tokyo Dome

in Tokyo, Japan, was also where Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson to become the heavyweight champion of the world in what is considered to be the greatest upset in boxing history.

What are some other events similar to championship boxing?

Fans and appreciators of the sweet science may want to check out other kinds of boxing events like that of the

World Boxing Organization,

IBF Boxing

and

World Championship Boxing

. Other combat sports you may want to check out include the

UFC

and

Bellator MMA.