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During different eras, arenas or stadiums were crowded to their brimming capacities for fans to witness mega fights, but have you ever wondered which is the biggest attendances ever?
Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen
We have to go to 1993 when Julio Cesar Chavez and Greg Haugen fought in front of 132,274 fans with paid tickets at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, but other fans were let in free and the total attendance was 136,274! Grimly determined to curb, crush and obliterate Haugen’s impudent trash talk. Chavez knocked him down in the first and administered plus inflicted a sustained fearful walloping, until Referee Joe Cortez saved a badly battered and totally overwhelmed Greg in round five.
Tony Zale vs. Billy Pryor
Back in 1941 at the Juneau Park in Milwaukee, Tony Zale faced Billy Pryor in front of 135,132 people. This fight was completely free. Pryor sent Zale to the canvas twice, but he recovered and made Pryor hit the floor nine times before the legendary Jack Dempsey, who was the Referee, stopped the fight.
Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney (1 and 2)
Dempsey and Tunney fought twice in a span of a year. The first one at the Sesquicentennial Stadium in Philadelphia in front of 120,757 people and the second one at the Soldier Field in Chicago with 104,943 people witnessing chapter two of this rivalry. Both fights were won by Tunney. During the second, the famous “ Long Count.” happened due to Jack forgetting the new rule about going to a neutral corner after decking Gene.
Max Schmelling vs. Walter Neusel
In 1934 German Max Schmelling faced his compatriot, Walter Neusel at the Sandbahn Lokstedt, Hamburg in Germany in front of 102,000 people. Schmelling gave Neusel a boxing lesson by knocking him out in the ninth round.
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