Paul, Tyson fight breaks record for biggest non-Vegas boxing gate

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Paul, Tyson ****** breaks record for biggest non-Vegas boxing gate

(L-R) Mike Tyson, Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul pose onstage during the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson Boxing match press conference at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas, on May 16, 2024.

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The highly anticipated

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between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson has already secured its place in the record books.

The ******’s promoter, Most Valuable Promotions, which is co-owned by Paul, told CNBC it expects more than 70,000 people to be in attendance to the Friday night bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Dallas Cowboys’ stadium has a seating capacity of 80,000.

The gate receipts alone have brought in $17.8 million in revenue, the promoter said.

That makes it the biggest boxing gate in history outside of Nevada. The previous record was $9 million in gate receipts for the 2021 ****** between Canelo Álvarez and Billy Joe Saunders at AT&T Stadium.

MVP said the gate is also higher than any non-Las Vegas UFC ******, other than Conor McGregor versus Eddie Alvarez in New York City in 2016.

The ****** between Paul, a 27-year-old

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influencer-turned-boxer and Tyson, a 58-year-old boxing legend, will air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on

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, free to subscribers.

The event will also feature one of the most anticipated women’s boxing rematches in history: undisputed super lightweight champion Katie Taylor versus unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano.

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has upward of 283 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries. The bout will also be a test for the streamer as it ventures deeper into the sports space and as boxing sidesteps the pay-per-view model.

“Numbers don’t lie,” Paul said Wednesday at a press conference for the ******. “People want to see this and that’s an amazing accomplishment. … This is a statement that we had the biggest live gate outside of Vegas in U.S. boxing history.”

Tickets for the ****** on Friday range on StubHub from about $58 to $1,500. MVP has also sold higher-end packages, including a

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that comes with ringside seats. The promotions company says its 375 VIP seats have officially sold out.

For comparison, Vegas’ biggest ****** in history took place in 2015 between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. That ****** took in more than $72 million in tickets, according to the

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