Terence Crawford made a mark on Saturday by becoming the first undisputed champion with three divisions in the history of modern boxing, but that was not the only record that evening in Las Vegas.
The frequentation of the alleging stadium for the fight between Crawford and the largest star in sport, Canelo Alvarez in Mexico, was recorded at 70,482, which makes it the biggest crowd to watch a boxing match in Sin City. By a very wide margin.
The previous record was set in 1982 when Larry Holmes fought Gerry Cooney in a temporary outdoor arena at Caesars Palace. The crowd for this fight was 29,214.
Crawford-Alvarez’s fight was also the biggest crowd for any event at the 5-year stadium. With a reported door of $ 47.2 million, it was the most profitable day in a day in Allegiant.
The public during the Saturday match, in which Crawford (42-0) reached the immortality of boxing with a dominant victory by unanimous decision on Alvarez (63-3-2), exceeded the Muhammad Alion Spinks II in 1978 to become the second audience for a in the indoor boxing match in the United States.
Tko’s victory by Alvarez over Billy Joe Saunders established the attendance record with 73,126 people at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, in May 2021.
On Saturday, the dashboards of the judges read 116-112, 115-113, 115-113, while Crawford, 37, won the unat-contested world championship to add to its Welter junior and undisputed we weight titles.
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