April 05, (THEWILL) – The capacity of Wembley Stadium for the world heavyweight championship bout between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte on April 23 has been expanded to 94,000, smashing previous records for British stadium fights.
It is a testament to Fury’s draw power that a UK arena was packed to capacity, especially since Dillian Whyte was absent from the announcement news conference.
Boxing promoter Frank Warren, who is staging the event in association with Top Rank, revealed this when he said: “I am delighted we are now able to provide four thousand extra tickets for fans to watch the biggest boxing event staged in this country.
“I know this in no way gets near to meeting the huge demand, but we were determined to have as many fans as possible attend Tyson Fury’s big homecoming fight.
I would like to extend my thanks to Brent Council for making this possible, along with our event partners at Wembley Stadium, and on April 23 Wembley and the borough of Brent will be beamed across the world.”
On Tuesday, the undercard for Fury vs Whyte was also revealed. Unbeaten featherweight Nick Ball is pitted against Isaac Lowe, while Jonathan Romero takes on Anthony Cacace.
Tyson’s cousin Tommy Fury will fight Daniel Bocianski, a Pole with a sterling winning record, while Daniel Adeleye take on fight Chris Healey.
Karol Itauma, a light-heavyweight prospect, is set to go against Michael Ciach, Royston Barney-Smith will fight Michael Walton for his second professional career bout.
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