Over 70,000 tickets sold within an hour for Parker vs Joshua fight

More than 70,000 tickets have been sold for the world heavyweight unification clash between Joseph Parker and Anthony Joshua just over an hour after they had gone on sale.

This was revealed by Joshua's boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn on Twitter.

The ticket blitz is believed to have broken the record as the fastest‑selling event in history of Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

The previous record for the stadium was Joshua's last fight against Carlos Takam, which also sold more than 70,000 tickets, but only within the first eight hours.

🎟️ Over 70,000 #JoshuaParker tickets sold 🔥

A number of production holds go on-sale Mon 29 Jan: https://t.co/m08KOTXgUb pic.twitter.com/eSjLWMLcmY

— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) January 23, 2018

Only a limited number of remaining tickets, priced between $736 to $1500 which will go on sale from next week.

British police had earlier warned about fake tickets being sold on the internet as fraudsters looked to cash in on the huge occasion.

Parker and Joshua will fight for the IBF, IBO, WBA Super and WBO World titles on the 31st of March at the Cardiff Stadium in Wales.

Source: NZ Herald