Dana White leaks how much Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight will make from gate receipts

Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are preparing for the biggest fight in British boxing history on December 11, and excitement for the showdown is ramping up.

Two of the United Kingdom's greatest heavyweights will finally settle the debate over the best British fighter after years of back-and-forth drama outside of the ring.

More than 80,000 fans will be in attendance at Cardiff's Principality Stadium in just over two months, and those lucky enough to get their hands on a ticket will help create history.

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Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua is the most lucrative gate in British boxing history

Tickets for the highly anticipated dust-up went on sale on Friday (October 9), and more than half a million people joined the Ticketmaster queue in an attempt to land a ticket.

The cheapest tickets available cost around £88.50, while the most expensive regular seats went for a whopping £13,128, with thousands being sold within an hour of the launch.

"There were over 500,000 people in the queue. Incredible. But for our generation, two of the biggest, most famous heavyweights in boxing. And not even arguable that it's the biggest UK fight ever between two British heavyweights," Dana White told Sky Sports after being heavily involved in the promotion of the fight.

A showdown between AJ and Fury has been a decade-in-the-making, and unsurprisingly, White anticipates that it will draw the most lucrative gate in the history of British boxing.

"Definitely. It will. I don't want to mis-speak here, but we have this thing scaled for around $34million," the UFC CEO continued.

"The UK is the right place for this fight to happen, but it will have done well anywhere."

When factoring in ticket pricing, VIP, hotel and travel packages, White believes the dust-up will generate in the region of $34million (£28.8million), which is a total that smashes previous records out of the water.

In fact, the most expensive tickets exceed face-value figures for some of the world's biggest sporting events, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, where some seats were listed for £8,333

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Tyson Fury issued defiant message to Anthony Joshua

To satisfy an American audience, ring walks are expected to begin at 1am GMT in the early hours of Saturday morning (December 12).

A proposal was sent to Cardiff Council to request that the Principality Stadium remain open until 3:30am on fight night, and British boxing fans were unsurprisingly furious at this decision.

Nonetheless, excitement is still building, and during the press conference on September 30, Fury issued a defiant message to Joshua.

"I'm going to come out, and I'm going to blast him out of there," the 38-year-old said.

"It will be a gunfight at the O.K. Corral, and the best man is going to win, because I'm not going to run away and I'm not going to box. I'm going to throw down!

"From what I'm seeing, I'm going to catch him and - when I do - it's going to be curtains."

In July, 'The Gypsy King' secured a seventh-round TKO victory over Mariusz Wach in Thailand, while Joshua survived an early scare after being knocked to the canvas in round one by Kristian Prenga before knocking him out in round two.

The pair will now decide who is the greatest British boxer of this generation and the stakes couldn't be higher - in and out of the ring.