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May 18 2024 Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury, marking the first undisputed heavyweight championship fight since Holyfield-Lewis II.
2017 In the United States, the fight averaged 659,000 viewers on Showtime, peaking at 687,000 viewers between rounds five and six.
2017 The fight generated an estimated total revenue of £50 million from live gate, pay-per-view, and overseas broadcasting.
2017 The fight set a domestic UK Pay-Per-View record with 1.532 million buys, generating approximately £30 million in PPV revenue.
2017 In Germany, the fight was watched by an average of 10.43 million viewers on RTL, making it a significant television event.
2017 In Ukraine, the match averaged 4.4 million viewers and became the most watched sporting event of the year in the country.
2017 Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko fought in a highly anticipated boxing match that became a global broadcasting event, with an estimated worldwide audience of 500 million viewers.
2017 In Ukraine, the match averaged 4.4 million viewers and became the most watched sporting event of the year in the country.
2017 In Germany, the fight was watched by an average of 10.43 million viewers on RTL, with the entire card averaging 9.59 million viewers.
2017 In the United States, the fight averaged 659,000 viewers on Showtime, with a peak of 687,000 viewers between rounds five and six, breaking Showtime's previous afternoon fight ratings record.
2017 The fight generated an estimated £50 million in total revenue from live gate, pay-per-view, and overseas broadcasting.
2017 The delayed HBO broadcast in the US was seen by an average of 738,000 viewers, peaking at 890,000 viewers.
2017 London Mayor Sadiq Khan approved a potential crowd of 90,000, matching the historic British boxing crowd record from 1939 and making it the largest heavyweight fight crowd in 90 years.
2017 Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko fought in a highly anticipated boxing match that became a global broadcasting event, with an estimated worldwide audience of 500 million viewers.
August 3 2017 Wladimir Klitschko announced his retirement from professional boxing through his official website and social media channels, following his fight with Anthony Joshua.
April 29 2017 Joshua and Klitschko fight at Wembley Stadium, London, for the IBF and vacant WBA (Super) titles
April 29 2017 Anthony Joshua defeats Wladimir Klitschko via technical knockout (TKO) in the eleventh round at Wembley Stadium in London, defending his IBF title and winning the vacant WBA (Super) and IBO heavyweight titles. The fight was attended by 90,000 fans and later named Fight of the Year by The Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America.
January 2017 Eddie Hearn announces over 80,000 tickets sold for the upcoming Joshua vs Klitschko fight, setting a new box office record
January 2017 Eddie Hearn announced that over 80,000 tickets had been sold for the Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko fight, setting a new box office record and surpassing the Carl Froch vs. George Groves II ticket sales.
December 2016 Joshua defeats Éric Molina by knockout in the third round, defending his IBF title
December 2016 Joshua defeated Éric Molina by knockout in the third round at the Manchester Arena, defending his IBF title.
August 2016 Initial announcement of Anthony Joshua's potential second IBF title defence at Manchester Arena, with Wladimir Klitschko emerging as the frontrunner for the fight.
August 2016 Joshua's team announces plans for a second IBF title defence, with Wladimir Klitschko emerging as the frontrunner opponent
August 2016 Anthony Joshua was initially planning to defend his IBF title at the Manchester Arena, with potential opponents including Kubrat Pulev, Bermane Stiverne, Hughie Fury, and Joseph Parker.
2014 Oscar De La Hoya and Félix Trinidad were both inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, recognizing their significant contributions to boxing.
2012 Corrie Sanders passed away, with Vitali Klitschko later reflecting on their boxing match and praising Sanders as his most difficult opponent.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III, Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II, Vitali Klitschko vs. Corrie Sanders & Naseem Hamed vs. Vuyani Bungu, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.