Saturday bout already highest grossing boxing event in Glendale arena history
Paul vs. Silva makes history; tickets still available
Independent Newsmedia
Posted 10/25/22
The blockbuster event headlined by UFC legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Jake “The Problem Child” Paul is officially the highest grossing boxing event for ticket revenue in the history of Desert Diamond Arena (formerly Gila River Arena) in Glendale.
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The blockbuster event headlined by UFC legend Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Jake “The Problem Child” Paul is officially the highest grossing boxing event for ticket revenue in the history of Desert Diamond Arena (formerly Gila River Arena) in Glendale.
The eight-round cruiserweight match takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday, October 29 in a Most Valuable Promotions event live on Showtime pay-per-view. It’s also the second highest-grossing ticket event across all combat sports with five days to go until fight night.
As fight week gets under way, the event’s total ticket revenue currently ranks ahead of all prior boxing events in the West Valley arena, and sits between a pair of UFC events, trailing only UFC 263 for the highest grossing combat sports event in arena history. UFC 263 was headlined by the rematch between middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori, and featured MMA superstar Nate Diaz.
Paul vs. Silva has already surpassed the only other UFC event there — UFC on Fox 29, which was headlined by a lightweight bout featuring future champion Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje and featured the initial match between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori.
Tickets for the Saturday bout are still available at ticketmaster.com.
