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Is it true that Julio Cesar Chavez boxed in front of 133,000 people in one of his scraps?

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Ian

Yes, he did, or at least something very close to that figure, which would make it the highest attended fight in history by paying customers, and the second highest total in history behind only the free Tony Zale/Billy Pryor show.

Yes, he did, or at least something very close to that figure, which would make it the highest attended fight in history by paying customers, and the second highest total in history behind only the free Tony Zale/Billy Pryor show.

I thought he did. That musta been something.

Thanks Yogi.

Ian

He fought Greg Haugen in front of 130,000. The fans showed up because Haugen said he fought nothing but bums. Chavez won by TKO

He fought Greg Haugen in front of 130,000. The fans showed up because Haugen said he fought nothing but bums. Chavez won by TKO

That was rich, coming from Haughen (who is he?).

He fought Greg Haugen in front of 130,000. The fans showed up because Haugen said he fought nothing but bums. Chavez won by TKO

Wikipedia'd it. See below -

Chávez vs. Haugen Attracts 136,000+

After unifying the titles, Chávez engaged in a busy series of title defenses and non-title fights, including a win over rival Hector Camacho in 1992. His 1993 fight with Greg Haugen featured trash talk from Haugen, who derided Chavez's 82-fight unbeaten streak as consisting mostly of "Tijuana taxi drivers that my mother could have knocked out" and insisting that "There aren't 130,000 Mexicans who can afford tickets" to see the fight in Estadio Azteca. Haugen was proven wrong on both counts: 136, 274 showed up to set a record for fight attendance, and they watched Chavez drop Haugen quickly, and then back off to thoroughly punish him, until the referee had seen enough, and stopped it in five. Chavez asked Haugen about his comment about the Tijuana taxi drivers, and Haugen sportingly responded, "They must have been tough taxi drivers."

Ian

Lol, I remember seeing that fight.