Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois will enter the history books on domestic shores on Saturday night, though won’t achieve the same feat globally.

Joshua and Dubois will meet in a crunch heavyweight showdown for the IBF world title at the iconic Wembley Stadium in London, in a fight which is set to break the UK boxing attendance record.

Dubois and Joshua will be roared on by a huge 96,000 crowdGetty

96,000 people will attend the groundbreaking event, after Saudi Boxing chief HE Turki Alalshikh applied for and received permission to extend the hallowed ground’s capacity, announcing it as sold out on Thursday.

It will eclipse the previous UK record set by Tyson Fury’s brutal KO win over Dillian Whyte in 2022, with 94,000 spectators having roared on the ‘Gypsy King’ in a cauldron-like atmosphere.

Joshua previously held the record before Fury’s recent victory, with his thrilling dust-up with Ukrainian giant Wladimir Klitschko at the same stadium, seeing 90,000 fans turn out in 2017.

AJ has been fighting in huge stadium events since his career began, and it will be his third time headlining Wembley having also fought Alexander Povetkin there in September 2018.

The 33-year-old has also fought in front of 75,000 at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff when he became unified champion by beating Joseph Parker.

Most recently, 60,000 spectators were left stunned as he was dominated in his first defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Any clash with Fury for Joshua could well break the attendance record further, providing a record above the 96,000 could be licensed in the future.

So the ferocious punching Briton is no stranger to the big stage and the bright lights, and has helped revive the British fanbase in the current era.

But despite his new record smashing the UK figure, globally, the fight will rank sixth in the highest attendances at boxing, with five legendary encounters ranking above it.

Here we take a look at the four events that rank above it, as well as some honourable mentions who come close to the 96,000 which will descend on to London this weekend.

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Joshua beat Klitschko in his second-most attended boutGetty

5) Max Schmelling vs Walter Neusel – 1934

Attendance: 102,000

Venue: Sandbahn Lokstedt, Hamburg

Schmelling was returning to his native Germany as Europe’s maiden world champion, taking on the stern test of Neusel in front of a mega 102,000 capacity crowd.

He went on to continue his dominant record picking up a ninth round stoppage win in front of the raucous crowd, with the event holding coming so close to breaking the record held by Jack Dempsey in the US.

4) Jack Dempsey vs Gene Tunney 2 – 1927

Attendance: 104,943

Venue: Soldier Field, Chicago

A mega crowd flocked out twice for their two-fight rivalryGetty

The incredible sequel between rivals Dempsey and Tunney etched its name in the history books for good, as the pair clashed for the heavyweight world title after a controversial opening encounter.

It was Tunney who got the better of his famous foe for a second consecutive occasion, with a mammoth crowd stood all around the ring in a remarkable spectacle for US boxing.

3) Jack Dempsey vs Gene Tunney 1 – 1926

Attendance: 120,757

Venue: Soldier Field, Chicago

Tunney and Dempsey’s first meeting set a new record in its dayGetty

The famous opening instalment a year earlier at the same venue, drew a huge crowd as Dempsey was looking to cement his name in the spotlight in front of a record boxing crowd at the time.

Unfortunately it ended badly for him as he was beaten along the distance, in a meeting which was later known as the ‘Long Count Fight’, after Dempsey was bizarrely given a delayed count after touching the canvas in the seventh stanza.

Financially the spectacle was also a roaring success for organisers, with the dust-up becoming just the third fight to generate $1 million on the gate, while Dempsey pocketed a purse of $770,000.

2) Tony Zale vs Billy Pryor – 1941

Attendance – In excess of 130,000 [135,132 unpaid]

Venue: Juneau Park, Milwaukee

Zale was a headline act who broke the unpaid recordGetty

Zale and Pryor were believed to have set the record, but only for unpaid attendance with 135,000 watching the pair clash for the world middleweight title.

But what unfolded was a truly one-sided affair with Zale successfully defending his crown, by sending his rival crashing to the canvas eight times before the referee stepped in.

He brought a halt to proceedings in the ninth, and the 135,000 fans who watched on were to be left truly satisfied by the favourite’s display.

1) Julio Cesar Chavez vs Greg Haugen – 1993

Attendance: 132,274

Venue: Azteca Stadium, Mexico City

Chavez graced the famous turf of the iconic pitchGetty

He delivered a statement win in front of the massesGetty

Chavez and Haugen hold the boxing attendance record for their WBC super-lightweight title clash according to Guinness World Records, with Chavez getting the better of his rival in a demolition job.

The Mexican defeated his American rival with a beatdown inside five rounds when the fight was eventually stopped, as he was roared on in a fiery clash.

A spiky build-up had taken place before the historic fight with Haugen angering fans by branding the champion ‘overhyped’ seeing him ultimately left with egg on his face.

Honourable mentions

Fury’s clash with Whyte follows closely behind Joshua’s upcoming tilt with Dubois, which will add another layer to their complex rivalry.

Fury has also had Wembley headline experienceGetty

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It is an all-British affair with Joshua and Klitschko on equal terms at 90,000 with Len Harvey’s famous clash with Jock McAvoy in White City, London in 1934.

The American attraction in eighth place marked the emergence of Joe Louis as he took and defeated Max Baer in front of 88,000 at the Yankee Stadium in New York in 1935.

Dempsey rounds out the top ten with two more high-profile appearances with his historic clash against Luis Angel Firpo taking part in front of 86,000 in New York.

The popular star also touched gloves with Georges Carpentier in Jersey City in 1921, with Carl Froch and George Groves equalling that 80,000 attendance with their Wembley rematch in 2014.

Froch and Groves sparked a new wave of excitement in British boxing, were Joshua grew himself and has been able to keep that revitalised platform for his upcoming events.