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Fight has generated over $23 million in ticket revenue

Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Mike Tyson-Lennox Lewis heavyweight championship fight is sold out, with organizers saying they have generated more than $23 million in ticket revenue.

With a gross gate of $23,026,042 on ticket sales of 19,185, the June 8 fight at the Pyramid will shatter the boxing record of $16,860,030 set Nov. 13, 1999, when a crowd of 17,078 watched Lewis fight Evander Holyfield at Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas.




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