TOP 15 OUTDOOR ATTENDANCE RECORDS

September 23, 1926
Sesquicentennial Stadium

Gene Tunney
vs.
Jack Dempsey I

Attendance: 120,757

September 22, 1936
Municipal Stadium

Joe Louis
vs.
Al Ettore

Attendance: 40,407

September 23, 1952
Municipal Stadium

Rocky Marciano
vs.
Jersey Joe Walcott I

Attendance: 40,379

July 7, 1952
Municipal Stadium

Kid Gavilan
vs.
Gil Turner

Attendance: 39,025

June 23, 1930
Baker Bowl

Primo Carnera
vs.
George Godfrey

Attendance: 35,002

July 9, 1923
Phillies Ball Park

Benny Leonard
vs.
Alex Hart

Attendance: 35,000*

August 4, 1947
Municipal Stadium

Ike Williams
vs.
Bob Montgomery II

Attendance: 30,501

July 21, 1924
Phillies Ball Park

Lew Tendler
vs.
Bobby Barrett II

Attendance: 30,000*

June 17, 1926
Municipal Stadium

Tommy Loughran
vs.
Georges Carpentier

Attendance: 30,000*

July 11, 1949
Municipal Stadium

Sugar Ray Robinson
vs.
Kid Gavilan

Attendance: 27,805

June 18, 1923
Phillies Ball Park

Lew Tendler
vs.
Pal Moran

Attendance: 26,000*
 

August 19, 1929
Municipal Stadium

Mickey Walker
vs.
Leo Lomski

Attendance: 25,000*

September 8, 1924
Phillies Ball Park

Jack Renault
vs.
George Godfrey

Attendance: 25,000*

July 12, 1926
Shibe Park

Benny Bass
vs.
Honey Boy Finnegan

Attendance: 25,000*

TOP 10 INDOOR ATTENDANCE RECORDS

November 30, 1976
Spectrum

Alfredo Escalera
vs.
Tyrone Everett

Attendance: 16,019

February 17, 1941
Convention Hall

Joe Louis
vs.
Gus Dorazio

Attendance: 15,425

August 24, 1978
Spectrum

Marvin Hagler
vs.
Bennie Briscoe

Attendance: 14,930

January 25, 1944
Convention Hall

Bob Montgomery
vs.
Ike Williams I

Attendance: 14,807

May 14, 1945
Convention Hall

Sugar Ray Robinson
vs.
Jose Basora

Attendance: 14,653

August 6, 1968
Spectrum

Emile Griffith
vs.
Gypsy Joe Harris

Attendance: 13,875

February 13, 1943
Convention Hall

Steve Hamas
vs.
Max Schmeling

Attendance: 13,500

March 22, 1943
Convention Hall

Henry Armstrong
vs.
Al Tribuani

Attendance: 12,633

May 11, 1932
Convention Hall

Steve Hamas
vs.
Tommy Loughran

Attendance: 12,530

November 26, 1946
Convention Hall

Bob Montgomery
vs.
Wesley Mouzon II

Attendance: 12,416

* Attendance numbers marked with an asterisk are newspaper estimates.

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