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Is the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight really a sold out event?

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At least twice, Jake Paul has looked into a video camera and said that 90,000 people will be at AT&T Stadium to watch his fight with Mike Tyson on November 15th.

With less than two weeks to go before the event, there seems to be no guarantee that he is right.

With prices for the cheapest seats dropping to $30 this week, it's unclear how many people will attend a heavyweight boxing match billed as a mega-event.

Tyson vs. Paul: Highest-grossing goal in Texas history

“At that moment the crowd would fill Dodger Stadium and be the largest crowd ever to see a Tyson fight,” Joann Mignano, the boxer's publicist, told USA TODAY Sports via text message Saturday.

Seating capacity at Dodger Stadium is 56,000.

The seating capacity of AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, is 80,000, Tad Carper said. He also said capacity could be increased to 90,000 by selling standing room, the Cowboys' senior vice president of communications said.

Mignano said the fight between Tyson and Paul is already the highest-grossing gate in the history of Texas combat sports, including the UFC. She didn't give a number, but the “live gate” for the Alvarez-Saunders fight grossed $9 million, according to Boxing Scene.

Tyson vs. Paul: There are still hundreds of tickets left

At the time of writing, there were hundreds of tickets listed on Seat Geek for $50 or less.

Seat Geek, the official ticket seller for the Tyson-Paul fight, has declined to provide information about tickets sold. MVP did not respond to questions about ticket sales.

But Cameron Papp, who works in communications for Seat Geek, said Friday the company wasn't sure whether tickets would be released to standing room only.

“Our partner (Cowboys/AT&T Stadium) will decide,” Papp said via email.

The Cowboys referred questions about ticket sales to Most Valuable Promotions, which was co-founded by Paul.

Paul made these claims in videos recorded on September 15 when he and Tyson appeared before the Cowboys' home opener against the New Orleans Saints at AT&T Stadium. One of the videos was specifically about selling tickets through Seat Geek.

Two ringside seats are listed on Seat Geek for $25,000, but the most expensive tickets don't appear to have sold yet. This week, the company Paul co-founded, Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), announced that it had partnered with a company to sell a VIP package for $2 million.

MVP announced the availability of the VIP package in May, and on Friday Darrell Rovell posted renders on his verified X account.

On May 8, 2021, when boxing star Canelo Alvarez defeated Billy Joe Saunders at AT&T Stadium, fight organizers reported an official attendance of 73,126 – a record for an indoor boxing event in the United States.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, 108,713 spectators attended the 2010 NBA All-Star Game at AT&T Stadium.

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