Newark’s Prudential Center has been known to host some of the biggest fight events in its recent past and fairly enough it is also hosting the Shakur Stevenson vs. Artem Harutyunyan as well as Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois match. The high-profile boxing bout is expecting a heavy gate as the names are bigger than boxing itself, however, wait there’s a catch to it Dana White’s UFC might have wrecked boxing this time.

Why, you ask? Well, we got the numbers for the Stevenson vs. Harutyunyan match and it is quite impressive, however, it has failed to even put a dent in Dana White‘s UFC 302 which happened just a few months ago. How? Let’s find out.

Dana White’s UFC 302 embarrassed Shakur Stevenson’s boxing match

Shakur Stevenson will be clashing against Artem Harutyunyan at the Prudential Centre to defend his WBC title. Well, you would have thought that Stevenson would have sold the entire stadium considering the fact that it’s his hometown, right? However, the reality is a bit different than what you might think. His boxing title defense saw a gate of over $1 million dollars which fell dubiously short in comparison with UFC.

Dana White’s UFC 302 which happened just a month ago featuring Dustin Poirier and Islam Makhachev broke all the records. The entire gate of the event boasted $7,255,040 in revenue. In comparison, the amount is six times higher than Stevenson’s boxing event. UFC 302 became the highest-grossing event to have ever happened at the Prudential Center.

Stevenson’s WBC title defense saw an audience of 8,412, while UFC 302 had an attendance of 17,834. Dana White’s UFC events have consistently outperformed Shakur Stevenson’s bouts in terms of audience numbers.