The 10 biggest crowds to watch South Yorkshire boxers

Dave Allen's appearance before 82,000 partisan Irish fans may have only lasted a mere 82 seconds.

It only took that long for Dublin's Thomas Carty to tumble through the ropes and land awkwardly on his back.

A no contest verdict was recorded by referee Emile Tiedt, although the Conisbrough heavyweight says he now wants that overturned and recorded as a victory.

"If that was in the middle of the ring, I’d have won by stoppage" he stated.

Overall, it is perhaps not a sporting moment that Allen will dine out on, later in life.

But the fact that he was centre stage, regardless of the fact that he was there for just over a minute, puts him in a unique position.

No other South Yorkshire fighter has ever performed in front of so many people.

Not by a long chalk - unless you know different!

We've listed some of the bumper attendances to have watched our South Yorkshire fighters in relatively recent times.

They include Kell Brook, who was a spectator at a Ryan Rhodes' show at Rotherham's Magna Centre last Saturday, and Naseem Hamed, who was present at the Croke Park event, crowned by Katie Taylor’s epic swansong.

Biggest crowds to have watched a South Yorks boxer:

1: Dave Allen v Thomas Carty, heavyweight, Croke Park, Dublin, 82,000, September 5, 2026. Winner: (no contest.)

2: Kell Brook v Errol Spence Jr, welterweight, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 27,000, May 27, 2017. Winner: Spence Jr, TKO 11

3: Kell Brook v Amir Khan, catchweight, AO Arena, Manchester, 21,000, February 19, 2022. Winner: Brook, TKO 6

4: EQUAL: Naseem Hamed v Paul Ingle, featherweight, Manchester Arena, Manchester, 19,000, April 10, 1999. Winner: Hamed, TKO 11

4: EQUAL: Kell Brook v Gennady Golovkin, middleweight, The O2, London, 19,000, September 10, 2016. Winner: Golovkin, TKO 5

5: Kell Brook v Frankie Gavin, welterweight, The O2, London, 18,000, May 30, 2015. Winner: Brook, TKO 6

6: Clinton Woods v Roy Jones Jr, light-heavyweight, Rose Garden, Portland, Oregon, 16,299, September 7, 2002. Winner: Jones Jr, TKO 6

7: Naseem Hamed v Steve Robinson, featherweight, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, 16,000, September 30, 1995. Winner: Hamed, TKO 8.

8: Ryan Rhodes v Saul Alvarez, light-middleweight, Arena VFG, Guadalajara, Mexico, 15,000, June 18, 2011. Winner: Alvarez, TKO 12

9: Kell Brook v Jo Jo Dan, welterweight, Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, 11,000, March 28, 2015. Winner: Brook, TKO 4

10: Naseem Hamed v Manuel Calvo, featherweight, London Arena, London, 10,000, May 18, 2002. Winner: Hamed, UD 12.