Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois occasion is now able to doubtlessly break the document for a boxing crowd at Wembley Stadium in London for his or her September twenty first occasion.
Capability Extension Granted
His Excellency Turki Alalshikh experiences that his software for a crowd extension at Wembley has been accepted. Which means that the Joshua-Dubois occasion might break the present document of 94K set by the Tyson Fury vs. Dullian Whyte occasion in April 2022. Turki expects a crowd of 96K to prove for the Joshua vs. Dubois occasion on September twenty first.
If Joshua will get knocked out in entrance of a document 96,000 crowd at Wembley, it gained’t be good for him or promoter Eddie Hearn. That is speculated to be a stroll within the park for the 34-year-old former two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs), going up towards an inexperienced 26-year-old Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs), who has misplaced to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk.
What Hearn, naive followers, and the oddsmakers have failed to think about is the youth, energy, and self-belief that Dubois now has. He’s not the identical fighter that misplaced to Joyce and Usyk.
Furthermore, Dubois shouldn’t have misplaced to Usyk as a result of he knocked him out with a physique shot within the fifth spherical, which the referee dominated was a low blow. So, Dubois’ true document is 22-1, 21 knockouts, and he misplaced to Joyce due to the attention damage he suffered. If Dubois have been to battle Joyce now, he’d destroy him shortly. It wouldn’t even be a battle.
It’s too unhealthy a greater undercard wasn’t included with the primary occasion as a result of followers have been complaining on social media in regards to the fighters. A lot of them are guys heading nowhere and never high-grade fighters that resonate with followers outdoors of the UK.
Joshua-Dubois undercard
– Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington: Why on in all that’s good is Warrington being allowed to problem Cacace for his IBF tremendous featherweight title? Warrington has misplaced his final two fights, and he doesn’t price a world title shot with that sort of lowly document. Simply on that alone, Warrington shouldn’t even be on the cardboard.
– Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson:
– Liam Smith vs. Josh Kelly
– Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley
– Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Tyler Denny
Our request to increase the capability for a document boxing crowd at Wembley Stadium for the Joshua vs. Dubois battle on the #RiyadhSeasonCard Wembley Version has been accepted. Tickets will go on sale on Friday at 12pm UK time 😍 🔥
🗓️ September 21, 2024 #BigTime #RiyadhSeason pic.twitter.com/ymTgjbgFdy
— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) August 29, 2024