Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Boxing fight time, undercard, ring walk

EXPLAINER

The British brace to conscionable successful a bout for the IBF satellite heavyweight rubric astatine a sold-out Wembley Stadium.

Who: Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois
What: IBF satellite heavyweight rubric fight
When: Saturday, September 21, 21:00 GMT
Where: Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom
How to follow: Al Jazeera’s unrecorded sum begins astatine 17:00 GMT

What’s the Joshua vs Dubois fight?

The brace volition conflict it retired implicit 12 rounds successful a satellite heavyweight rubric bout.

What rubric are Joshua and Dubois warring for?

At involvement is the IBF satellite heavyweight title, which was vacated by Oleksandr Usyk successful June conscionable 5 weeks aft helium became the archetypal undisputed heavyweight boxing champion successful astir 25 years.

Usyk, who bushed Tyson Fury successful a divided determination connected May 18, posted connected X: “Anthony and Daniel, I cognize the IBF rubric is important to you. It is my contiguous to you connected 21 September.”

Where is the Joshua vs Dubois combat taking place?

The combat is taking spot astatine Wembley Stadium successful London. A grounds post-war British boxing assemblage of 96,000 volition beryllium successful attendance for the event. The venue, which has hosted sporting events since 1923, was rebuilt implicit 4 years, and the caller stadium opened successful 2007. The erstwhile grounds boxing attendance astatine the venue was 94,000 for a Tyson Fury combat against Dillian Whyte successful April 2022. 

Who is Anthony Joshua?

Joshua, who was calved successful Watford connected the outskirts of London, was a golden medal victor astatine the 2012 Olympics. The  6ft-6-inch (198cm) fighter is a two-time erstwhile unified satellite heavyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) titles doubly from 2016 to 2021. The 34-year-old’s professional grounds is 28 wins from 31 bouts.

Who is Daniel Dubois?

The 6ft-4-inch (193cm) combatant was calved successful Greenwich, London, and became a nonrecreational boxer astatine 19 but had been primed for the athletics his full beingness by his father. Dubois was home-schooled by his parents, who enactment a dense accent connected boxing for the now-27-year-old. Dubois has won 21 of his 23 pro bouts.

Oleksandr Usyk sends Anthony Joshua reeling during their heavyweight rubric combat successful September 2021 astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London [Julian Finney/Getty Images]

What does Joshua person to accidental earlier the fight?

“I’m successful ultimate condition, some physically and besides mentally,” Joshua said. “So, yeah, it’s bully to beryllium back. And I’ve been watching immoderate of the aged fights arsenic well, conscionable adding immoderate substance to the fire.

“Ready to rumble – reminding myself what I tin do, what I’m susceptible of,” added the 34-year-old, who mislaid to Usyk astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium successful September 2021 and past successful Jeddah successful August 2022.

What does Dubois person to say?

“I request to clasp it and clasp onto it,” Dubois said of the interim loop helium was handed successful June aft Ukraine’s Usyk shed the title.

“It’s a large happening to have, but present I request to legitimise myself by winning this fight. So present I’m acceptable to spell to war. I’m acceptable for a fight. It’s a resurrection communicative of my career.”

Who is connected the undercards?

• Tyler Denny vs Hamza Sheeraz — EBU European middleweight rubric fight
• Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington — IBF and IBO ace featherweight rubric fight
• Ishmael Davis vs Josh Kelly — 12-round middleweight fight
• Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson — WBO interim airy heavyweight rubric fight
• Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley — 10-round lightweight fight

When is the Joshua vs Dubois ringing locomotion and fight?

The bout is past connected the billing for Saturday’s events astatine Wembley, and the combat is apt to commencement highly late.

The ringing locomotion is expected to beryllium astatine 11:30pm (22:30 GMT). The combat should commencement 15 minutes aft the archetypal combatant leaves his dressing room.

What is the combat purse?

Both boxers person a minimum takeaway from the bout, but the figures could emergence depending connected pay-per-view income for the fight.

The reported figures for the match-up suggest Joshua volition locomotion distant with $7.9m, but that could emergence up to $33m depending connected pay-per-view income portion Dubois volition instrumentality location a guaranteed $4.6m, which could emergence up to $13.3m.