His Excellency Turki Alalshikh hopes subsequent month’s occasion, headlined by IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua, will set a report for attendance for a boxing match on September twenty first at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The present report is the match between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte, which attracted a crowd of 94,000 at Wembley Stadium on April twenty third, 2022.
Tickets are nonetheless on sale for the Joshua-Dubois combat, but it surely may very well be bought out within the true sense by September twenty first. British followers are enthusiastic about this combat, eager to see the 34-year-old Joshua resurrect his profession to develop into a three-time heavyweight champion and put himself ready to combat Tyson Fury after that.
The Return of the Classic Joshua?
UK followers wish to see if Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) can return to the shape he had a few years in the past. That’s the principle motive why tickets are promoting. AJ has struggled since 2019, dropping thrice and seemingly getting ready to being washed up after his second loss to Oleksandr Usyk in 2022.
Promoter Eddie Hearn has partially resurrected him along with his intelligent match-making, however we don’t know if he’s again as a result of his opposition has been pure 100% tomato cans in his final 4 fights. Subsequently, the Dubois combat will check whether or not the previous classic, absolutely restored 2013 model of Joshua is again.
It could be bodily not possible to return Joshua to what he was 11 years in the past. He’s taken a whole lot of punishment to the top, and he’s in his mid-30s now. He’s at all times been shaky within the chin division and along with his stamina. His 2012 Olympic gold medal is questionable, and he would have misplaced to Wladimir Klitschko in 2017 if he had his previous coach, Emanuel Steward, in his nook. Steward had handed away in 2012.
Followers have differing opinions in regards to the undercard for Joshua vs. Dubois. Whereas British followers are pleased in regards to the fights on the undercard, U.S followers see domestic-level British fighters going nowhere by way of the world stage:
Undercard:
– Tyler Denny vs. Hamzah Sheeraz
– Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington
– Liam Smith vs. Josh Kelly
– Joshua Buatsi vs. Wily Hutchinson
– Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley
Resulting from excessive tickets demand..We’ve requested to increase the capability at Wembley Stadium for the extremely anticipated bout between Joshua and Dubois at #RiyadhSeasonCard Wembley Version 🔥
We hope to set a report for the biggest attendance in boxing historical past at Wembley Stadium😎🇸🇦🥊… pic.twitter.com/dSumJwVv48— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) August 27, 2024
