The Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois undercard has been revealed for the September twenty first present at Wembley Stadium in London.
There are some wonderful fights to assist the principle occasion heavyweight conflict, however sadly, the cardboard is lacking a strong meat-and-potato struggle that will persuade fence-sitters to order the occasion on PPV.
For a lot of followers, it’s sufficient that they’ll see Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) take his first actually harmful opponent in a few years, courting again to his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr. in December 2019.
The Fights: A Breakdown
- Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois: Joshua challenges Dubois for his IBF heavyweight crown. The winner doubtlessly fights the Tyson Fury-Oleksandr Usyk II winner.
- Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington: IBF tremendous featherweight champion Cacace makes his first protection in opposition to former IBF 126-lb champion Warrington.
- Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson: Mild heavyweight contenders battle it out for the WBO interim 175-lb title.
- Tyler Denny vs Hamzah Sheeraz: EBU middleweight champion Denny defends in opposition to the unbeaten big puncher Sheeraz.
- Josh Kelly vs Liam Smith: Kelly faces the 35-year-old former WBO 154-lb champion Smith.
- Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley: Extremely ranked Chamberlain fights unbeaten Padley in a struggle that has knockout written throughout it.
Fan Disappointment
Total, followers on social media should not happy with the fights, grumbling concerning the absence of Naoya Inoue, Nick Ball, Chris Eubank Jr., and Fabio Wardley.
An interesting struggle would have been for Hamzah Sheeraz to maneuver as much as 168 to tackle Christian Mbilli, Diego Pacheco, or Caleb Plant. Sheeraz’s match in opposition to the light-hitting EBU 160-lb champion Tyler Denny is an unfair struggle because of the distinction in energy and dimension between the 2.
Hamzah has crushing energy in each fingers and the dimensions of a brilliant middleweight going up in opposition to a light-weight hitter.
If there had been some fighters from the USA on the cardboard, it will have been extra interesting to non-British followers, making it attention-grabbing and worthwhile to buy on pay-per-view.
Joshua’s Fame within the U.S.
Many U.S. followers view Joshua as a pampered, weak-chinned hype man, a man who was manufactured with cautious match-making after successful a controversial gold medal within the 2012 London Olympics along with his “win” over Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle.
Given Joshua’s lack of big reputation within the U.S, it will have been clever for the organizers of the September twenty first card to incorporate among the American abilities like Bruce Carrington, Jaron Ennis, or Shakur Stevenson.
