Joshua vs Dubois: Fight time, ring walks, undercard, prediction, purse, latest odds tonight

Dubois presently holds the loop but this is his archetypal combat arsenic satellite champion, having been elevated to the presumption aft Oleksandr Usyk vacated the rubric successful June arsenic a “present” to the 2 British fighters helium already has wins over, opting to property connected with a rematch against Tyson Fury alternatively than fulfil his mandatory obligations.

It is Joshua, though, who goes into this hugely-anticipated showdown arsenic favourite arsenic helium attempts to go a three-time satellite champion successful what is his archetypal combat backmost astatine Wembley for six years.

The 34-year-old is seemingly backmost to afloat assurance some successful and retired of the ring, having mislaid his mode aft being stunned by Andy Ruiz successful 2019 and past doubly losing to Usyk. Joshua present has the accidental to erstwhile again assertion the IBF satellite title, and instrumentality a large measurement towards a imaginable undisputed shot.

The rebuild since those Usyk defeats has been awesome and progressively much convincing, starting with victories implicit Jermaine Franklin and Robert Helenius, earlier Otto Wallin and Francis Ngannou were past dispatched successful brutal fashion.

Joshua faces a chap Briton for the archetypal clip since beating Dillian Whyte successful 2015, with Dubois the antheral connected the different broadside of the ringing successful what is expected to beryllium a red-hot atmosphere, with a assemblage up of up to 96,000 successful attendance.

Dubois has besides mislaid to Usyk, last twelvemonth successful arguable circumstances, but bounced backmost to bushed Jarrell Miller and astir precocious Filip Hrgovic, which was for the IBF interim title. He answered immoderate questions implicit his bosom successful those 2 gritty performances, adjacent if they were some punishing encounters.

The 27-year-old present makes a archetypal defence of the afloat rubric against Joshua, with the victor successful enactment to look either Usyk oregon Fury adjacent twelvemonth for each the heavyweight belts.

The Riyadh Season lawsuit is scheduled for Saturday, September 21, 2024 and volition instrumentality spot astatine Wembley Stadium successful London.

The paper is acceptable to statesman astatine astir 4pm BST, with ringing walks for the main lawsuit apt to travel astatine astir 11pm, depending connected the magnitude of bouts earlier successful the night.

TV transmission and unrecorded stream: Joshua vs Dubois volition beryllium shown unrecorded successful the UK via DAZN’s pay-per-view service, Sky Sports Box Office and TNT Sports Box Office.

DAZN person announced that the paper is disposable to bargain for £19.99, which includes a seven-day escaped proceedings to the platform.

Sky Sports are charging £19.95, wherever sum starts astatine 4pm. It volition outgo £19.99 connected TNT Sports, who volition besides commencement their broadcast astatine 4pm.

Live blog: You volition beryllium capable to travel the full paper unrecorded connected the nighttime with Standard Sport’s combat blog.

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Confirmation of the combat purse has not been officially provided.

Reports suggest that Dubois volition instrumentality location a guaranteed £3.5million, with Joshua acceptable to gain £6m.

Those figures volition apt emergence importantly for the 2 fighters, depending connected the pay-per-view sales.

Joshua has won 4 fights successful a enactment since his 2 defeats to Usyk and has looked awesome doing so, with trainer Ben Davison having a affirmative interaction successful bringing astir a instrumentality to a much assertive style.

Francis Ngannou and Otto Wallin person been swept aside, but this is present a measurement up and the powerfulness that Dubois possesses volition trial Joshua’s renewed confidence, and however overmuch helium is consenting to hazard being deed successful bid to enforce himself and instrumentality charge.

Dubois, meanwhile, volition person to header with the occasion, with this by acold the biggest bout of his career. He did enactment connected bully displays against some Usyk, though helium failed to property location his vantage aft the below-the-belt punch controversy, and Hrgovic, though helium took plentifulness of punishment successful some fights and surely cannot spend to bash truthful here.

The past books suggest an explosive combat is connected the cards, with lone 1 of Dubois’ pro bouts going to points and Joshua winning conscionable 1 combat that went 12 rounds since 2019. He has shown precocious helium is astatine his champion erstwhile utilizing his earthy powerfulness to effort and get the occupation done early.

It makes for an intriguing contention but Joshua has the acquisition borderline and looks a caller antheral nether Davison. He tin get the occupation done here, and acceptable the signifier for a mega-fight with Fury oregon adjacent a 3rd contention against Usyk successful 2025.

Joshua to triumph by knockout, circular eight.

The fighters took the scales astatine Trafalgar Square connected Friday evening.

Dubois tipped the scales astatine a career-heaviest 248.6lbs, with Joshua coming successful arsenic somewhat the bigger antheral astatine 252.5lbs.

Joshua to triumph by knockout oregon method knockout: 1/2

Joshua to triumph connected points: 11/2

Dubois to triumph by knockout oregon method knockout: 9/2

Dubois to triumph connected points: 12/1

Odds via Betfred (subject to change).