Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois have their championship match set.
The long-rumored matchup was formally announced Wednesday, with Riyadh Season selling that bout that’s set to headline at Wembley Stadium in London on Sept. 21.
Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs)) enters the bout because the reigning IBF champion after seeing his interim title promoted within the aftermath of Oleksandr Usyk vacating the IBF belt on Tuesday. Usyk, who nonetheless holds the WBA, WBC, and WBO belts, lately defeated Tyson Fury to turn out to be the primary undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt period and is ready to rematch Fury on Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
This previous June, Dubois defeated Filip Hrgovic through eighth-round TKO to say an interim title. The win put him in line to problem Usyk, however with Usyk occupied with the Fury feud, it now falls upon Joshua to be Dubois’ first challenger.
Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) has seen a resurgence since shedding a second time to Usyk in August 2022. He has rattled off 4 straight wins, most lately scoring a surprising second-round knockout of former UFC heayweight champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh this previous March. Joshua seems to reclaim the IBF title that he’s beforehand held on two events.
The next bouts had been additionally introduced for the undercard.
Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington
Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson
Tyler Denny vs. Hamzah Sheeraz
Josh Kelly vs. Liam Smith
Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley
