IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois defends in opposition to British star Anthony Joshua tonight in entrance of 96,000 followers at Wembley Stadium in London. Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) appears to be like to turn out to be a three-time heavyweight champion. Tonight’s occasion can be proven dwell on DAZN PPV at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Undercard outcomes
– Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) picked up his largest profession win, defeating extremely ranked light-weight Mark Chamberlain (16-1, 12 KOs) by a ten-round unanimous determination in a light-weight welterweight struggle.
This was an enormous upset, because the heavy favourite Chamberlain was anticipated to breeze via the sunshine puncher Padley. The judges’ scores had been 95-93, 96-92, and 96-92.
The struggle had been shut via the primary seven rounds, however Padley turned issues up a notch when he dropped Chamberlain with a left hand in spherical weight. That knockdown modified the struggle, as Chamberlain grew to become wreckless, attempting to pay Padley again and opening himself up for giant pictures.
Within the ninth, Chamberlain was docked a degree for pushing Padley. Chamberlain had been shoving Padley all through the struggle, however he lastly paid the value for his roughhouse techniques.
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Dubois needs to “slay the King” by defeating Joshua, who has already been slayed two years in the past however remains to be well-liked resulting from his fame gained his greatest years earlier in his profession.
This may very well be a passing of the torch between the outdated lion Joshua, 34, and the younger expertise Dubois. That gained’t make most British followers completely happy as a result of they idolize Joshua, however that’s how the game is. Older fighters get changed by the youthful abilities.
Occasion info:
Begin time: 11:00 a.m. ET/4:00 p.m. UK
Broadcaster: DAZN PPV
Headliner ring walks, roughly 5:00 p.m. ET/10:00 p.m. UK
There are some attention-grabbing fights on the undercard for the hardcore boxing followers who carefully observe the game. The co-feature struggle between middleweights Tyler Denny and Hamzah Sheeraz needs to be an entertaining one.
Pay-per-view Struggle Card at 11:00 p.m. ET
Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois
Tyler Denny vs. Hamzah Sheeraz
Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington
Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson
Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padely
Josh Kelly vs. Ishmael Davis
