Riyadh Season: Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois | start time, undercard, TV channel, streaming info, fight prediction & tips
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The spotlight returns to Wembley Stadium for the Boxing world as Riyadh Season and Turki Al-Sheikh bring a superb card to the capital of England as Anthony Joshua faces Daniel Dubois in a hugely anticipated all-British match-up for the IBF world heavyweight title
WHO IS ON THE UNDERCARD?
Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley (lightweight)
Josh Kelly vs Ishmael Davis (middleweight)
Joshua Buatsi vs Willie Hutchinson (WBO Interim light-Heavyweight title)
Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington (super-featherweight)
Tyler Denny vs Hamzah Sheeraz (European middleweight title)
WHERE IS THE FIGHT TAKING PLACE?
Wembley Stadium, London, England
WHEN IS THE FIGHT?
Ring walks for the main event are expected to take place at 9:45pm UK (4:45pm US ET / 1:45pm PT), on Saturday 21st September, 2024
WHAT TV CHANNEL IS SHOWING ANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS?
UK – The fight is available on Sky Sports Box Office and is priced at £19.95.
USA – DAZN PPV are showing Joshua vs Dubois at a cost of $19.99.
WHAT ABOUT LIVE STREAMING?
UK – Those that have purchased the fight can stream it live on the Sky Sports Box Office app.
USA – DAZN digital platforms.
LAST TEN FIGHTS
Anthony Joshua: 28 wins (25 by knockout), 3 losses
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
31 Win 28–3 Francis Ngannou KO 2 (10), 2:38 8 Mar 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
30 Win 27–3 Otto Wallin RTD 5 (12), 3:00 23 Dec 2023 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
29 Win 26–3 Robert Helenius KO 7 (12), 1:27 12 Aug 2023 The O2 Arena, London, England
28 Win 25–3 Jermaine Franklin UD 12 1 Apr 2023 The O2 Arena, London, England
27 Loss 24–3 Oleksandr Usyk SD 12 20 Aug 2022 King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia For WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and vacant The Ring heavyweight titles
26 Loss 24–2 Oleksandr Usyk UD 12 25 Sep 2021 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England Lost WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
25 Win 24–1 Kubrat Pulev KO 9 (12), 2:58 12 Dec 2020 Wembley Arena, London, England Retained WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
24 Win 23–1 Andy Ruiz Jr. UD 12 7 Dec 2019 Diriyah Arena, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia Won WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
23 Loss 22–1 Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 (12), 1:33 1 Jun 2019 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US Lost WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
22 Win 22–0 Alexander Povetkin TKO 7 (12), 1:59 22 Sep 2018 Wembley Stadium, London, England Retained WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles
Daniel Dubois: 21 wins (20 by knockout), 2 losses
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
23 Win 21–2 Filip Hrgović TKO 8 (12), 0:57 1 Jun 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Won vacant IBF interim heavyweight title
22 Win 20–2 Jarrell Miller TKO 10 (10), 2:52 23 Dec 2023 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21 Loss 19–2 Oleksandr Usyk KO 9 (12), 1:48 26 Aug 2023 Stadion Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland For WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO, and The Ring heavyweight titles
20 Win 19–1 Kevin Lerena TKO 3 (12), 3:00 3 Dec 2022 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England Retained WBA (Regular) heavyweight title
19 Win 18–1 Trevor Bryan KO 4 (12), 1:58 11 Jun 2022 Casino Miami, Miami, Florida, US Won WBA (Regular) heavyweight title
18 Win 17–1 Joe Cusumano TKO 1 (10), 2:10 29 Aug 2021 Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio, US
17 Win 16–1 Bogdan Dinu KO 2 (12), 0:31 5 Jun 2021 Telford International Centre, Telford, England Won vacant WBA interim heavyweight title
16 Loss 15–1 Joe Joyce KO 10 (12), 0:36 28 Nov 2020 Church House, London, England Lost British, Commonwealth, WBC Silver, and WBO International heavyweight titles; For vacant European heavyweight title
15 Win 15–0 Ricardo Snijders TKO 2 (12), 0:20 29 Aug 2020 BT Sport Studios, London, England Retained WBO International heavyweight title
14 Win 14–0 Kyotaro Fujimoto KO 2 (12), 2:10 21 Dec 2019 Copper Box Arena, London, England Retained WBO International heavyweight title; Won vacant WBC Silver heavyweight title
ANTHONY JOSHUA: AJ CONTINUES PATH TO REDEMPTION
Anthony Joshua returns to the heavyweight stage and will relish the opportunity to fight at Wembley once again after his last two fights took place in Saudi Arabia. Ever since his back-to-back losses against Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua has rebuilt his confidence and returned to his destructive best.
Folks may look to the quality of fighter he has faced since then and none are as good as Dubois in fairness. He has been ruthless in what he has had to do however and those four victories will have served to boost his confidence. The dominant and devastating knockout win over Francis Ngannou – especially after the former Cameroonian UFC heavyweight champion caused Tyson Fury so many problems – was like watching AJ of old and he will be looking to build further on this latest run of wins.
DANIEL DUBOIS: UNDERDOG LOOKING TO TAKE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
Daniel Dubois is a fighter that is clearly benefitting himself from having come through some adversity just like AJ and is improving because of it. Dubois can arguably take more solace from his loss to Usyk than AJ can across his two fights as he really pushed the Ukrainian and appeared to have him in a spot of trouble at one point. He has since stopped both Jerrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic; arguably higher quality opponents than those AJ has faced.
This is unquestionably the biggest fight and biggest stage that Dubois has fought on and while he has fought the likes of Uysk, he is going to have to overcome any nerves quickly on this stage. He has had some big fights but nothing as grandiose as the scale he will experience at Wembley on Saturday night.
The one thing that does favour him however is that he simply has nothing to lose and in that respect, all the pressure is on Joshua. A win here will catapult him into heavyweight division folklore.
ANTHONY JOSHUA VS DANIEL DUBOIS PREDICTION
This really does have that big fight appeal to it as it is not only an all-British affair at Wembley but it is one where both fighters have legitimate routes to victory.
AJ simply has to be preferred based on how he has looked in recent fights. He is fighting without fear once again and that destructive side that we saw so often when he was building his career, has returned. That makes him incredibly dangerous but will also see him take more risks than he was doing for a period of time after the stunning Ruiz loss.
That is the one factor that means Dubois has as good a punchers’ chance as anybody and he certainly possesses the power to trouble AJ.
AJ should be completely on his game however and it is hard to imagine that there is any hint of complacency with him now. There’s bigger prizes for AJ to achieve after this fight but history tells him he cannot ease off the gas in the slightest.
That is what likely sees him win the fight and shuts the door on Dubois causing the upset. It is hard to see this going close to the distance, and we expect a stoppage between rounds seven and nine.
TIP: ANTHONY JOSHUA TO WIN BY KO/TKO
