Anthony Joshua’s conflict with Daniel Dubois on September 21 might set a brand new British boxing attendance report after a request to increase the capability at Wembley Stadium was permitted.
The April 2021 battle between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte is the present report holder after 94,000 folks packed into Wembley that evening.
The Riyadh Season card topped by Joshua and Dubois has already been declared a sell-out after the preliminary 90,000 tickets have been snapped up.
However Turki Al-Alshikh confirmed that an utility for an extra 6,000 tickets has now been given the inexperienced gentle, which opens the door for a brand new report of 96,000.
The additional tickets will go on sale at noon on Friday, Al-Alshikh confirmed. He posted on X: “Our request to increase the capability for a report boxing crowd at Wembley Stadium for the Joshua vs. Dubois battle on the #RiyadhSeasonCard Wembley Version has been permitted. Tickets will go on sale on Friday at 12pm UK time.”
The conflict on the prime of the invoice will symbolize the primary defence of Dubois’ IBF title, after he beat Filip Hrgovic for the interim belt in Saudi in June.
He was upgraded to full champion after it turned clear that Oleksandr Usyk, the previous title-holder, wouldn’t be dealing with Dubois. As an alternative, Usyk is about to battle Tyson Fury of their contracted rematch in December.
Dubois is but to field at Wembley Stadium however challenger Joshua, the two-time world heavyweight champion, isn’t any stranger to boxing beneath the arch having stopped each Alexander Povetkin and Wladimir Klitschko there already. Joshua additionally beat Joseph Parker and Carlos Takam in entrance of big crowds at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The 34-year-old is at present 28-3 with 25 knockouts and is on a four-fight profitable streak since he misplaced to Oleksandr Usyk for the second time in August 2022.
Dubois, in the meantime, is 21-2 and within the type of his life after back-to-back inside distance wins in opposition to Jarrell Miller and Hrgovic since his defeat to Usyk in August 2023.
