Anthony Joshua’s conflict with Daniel Dubois on September 21 may set a brand new British boxing attendance document after a request to increase the capability at Wembley Stadium was accepted.
The April 2021 battle between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte is the present document holder after 94,000 individuals packed into Wembley that night time.
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 additional 6,000 tickets has now been given the inexperienced gentle, which opens the door for a brand new document 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 document boxing crowd at Wembley Stadium for the Joshua vs. Dubois battle on the #RiyadhSeasonCard Wembley Version has been accepted. Tickets will go on sale on Friday at 12pm UK time.”
The conflict on the prime of the invoice will signify 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 grew to become clear that Oleksandr Usyk, the previous title-holder, wouldn’t be dealing with Dubois. As a substitute, 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, is not 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 giant crowds at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium.
The 34-year-old is at the moment 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.
