Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois: A Heavyweight Showdown for the Ages

Two British heavyweights will face off in the arena at Wembley Stadium this Saturday. Interim IBF champion Daniel Dubois is looking to retain his world title in a challenge against two-time heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua. The co-main event will feature a fight between Tyler Denny and Hamza Sheeraz for claim to Denny’s European middleweight title. There will also be an IBF super featherweight title bout between Anthony Cacace and Josh Warrington. The PPV action will kick off nice and early for U.S. viewers at 11 a.m. ET.

Are you ready to tune in? If you’re looking for ways to watch this pay-per-view exclusive fight, we’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois fight, including the full fight card, two different ways to stream the boxing match and more.

Fight Card

Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois are facing off in the ring this weekend at Wembley Arena. The fight will be held this Saturday, Sept. 21, beginning nice and early at 11 a.m. ET for US viewers. The pair are expected to face off in the ring around 5 p.m. ET that evening.

How to Watch

The boxing match between Joshua and Dubois will be available only through pay-per-view. The good news is, unlike some fights like the most-recent Canelo bout, this PPV match is relatively affordable at just $20, no DAZN subscription required. You can purchase the fight through DAZN or directly through PPV.com.

DAZN offers subscribers over 150 fights a year, plus crossover boxing, women's soccer, pool matches and more. You can order this UK-based fight for just $20.

Full Fight Card

Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois — IBF heavyweight title fight
Tyler Denny vs. Hamza Sheeraz — EBU European middleweight title fight
Anthony Cacace vs. Josh Warrington — IBF and IBO super featherweight title fight
Ishmael Davis vs. Josh Kelly — 12-round middleweight fight
Joshua Buatsi vs. Willy Hutchinson — WBO interim light heavyweight title fight
Mark Chamberlain vs. Josh Padley — 10-round lightweight fight

By the Numbers

Anthony Joshua is looking to become a three-time heavyweight world champion when he faces IBF titleholder Daniel Dubois on Saturday at London's Wembley Stadium (DAZN PPV, 11 a.m. ET).

Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) has revived his career after back-to-back decision losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and 2022. Since then, he's 4-0 with three KOs, including a devastating second-round stoppage win over former UFC champion Francis Ngannou last March. In the 5:38 the fight lasted, Joshua was very effective, throwing just nine power punches, landing five and sending Ngannou to the canvas three times.

“On the route to the championship, you should always stay focused,” said Joshua after the fight.

Now, he has an opportunity to regain a heavyweight title for the first time in more than three years against a younger version of himself in Dubois, who has also revived his career after a ninth-round TKO loss to Usyk in August 2023.

Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) stopped Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller in 10 rounds back in December, then demolished perennial contender Filip Hrgovic in an eighth-round TKO win in June. Dubois started slowly in that fight but landed more than 42% of his power punches.

“I was rock bottom last year, but now I'm on top,” Dubois said after the fight. “I've heard Anthony Joshua is next.”

Now that Joshua-Dubois is here, let’s look at the title fight by the numbers, with data from ESPN Stats & Information and CompuBox.

Key Stats

-425: Odds for Joshua to win the fight, per ESPN BET.
12: Joshua’s number of title fights.
14: Combined number of rounds fought by Joshua in his last three fights since going 24 rounds against Oleksandr Usyk (two defeats).
4: English fighters to hold the IBF heavyweight world title (Dubois, Joshua, Lennox Lewis, Tyson Fury).
0: Previous times Joshua has faced a fellow English fighter in a world title bout.
5: Heavyweights that have enjoyed three reigns as champion (Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko). Joshua would join the list with a win over Dubois.
5: English fighters that have won at least 10 world title fights (Chris Eubank, Naseem Hamed, Lennox Lewis, Johnny Nelson, Nigel Benn). Joshua has nine wins in his 12 world title fights.
58%: Percentage of power punches landed by Dubois in the 10th and final round to KO Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller. Dubois landed 48% of his power punches overall.
11.7: Punches landed by Joshua per round out of 37.7 thrown in his last 17 fights, below the division’s average of 14.3.
25.2%: Percentage of body punches landed by Joshua in his last 17 fights. Dubois lands 22.5%. Both land at a rate lower than the heavyweight average of 29.5%.
22.4%: Percentage of punches landed on Joshua by his last 17 opponents.
7.5: Punches landed on Joshua per round by his past 17 opponents. They connected with only 4.6 power shots, fourth lowest among champions and title contenders.
15: Consecutive victories by Dubois to start his professional career before losing to Joe Joyce in November 2020.
3: Previous Joshua fights inside Wembley Stadium (3-0, 3 KO).
1,000: Lowest attendance for a heavyweight world title fight (Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev at London’s Wembley Arena on Dec. 12, 2020) -- a Guinness world record -- due to COVID-19 restrictions.
90,000: Attendance at Wembley Stadium for Joshua’s 11th-round TKO victory over Wladimir Klitschko on April 29, 2017. A crowd of 96,000 is expected for Saturday’s fight between Joshua and Dubois, which would set a new post-war record for a crowd at a boxing event in the United Kingdom.
30.2%: Percentage of power punches landed on Dubois by his last five opponents. Usyk landed only 23.5% of his power shots in his fight with Dubois. In comparison, Usyk landed 43% of his power punches in two fights against Joshua.
6: Previous times two English boxers have competed against one another for a heavyweight title.
89%: Joshua’s KO rate (25 knockouts in 28 wins).
95%: Dubois’ KO rate (20 knockouts in 21 wins).
763: Number of days between title fights for Joshua. His last title fight was on Aug. 20, 2022, against Oleksandr Usyk.
3,087: Days since Joshua won his first heavyweight world title, in a second-round KO of Charles Martin on April 9, 2016.

Quotes

Joshua on facing Dubois: “We’ll find out [what Dubois has to offer]. … I can’t say. I’m not Daniel. All I can do is focus on myself.

“I’m tough and so is he.”

Joshua on how he can win the fight: “I could win in a variety of ways. I’m not depending on punch power. It takes a lot more than that to be a great fighter. I’ve got the fighting spirit and that’s how I’ll break him down, with my spirit.”

Dubois on why he wanted to face Joshua: “It’s a resurrection story of my career. I want the big challenges, to make a name for myself and to make history.

“I need to retain this world title. It’s a great thing to have but I need to legitimize myself by winning this fight.”

Dubois on sparring with Joshua in the past: “It was sparring. Now we’re fighting, this is different. … Move on.

“I’m ready to go and ready to fight. … I’m not predicting anything.”

What to Expect

This is going to be an exciting fight between two heavy-handed power punchers who are going to respect each other’s power. That kind of fight favors Joshua, who is just a little more tactical and has a tighter defense. That should be enough to set up a potential championship contest between him and the winner of the Usyk-Tyson Fury bout, which is scheduled for December 21. This could be a pivotal fight for both Joshua and Dubois.

A Record-Breaking Crowd

Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois’ highly anticipated IBF world heavyweight title clash, scheduled for Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London, is set to break the post-war record for the largest crowd at a boxing event in the United Kingdom. Organisers have confirmed that an astounding 96,000 tickets have been sold, marking a historic moment for British boxing.

Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday that tickets for the fight are no longer available.

He wrote, “It’s the record; it’s 96,000, I think, at a time that British boxing needs a shot in the arm.” Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, echoed this sentiment during a news conference, adding, “We’re all very proud of the way he [Joshua] has carried himself since the Olympic gold medal.”

This massive turnout will surpass the previous post-war record of 94,000, set in April 2022 when former WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury successfully defended his title against Dillian Whyte, also at Wembley Stadium. In another memorable night for Joshua, his thrilling 11th-round stoppage of Wladimir Klitschko in April 2017 drew a crowd of 90,000 at the same venue, where Joshua defended his WBA, IBF, and WBO titles.

Joshua’s ability to draw huge crowds has been consistent throughout his career. In 2018, 78,000 spectators witnessed his knockout of Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium. Later that year, he drew an equal number of fans to Cardiff’s Principality Stadium in Wales for his victory over Joseph Parker.

Other British boxers have also attracted large audiences in recent decades. Carl Froch and George Groves attracted 80,000 fans to Wembley in 2014 for their super middleweight rematch, where Froch scored a dramatic knockout. British boxing legends like Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe also drew significant crowds to outdoor stadiums during their careers.

Historically, large boxing audiences were not uncommon in the UK before World War II. One of the most notable was on 10 July 1939, when 90,000 fans gathered at White City Stadium in London to witness Len Harvey defend his British light-heavyweight title against Jock McAvoy. This bout provided a brief distraction for the British public as the onset of World War II loomed.

While Joshua and Dubois are set to make history in the UK, boxing crowds have reached even larger numbers abroad. In the United States, a record 120,557 fans attended the 1926 heavyweight contest between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney at Philadelphia’s Sesquicentennial Stadium. That record stood for nearly 67 years until a staggering 132,247 fans packed Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium in 1993 to watch Julio Cesar Chavez face Greg Haugen, setting a new global attendance record for a paid crowd.

As the British boxing scene gears up for this historic night, the clash between Joshua and Dubois promises to be a spectacle not just for its sporting significance but for the record-breaking crowd it will attract to Wembley.