The US PPV price has been released for the Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois showdown on September 21 at Wembley Stadium in London. This will be affordable PPV for American fans.
It will be sold for $19.99 on pay-per-view, which is an excellent price compared to events being sold these days. Compare that to the Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga event, which retails for $89.99 for their clash on September 14th.
The official promotional video for Joshua vs. Dubois, their Riyadh season event, has been released for the September 21st event.
His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has done an admirable job with the visual and theatrical quality. The music is reminiscent of what UK fans sing with Neil Diamond to his 1969 hit, “Sweet Caroline.” The British fans still love the 55-year-old hit from the 1960s.
Dubois: A Cammarelle-style threat
Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) could have a lot of trouble facing the rejuvenated and inspired IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) in the headliner of this fight.
The style Dubois brings to this fight is completely wrong for Joshua, who prefers to fight at a slow pace, allowing him to set up his right hand power shots.
A story unfolds where each fighter rises from the depths, ready to claim their moment 🔥 Anthony Joshua takes on Dubois in an epic fight at Riyadh Season Card – Wembley Edition 🥊
🗓️ 21 September 2024
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Joshua’s Kryptonite: Fast Fights
AJ’s kryptonite is a quick fight, and Dubois specializes in that. He doesn’t allow his opponents to enjoy rest breaks to catch their breath, and Joshua, more than anyone, requires frequent rest breaks because of his body-building physique.
Joshua struggles when forced to fight fast, work hard and not given time to recharge. In the 2012 Olympics in London, Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle got the better of Joshua, throwing combinations, wearing him down and forcing him to hold.
Joshua lost that fight in the truest sense, but got a dubious win for this London fight. Cammarelle looked like he was winning every round, but AJ, fighting on his own soil, was won.
It was the first of several controversial decisions for Joshua in the 2012 Olympics. The others were against Erislandy Savon of Cuba and Ivan Dychko of Kazakhstan.
If Dubois fights the same way as Cammarelle, the judges won’t have a say in deciding the contest’s outcome because it won’t see the 12th round. Dubois won’t let that go to the judges.
Undercard concerns: A lack of international appeal
– Hamzah Sheeraz vs. Tyler Denny
– Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington
– Joshua Buatsi vs Willy Hutchinson
– Liam Smith vs Josh Kelly
– Mark Chamberlain vs Josh Padley
The undercard is skewed towards British fighters, as there isn’t much to see for American fans, who prefer to watch world-class talent rather than fringe-level UK fighters who will never win world titles, unless of the paper variety.
No one on the undercard is going anywhere other than maybe Sheeraz, but he’s also pretty flawed. He might win a belt one day, but won’t hold onto it for long. We saw him get hurt against Austin Williams, and that performance spoke volumes about his future, or lack thereof.
If it were me, I’d take a big broom, wipe four domestic-level bits off the map and add some quality fights that would interest the US market involving genuine world-class guys.
It would have been a nice gesture to add some talented American fighters like Abdullah Mason, Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Jaron Ennis to the card to get American fans. British domestic-level fighters are attractive when the card is limited to one fight, but not when the entire undercard is filled with those fights.
