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Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce on course to be UK’s first post-lockdown boxing sell out in front of 18,000 fans

, Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce on course to be UK’s first post-lockdown boxing sell out in front of 18,000 fans

DANIEL DUBOIS vs Joe Joyce remains on course to be Britain’s first post-lockdown boxing sell out.

The heavyweight clash for Dynamite Dubois’ British and Commonwealth titles, as well as the vacant European crown, is scheduled for October 24 at the O2.

Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce is set to be the first post-lockdown boxing sell out
, Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce on course to be UK’s first post-lockdown boxing sell out in front of 18,000 fans
The pair will meet at the O2 on October 24

And PM Boris Johnson’s announcement on Friday, that fans will be returning to sporting venues in October, has boosted hopes the full 18,000 will be able to pack in at the Greenwich venue.

Promoter Frank Warren held the first of five behind-closed-doors shows last Friday and all COVID-19 tests were passed with flying colours.

And Eddie Hearn is running his four-show outdoor Fight Camp between August 1 – 22 after splashing £120,000 on coronavirus testing.

DDD, 22, was originally slated face the 34-year-old in April.

But lockdown struck while 2016 Olympic silver winner Joyce was in camp in Las Vegas, costing him vital time and around £60k.

Both London giants have now accepted keep-warm fights ahead of their battle.

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Joyce faces Michael Wallisch on July 25 inside the BT Sport Studios in Stratford.


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And Dubois, who has been training with his super-talented boxing siblings Caroline and Prince during lockdown, will aim to flatten Erik Pfeifer on August 29.

, Daniel Dubois vs Joe Joyce on course to be UK’s first post-lockdown boxing sell out in front of 18,000 fans

KO king Dubois was happy to delay the main meal to make sure fans got a real taste of the action.

He said: “Hopefully Joe does the business on Wallisch and we give fans something to look forward when we finally meet later in October.

“It’s great to have an outing so I can blow away the cobwebs.

“When fight night comes it will have been more than seven months since my last contest. I’ve never had a layoff that long since I started boxing.

“I want to deliver a big performance and then it will be all systems go to KO Joe in October.”

Joyce has been training in Surbiton at Stallards Gym and did gruelling rounds with one of Anthony Joshua’s favourite sparring partners, Martin Bakole, at the start of the week.

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And the Putney boxing ace was pleased to get a tune-up fight in the diary so he could be at his best for the must-win war with Dubois.

Joyce said: “It will be good to shake off the ring rust, get back in there and actually box.

“Wallisch is good boxer. He has a European style with a high guard and he comes in throwing punches, body shots and head shots.

“It is a good, hard fight. It wasn’t too long ago he was highly ranked so this is a chance for him to get back in the picture.

“There is a bit more pressure on with Dubois in October.

“I just have to avoid injury, make sure I look good against Wallisch, get myself back into the flow of things and go into the Dubois fight in the best shape possible.”

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