Watch Joshua vs Usyk Fight in the Heavyweight Championship live on Sky Sports Arena from 7.55am on Sunday; Below, we look at talking points ...
Oleksandr Usyk, like Joshua, is a London 2012 gold medalist. Like Joshua, he has beaten every professional boxer that has opposed him. However unlike Joshua, he has also yet to be defeated at all.
Usyk dominated at cruiserweight, winning the Muhammad Ali Trophy and unifying the division before moving up to heavyweight. There, we have yet to see the best of him in victories over Chazz Witherspoon and Derek Chisora.
Nonetheless, regardless of whether he can truly dominate at the maximum weight class like he did under 200lbs, he will undoubtedly present an entirely new obstacle for 'AJ' with his technical prowess and disarming but destructive approach.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of the huge fight night, airing on DAZN in over 170 countries worldwide.
Date : Saturday Sept. 25
Time : 6pm BST; 7pm CET; 1pm ET; 10am PT
Main event ringwalks (approx): 10:10pm BST; 11:10pm CET; 5:10pm ET; 2:10pm PT
The official main card gets underway from 6pm local time in the United Kingdom, though there will also be a preliminary fight airing via Facebook from 5pm. And while 10:10pm local time is the plan for Joshua and Usyk to make their way to the ring, as ever with boxing it will depend on how long the undercard runs.
UK : Sky Sports Box Office
US : DAZN
The card is a Sky Sports Box Office event in the United Kingdom and Ireland, while fight fans in the United States and over 170 countries worldwide can tune in with a DAZN subscription. For more information click here .
The card will stream live on DAZN in over 170 countries across the globe. A full comprehensive list of which countries will have Joshua vs. Usyk on DAZN can be found here.
You can sign up for a subscription here . However if you are in Argentina, Chile and Colombia you must download the DAZN app from the Apple App Store or Android Google Play store and then sign up from there, rather than via web browser.
The following countries, meanwhile, will NOT have Joshua vs. Usyk on DAZN so please check your local providers if you live in: United Kingdom, Ireland, Ukraine, France, Netherlands, China, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tunisia, UAE or Yemen.
DAZN is available on web browsers at DAZN.com (except Argentina, Chile and Colombia) and also has apps available for all of the following TV and streaming devices:
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The card will be held at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London, England. The venue is the Premier League home of the team of the same name, and this will be the very first time the new stadium hosts a boxing event.
Nationality: British
Date of birth: October 15, 1989
Height: 6'6"
Reach: 82"
Total fights: 25
Record: 24-1 (22 KOs)
Nationality: Ukrainian
Date of birth: January 17, 1987
Height: 6'3"
Reach: 78"
Total fights: 18
Record: 18-0 (13 KOs)
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