Daniel Dubois will return to the ring after an eight-month absence on Saturday when he takes on Dutchman Ricardo Snijders.

‘Dynamite’ Dubois is scheduled to meet fellow London heavyweight Joe Joyce in October, a bout that has been pushed back twice in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Before that, the 22-year-old will have the chance to dust off any lockdown cobwebs in a tune-up fight against Snijders, who was drafted in as a late stand-in last week for original opponent Eric Pfiefer, who was withdrawn from the bout due to an issue with his medical.


Like Dubois, Joyce also took a warm-up fight ahead of their meeting at the O2 Arena on 0ctober 24. The 2016 Olympian needed just three rounds to blast his way through Michael Wallisch in July, extending his record to 11-0 on an easy night's work for the Putney fighter.

Dubois will be looking to take care of business on Saturday in even less time.

Card in full

Daniel Dubois vs Ricardo Snijders
Sunny Edwards vs Thomas Essomba (IBF International super flyweight)
Sam Maxwell vs Joe Hughes – (WBO European super-lightweight)
Willy Hutchinson vs Luke Blackledge
Sam Noakes vs TBA
David Adeleye vs TBA
Date, start time and venue

Dubois vs Snijders takes place at the BT Sport Studios in Stratford, London. The action gets underway from 7pm on Saturday August 29.

Ringwalks for the main event are expected around 10pm.

Fight prediction

With 13 knockouts from 14 bouts for Dubois, this is only going to end one way.

Snijders comes in as a late replacement and while the Dutchman has amassed a record of 18-1, he fights outside his native Netherlands for just the second time.

The 26-year-old lost the one fight against Joel Tambwe Djeko for the IBO Intercontinental cruiserweight title on points in May 2019.

Nothing but an early KO for Dubois - inside two rounds.

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