Joshua vs Helenius: Struggle begin time, undercard, prediction, odds and ring walks

The former two-time heavyweight world champion had initially been on account of face long-time rival Dillian Whyte once more, eight years on from when the pair first fought as professionals in an exhilarating bout, having beforehand clashed as amateurs.

However, it was introduced over the weekend that Whyte had returned an “adverse finding” from a doping test and the struggle was rapidly cancelled in consequence, leaving Joshua’s crew scrambling to discover a new opponent on the eleventh hour and make sure that the entire card was not scrapped.