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A SEVEN-FIGHT card will take place just 24 hours before Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua – only three miles down the road.
Cardiff’s Principality Stadium will play host to the overdue grudge match between the pair of British legends.
But one day earlier, Fury’s manager Spencer Brown has announced a card featuring some of Wales’ top up and coming talent.
Billed “The Show Before The Show” – seven bouts will take place at the Vale Arena – just a 15 minute drive from the 80,000-seat Principality.
Welsh amateur standouts and twin brothers -Garan and Ioan Croft – star on the card having been signed to Eddie Hearn.
Younger by a minute, Ioan won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at welterweight following a bronze at the European Championships the same year.
Garan featured at the same tournaments, one weight above, securing bronze at the Commonwealth Games and a silver at the Europeans.
They also share identical 7-0 records in the professional ranks.
Unbeaten 6-0 Colombian Juan David Cuervo – who resides out of Pontyclun in Wales – also features.
There is a slot for 4-0 heavyweight Arlo Stephens, who scored a second-round knockout on Fury’s tune-up win over Mariusz Wach in Thailand in July.
The rest of the bill is made up by 2-0 Ryan Jones, 1-0 Ellis Panter and 1-0 Isa Akram with the action streamed live on DAZN.
Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh has staged smaller fight cards on the week of big events before.
Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk vs Fury II, included preliminary cards on the day of the Open Workouts.
Fury vs Joshua is set for a later ring walk time of 1-2am to appease American viewing on Netflix.
But the Cardiff Council are set to review the application after local residents voiced concerns over noise and potential anti-social behaviour.