An undercard bout was dramatically halted after the lights went out at Wembley.
Tonight fans gathered in the epic stadium with a capacity of 96,000 boxing fans to watch the British heavyweight clash between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois.
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Excitement was at its peak ahead of a special pre-fight show from Oasis’ Liam Gallagher.
Plus, there were plenty of exciting bouts to enjoy on the stacked undercard as well.
But a fight was stopped as fans were plunged into darkness.
Boxing fans criticise ‘ridiculously criminal’ split decision on AJ vs Dubois undercard and say ‘judges must be fired’The moment occurred during a thrilling light-heavyweight bout between Joshua Buatsi and Willie Hutchinson.
Both men landed some incredible punches, pounding each other hard.
However, the rival teams were left in the dark after the Wembley lights went out during the eighth round.
Fans were left wondering as Buatsi and Hutchinson looked around with their eyes wide open.
And it felt like an eternity passed, until finally, after several seconds of darkness, the lights came back on.
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But the referee felt it would not be appropriate to continue the game until the issue was resolved.
And he ordered the proceedings to be stopped for several minutes, and then gave the green signal to resume the proceedings again.
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