Croft Twins to Headline Dec. 10 Vale Arena Card, Night Before Fury–Joshua

Welsh twins Garan and Ioan Croft will headline a prospects card at Vale Arena in Cardiff on Thursday, Dec. 10 — the night before Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua meet at Principality Stadium.

Matchroom Boxing posted official artwork on Tuesday billed as “The Show Before The Show,” with the Crofts out front, a Dec. 10 date, Vale Arena and the DAZN logo on the graphic. talkSPORT, in a report published later that afternoon, described a seven-bout bill and said the show would stream live on DAZN. IFL TV, in a post Wednesday, listed the same seven names and referred to the venue as Vale Sports Arena. Matchroom has not posted a written release on its news page, and its events calendar still lists only Diaz vs. Chaves in Orlando for Dec. 10 and Fury vs. Joshua in Cardiff for Dec. 11. Fury and Joshua fight the following night; they are not on the Vale Arena card.

The 24-year-old twins are both 7-0. They signed with Matchroom in February. Ioan, younger by a minute, won gold at welterweight at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Garan boxed one division up and took bronze.

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Also named for the card — by Matchroom's second graphic, talkSPORT and IFL — are unbeaten Colombian Juan David Cuervo (6-0), whom talkSPORT described as an adopted son of Pontyclun, Wales; heavyweight Arlo Stephens (4-0); Ryan Jones (2-0); Ellis Panter (1-0); and Isa Akram (1-0). None of their opponents has been confirmed.

The Vale Arena show is a separate event from Fury vs. Joshua, whose co-main is Wilder vs. Opetaia. It is also a separate card from Matchroom's Project Series show in Orlando the same night.

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