Eddie Hearn will attempt to bring spectators back to boxing for the Joshua Buatsi fight at the end of September.
No opponent has been confirmed for Buatsi’s headline event, but promoter Hearn is ready to get fans back in attendance.
Hearn put on four Fight Camp events without fans during the coronavirus lockdown, but the British government has given permission for limited admittance to sporting fixtures.
If the fight goes well then it may serve as a guide for bringing fans in to watch Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev, expected to take place in December.
Hearn said, via The Sun: "We have applied to the Government for a pilot event with however many fans any might approve.
"It’ll only be 500 or 1,000, but by October — all being well with no spikes or anything like that — we think that's when real crowds will start coming back in."
Hearn explained that boxing provides a different challenge to football as events will be held indoors: "We will follow on from the football but, because we will have to go inside for the rest of our shows, the guidelines will be different.
"Like the darts, the shows will be at night and supporters like to have a beer, a cuddle and a sing-song when they watch.
"We will aim to go in football's slip stream and gradually increase from 500, to 1,000 then a few thousand and eventually and hopefully a packed O2 for AJ."
Buatsi is expected to fight 35-year-old Callum Johnson in 2021, with September’s planned fight set to be a chance to get back in the right for the 27-year-old light heavyweight.