Six years on from Anthony Joshua's finest moment as an amateur boxer and 14 years on from Alexander Povetkin's, two Olympic champions will collide - this time in front of 80,000 people.
Joshua captured the hearts and minds of a nation en route to super-heavyweight gold at London 2012 and he hasn’t really let them go since.
In the five years since turning professional, Joshua has accrued a 21-0 record (with 20 wins coming by knockout), won three of the four major heavyweight titles boxing has to offer and cemented his status as a beloved figure in the UK, who can sell out a stadium for every one of his fights.
Russian veteran Povetkin – who won his Olympic super-heavyweight gold at Athens 2004 – is opponent number 22 on Saturday and while the Brit demonstrates an air of seemingly effortless calm, he claims he is aware of the pressure to maintain his unbeaten record and dominance of the division.
“I feel loads of pressure," he said. "Tons of pressure. That's the reality of it, even though I present myself as cool, calm and collected. I just have to roll with the punches, find a way to win.
"The pressure has definitely grown but I still feel like I have everything to gain. But pressure, 100 per cent.
"What more can I do than give my best? I'll go out there and find a way to win. I know I have a lot of fire in my belly; that's just as important as skills.
"Skills and technique apart, we both have a big heart and can dig deep. We both showed that against Klitschko (who Povetkin lost to on points). The one who's toughest will come out victorious."
Joshua might be the heavy favourite heading into Saturday evening but Povetkin is a wily veteran, whose only professional defeat in 35 fights came against Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision in 2013.
He possesses a fast and dangerous left hook, knockout power (he has 24 KOs from his 34 wins) and, at 39 years old, will have the dangerous desperation that comes with knowing this is probably his final world title shot.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn believes the fight will be the second-toughest of his charge’s career to date – behind the April 2017 epic against Klitschko – and the man himself isn’t underestimating his foe either.
“In the heavyweight division, not only are they talented but one punch changes the course of the fight. We all know that story,” added Joshua.
"He's got that punching power, he's got big knockouts on his record, so it's down to me to handle business accordingly.
"He's a threat with the left hook, but not only that, it's how tough they are, how much do they want it?
"He could have the best left hook in the world but if I keep punching him and breaking him down it might stop him from doing that, so these attributes need to get shut down early.
"I've got to annihilate that from early on. He's got a lot in his locker so I need to take control early.
"The last time at Wembley was against Klitschko, and I think Povetkin is the right opponent to bring that style of fight out of me. It's all about the 'W'."
As Joshua intimates, this will be his first fight at Wembley since the 11th-round TKO victory over Klitschko that secured the WBA title.
He’d won the IBF belt a year earlier against Charles Martin and took Joseph Parker’s WBO crown in his last fight in Cardiff back in March.
That means he only needs Deontay Wilder’s WBC title to become the first man since Lennox Lewis to unify the heavyweight division, which led most to assume Joshua-Wilder would be the logical next fight.
Terms couldn’t be agreed – meaning the bout with the WBA’s mandatory challenger Povetkin was made instead – but the American still looms over Saturday’s clash.
If Joshua can take care of business at Wembley, and Wilder doesn’t falter in his expected next bout against Tyson Fury, then the two could meet in April 2019 for the biggest fight the heavyweight division has seen in two decades.
But before that there’s the not-so-small matter of Povetkin and the London 2012 Olympic champion is ready for his latest battle.
"It's everything to him,” said Joshua. ”I'm in for a tough night so I have to go in there and be tough. Everything is on the line and he wants to be champion."
Sportsbeat 2018