Boxing champions gathered this evening Tuesday at Boulevard City in the Saudi capital Riyadh as part of Fight Week leading up to the highly anticipated matchups on Saturday February 22 The event was filled with excitement as boxers walked the purple carpet posed for media photos and conducted interviews building anticipation for the grand fight night
Amid a large crowd of fans and media all eyes were on the main event featuring Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev as the two champions face off once again for the undisputed light heavyweight world title in a highly competitive rematch Alongside this thrilling bout the event also includes a stacked fight card featuring some of the biggest names in boxing
The card features a heavyweight clash between Daniel Dubois and Joseph Parker for the IBF world title while Shakur Stevenson takes on Floyd Schofield for the WBC lightweight world championship
Additionally Carlos Adames will go head-to-head with Hamzah Sheeraz for the WBO middleweight title while Vergil Ortiz Jr faces Israil Madrimov for the interim super welterweight world championship
In the heavyweight division Zhilei Zhang will battle Agit Kabayel for the interim WBC world title while Joshua Buatsi and Callum Smith will compete for the interim WBO light heavyweight world title
The card also includes a matchup between Craig Richards and Troy Jones as well as a bout featuring Ziad Al-Maayouf against Jonatas Rodrigo while Mohammed Al-Aqel takes on Angel Gomez