The participants of the Saturday night boxing event in Riyadh arrived in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, the boxers received a grand welcome, marking the official opening of the upcoming fight weekend. Saturday's event, which will feature, among other things, Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder And Dmitry Bivol will be shown live on the DAZN platform in a paid broadcast.
Jesse Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KO) debuted in the ranking of the best boxers in the world without division into weight categories according to The Ring magazine. The 23-year-old took tenth place, replacing the former champion in three divisions Vasily Lomachenko.
Otto Wallin (26-1, 14 KOs) exudes confidence ahead of the fight with the favorite Anthony Joshua (26-3, 23 KOs), scheduled for Saturday in Riyadh.
Moses Ithauma (7-0, 5 KO) and Thomas Carty (7-0, 6 KOs) - two sparring partners whose services he currently uses Tyson Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs) as he prepares for his fight scheduled for February 17th with Alexander Usik (21-0, 14 KOs) for four heavyweight belts. Next week the “Gypsy King” should also arrive at the camp Jai Opetaya (23-0, 18 KOs).
Jake Paul (8-1, 5 KOs) announced that he has begun working with the U.S. Olympic team ahead of next year's Games in Paris. The American, who enjoys huge interest on social networks, has had three professional fights this year.
John Fury, father of the WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Furand, predicts that the American heavyweight Jarrell Miller will win Daniel Dubois in their upcoming fight.
Negotiations have begun on a fight between the WBC super lightweight champion Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) and Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs). The fight could take place in the first half of next year in the United States.
Jarrell Miller (26-0-1, 22 KOs) at the boxing evening “Day of Reckoning” is scheduled to face Daniel Dubois (19-2, 18 KOs), but has been teasing since the start of promotion for Saturday's event Anthony Joshua (26-3, 23 KOs). However, during yesterday’s ceremonial arrival, the Briton categorically denied that he was interested in a confrontation in the ring with “Big Baby”.
Unified World Light Heavyweight Champion Arthur Beterbiev stated that he would not mind having a fight with the holder of the WBC belt in a division below David Benavidez, however, to do this, the American will have to move up to his category.
Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin believes that Saudi investors rushed to set a preliminary date for the fight between the former division leaders Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
