Riyadh Season isn’t slowing down in any respect.
Over the previous a number of years, Saudi Arabia has made an enormous push into fight sports activities with quite a few Riyadh Season occasions showcasing a few of the greatest names in each boxing and MMA. And that push appears to be like to proceed as on Monday, the Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Common Leisure Authority, Turki Alalshikh introduced one other stacked boxing occasion to happen on Feb. 22, headlined by the highly-anticipated rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
Beterbiev and Bivol met for the undisputed gentle heavyweight title again in October, with Beterbiev taking residence a majority resolution in a razor shut struggle, changing into the primary undisputed champion in practically twenty years. Now the 2 will rematch for the undisputed title in a bout dubbed “The Final Crescendo.”
The occasion additionally options six extra title fights. Within the co-main occasion, IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois places his title on the road in opposition to interim champion Joseph Parker. Dubois scored the largest win of his profession earlier this 12 months when he knocked out Anthony Joshua of their IBF heavyweight title struggle again in September. Parker, in the meantime, gained a majority resolution over Zhilei Zhang to assert the interim title in March.
WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson may even compete on the cardboard, placing his title up in opposition to 22-year-old Floyd Schofield.
Additionally on the cardboard, WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames places his belt on the road in opposition to undefeated 25-year-old Hamzah Sheeraz, WBC interim tremendous welterweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. defends his title in opposition to former WBA tremendous welterweight champion Israel Madrimov, Zhilei Zhang faces Agit Kabayel for the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title, and Joshua Buatsi takes on Callum Smith for the WBO interim gentle heavyweight title.
The occasion is predicted to happen at Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.