The Riyadh Season card is now formally introduced for February twenty second, with a few surprises. Within the headliner, undisputed mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will defend towards Dmitry Bivol in a rematch, which most followers felt deserved to be on the prime of the invoice.
His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has stunned followers with WBC interim junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. going through former WBA champ Israil Madrimov.
We’d heard that Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) may very well be going through Xander Zayas subsequent, however it is a a lot alternative. Madrimov is a giant puncher with excellent technical expertise, and so they got here near defeating Terence Crawford final summer time on August third.
The opposite fascinating addition to this card is Callum Smith difficult Joshua Buatsi for his WBO interim mild heavyweight title. Smith fought final Saturday evening, and is making a quick turnaaround.
Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II
Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker
Shakur Stevenson vs Floyd Schofield
Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz
Vergil Ortiz vs Israil Madrimov
Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel
Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith