His Excellency Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Basic Leisure Authority (GEA), has revealed an exhilarating undercard for the ‘Ring of Fireplace’ first undisputed heavyweight conflict of the twenty first century between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk, which can embody an additional two world title fights.
The highly-anticipated occasion with unprecedented curiosity from throughout the globe is ready to happen on Saturday Could 18 at Kingdom Area, Riyadh, and types a part of the Riyadh Calendar schedule.
The undefeated Australian Jai Opetaia, who triumphed towards Ellis Zorro on the ‘Day of Reckoning’ in December, will tackle three-time cruiserweight world champion Mairis Briedis for the IBF world championship and Ring Journal belt in a rematch of their exhilarating July 2022 encounter when Opetaia claimed the belts by overcoming the celebrated Latvian fighter.
Undefeated Welsh Olympian Joe Cordina will defend his IBF world tremendous featherweight championship towards IBO title holder, Northern Irishman Anthony Cacare, with the heavyweight theme being bolstered by the unbeaten German star Agit Kabayel going up towards unbeaten Cuban Frank Sanchez as each return to Riyadh following their knockout victories on the ‘Day of Reckoning’ card in December in a WBC Closing Eliminator.
UK light-weight sensation Mark Chamberlain will even be heading again to The Kingdom after proving to be a serious hit on his opening evening in Riyadh. The large punching 25-year-old featured at ‘Knockout Chaos’ in March and can now face the damaging Nigerian Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab. In one other important attraction, Sergey Kovalev – the previous long-standing gentle heavyweight world champion – will go up towards the undefeated Robin Sirwan Safar at cruiserweight.
Formidable younger heavyweight star Moses Itauma, the World Novice champion, who’s tipped to turn into the longer term face of boxing’s marquee division, takes on Ilja Mezencev in his ninth battle within the skilled ranks on the age of simply 19. New Zealand Olympian David Nyika faces Michael Seitz at cruiserweight and English featherweight Isaac Lowe is matched with Hasibullah Ahmadi.
