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 among 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 Normal 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 mild heavyweight title again in October, with Beterbiev taking residence a majority determination in a razor shut combat, changing into the primary undisputed champion in practically 20 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 most important win of his profession earlier this yr when he knocked out Anthony Joshua of their IBF heavyweight title combat again in September. Parker, in the meantime, received a majority determination over Zhilei Zhang to say the interim title in March.
WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson will 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 mild heavyweight title.
The occasion is predicted to happen at Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.