Also on May 18, Opetaya and Briedis, Cordina and Cacace, Itauma and Kovalev will enter the ring in Riyadh
Participants in the undercard of the fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion between the WBO/WBA/IBF/IBO champion have become known Alexander Usik and WBC belt holder Tyson Fury.
German Agit Kabayel and Cuban Frank Sanchez will hold an eliminator fight for the status of mandatory contender for the WBC heavyweight title. It was previously reported that this fight could take place in early summer.
In addition, two fights were reconfirmed that were supposed to take place on February 17, the previous date of the Usyk-Fury confrontation, which was subsequently postponed to May due to the injury of the “Gypsy King” received in sparring.
Former IBF world cruiserweight champion Jay Opetaya will fight another ex-champion Mairis BriedisA Joe Cordina will resist Anthony Cacace.
Also announced on the May 18 card are fights featuring Sergei Kovalev And Moses Itauma.
On the mentioned date, the long-awaited unification fight for the status of absolute champion Usik – Fury should take place in Riyadh. The event will be hosted by Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The WBC proposes to reform the judges for the reporting fight, increasing their number to 5-6 people. Penalties for boxers who refuse to fight are $10 million.
WBC President Mauricio Suleiman announced that an agreement had been concluded between the boxers for a re-fight. The WBO is also ready to sanction the second fight. It was reported that the fate of a possible rematch depends on the holding of the first fight. Fury said that the contract has a mandatory rematch clause, and a re-fight with Usyk could take place in October.
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— TURKI ALALSHIKH (@Turki_alalshikh) March 29, 2024
Source: Sportarena
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