Fights between Joshua and Wallin and Wilder and Parker are the official headliners of the boxing evening on December 23

The official announcement of the double boxing evening of former heavyweight world champions took place Deontay Wilder And Anthony Joshua.

The event will take place on December 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As expected, Deontay will fight Joseph Parkerand AJ – with the Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin.

The card will also feature other notable fights. Among the characters – Filip Hrgovic, Jai Opetaya, Daniel Dubois, Dmitry Bivol and others. The entire list of battles is as follows:

• Anthony Joshua – Otto Wallin
• Deontay Wilder – Joseph Parker
• Daniel DuBois – Jarrell Miller
• Dmitry Bivol – Lyndon Arthur
• Jai Opetaya – Ellis Zorro
• Frank Sanchez – Junior Fa
• Filip Hrgovic – Marc de Maury
• Arslanbek Makhmudov – Agit Kabayel

Joshua knocked out Robert Helenius in his last fight, which took place on August 12 in London. Wilder’s last opponent was also Helenius – the American won by knockout in the first round.

Former world champion Joe Parker knocked out Canadian Simon Keane in his last fight on the undercard of the Tyson Fury show with Francis Ngannou. Otto Wallin has won six in a row since his only career loss to Fury, defeating Murat Gassiev in his last fight.

Dubois lost to WBA/WBO/IBO/IBF title holder Alexander Usyk in his last fight. The Ukrainian knocked out the British heavyweight in the ninth round.

Hrgovic, in his last fight, defeated Australian Demsey McKean at a boxing evening in London at the O2 Arena. The Croatian retained his mandatory challenger status for the IBF heavyweight title, which he achieved last August by defeating Zhang Zhilei.

𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 🔥 @anthonyjoshua vs. @OttoWallin & @BronzeBomber vs. @joeboxerparker heads up a Christmas cracker of a card on December 23 🎁#DayOfReckoning | #RiyadhSeason | @Turki_alalshikh pic.twitter.com/GH6Vwq1vLa

— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) November 15, 2023