The event is scheduled for October 12th
WBC Lightweight Champion Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KO) will enter the ring in October.
His opponent will be the former IBF super featherweight champion Joe Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs) from Wales. The event will take place as part of a show where the main fight of the evening for the title of absolute champion in the light heavyweight division will be between Artur Beterbiev And Dmitry Bivol.
The general card for the evening in Riyadh has also been announced. Among the interesting fights is the meeting of IBF cruiserweight champion Jay Opetai with Jack Massey from Great Britain.
- Card of the evening Bivol-Beterbiev. October 12. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dmitry Bivol (23-0, 12 KO) – Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KO)
Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) – Joe Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs)
Chris Eubank Jr. (33-3, 24 KOs) vs. Kamil Szeremeta (25-2-2, 8 KOs)
Fabio Wardley (17-0-1, 16 KOs) – Fraser Clarke (8-0-1, 6 KOs)
Jay Opetaia (25-0, 19 KOs) vs. Jack Massey (22-2, 12 KOs)
Ben Whittaker (8-0, 5 KOs) – Liam Cameron (23-6, 10 KOs)
Sky Nicholson (11-0, 1 KO) – Raven Chapman (9-0, 2 KO)
Let us recall that Stevenson defeated Artem Arutyunyan in the main event of the boxing evening in New Jersey. The fight lasted all 12 rounds, and Shakur ultimately won by decision. The WBC initially sanctioned Shakur’s fight with William Zepeda.
Cordina lost unexpectedly to IBO super featherweight titleholder in May Anthony Cacace (22-1, 8 KOs) from Northern Ireland. In the third round, Cacace knocked Cordina down. Joe managed to get back into the fight and force his opponent into a real fight.
However, in the 8th round, after another successful series from Anthony, the referee was forced to stop the fight, because Cordina took too many punches. Cacace became the new IBF champion.
The Cordina-Cacace fight took place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the undercard of the unification fight for the absolute heavyweight world title between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
Source: Sportarena
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