Matchroom’s captain Deontay Wilder takes on Zhilei Zhang in the second heavyweight bout of the night, while Hamzah Sheeraz, leading Team Queensberry, fights Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams. IBF mandatory challenger Hrgovic has been made to wait for his world-title shot, but a win over Dubois could ultimately prove enough for him to become champion. Vasiliy Lomachenko will return to action at Madison Square Garden when he boxes Jamaine Ortiz for a chance at a potential shot at the undisputed world lightweight title. Dominant bantamweight Naoya Inoue will look to unify the undisputed bantamweight championship when he faces WBO champion Paul Butler. Plus, Australian Bruno Tarimo will challenge Yoshiki Takei for the OPBF junior featherweight title.
Dubois was due to defend the IBF heavyweight title against Parker on Saturday, but the champion was pulled from the fight on two days’ notice due to illness. That led Bakole to step in, as the “most-avoided” heavyweight fights Parker in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dubois snagged the world champion title in June when Usyk vacated one of his belts after defending it against Tyson Fury. Instead of a rematch with Fury, Usyk decided to gift the belt to the two British fighters. Dubois, who also faced Usyk last year in a controversial fight, bounced back by defeating Jarrell Miller and, most recently, Filip Hrgovic for the IBF interim title.
Pound-for-pound great and Mexican superstar Canelo Álvarez will put his unified WBC, WBA and WBO Super Middleweight World Titles on the line against undefeated WBA No. 1-Ranked Mandatory Contender Edgar Berlanga. Matchroom Boxing returns to New York City in style, as IBF super lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins attempts to make a first defence of his crown against Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. Tim Tszyu is poised for a blockbuster rematch with towering American Sebastian Fundora in the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas. Plus, Manny Pacquiao will make his highly anticipated return to the ring to face Mario Barrios. We like that option, and although there is sometimes a judge who needs glasses, we think the victory to Usyk will be clear cut.
- Tyson Fury takes on Derek Chisora in an all-British WBC World Heavyweight Championship clash of the titans.
- Jason Moloney will look to become Australia’s next world champion when he faces Vincent Astrolabio for the vacant WBO bantamweight title.
- Former WBC heavyweight world champion and boxing superstar Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder makes his long-awaited return to the ring to battle top-rated Robert “The Nordic Nightmare” Helenius.
- Boxing superstar Gervonta Davis returns to defend his WBA Lightweight World Title against WBA Super Featherweight World Champion Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center, New York.
- We’re going for Hrgovic to overcome some early pressure, weathering a storm and taking Dubois’ best shots, before increasingly out-boxing the Briton in the later rounds and finding the stoppage.
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One fighter will lose their unbeaten record, and it’s Fury who is the slight $1.92 favourite to prevail in Riyadh on Sunday. The Joshua vs Dubois fight will be shown live on DAZN via PPV in over 200 countries worldwide. The PPV fight will cost less than £20 worldwide – a shockingly low price for a stacked fight card live from Wembley.
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Undefeated superstar Nikita Tszyu is looking for his 10th straight win against Koen Mazoudier who is coming off a strong win in March. Boxing superstar Gervonta Davis returns to defend his WBA Lightweight World Title against WBA Super Featherweight World Champion Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center, New York. Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois meet for the second time, with the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship on the line in a blockbuster event at Wembley Stadium.. Our team brings together experienced punters, traders, analysts, and sports data oleksandr usyk vs daniel dubois 2 betting odds experts who live and breathe the betting game.
Below, GOAL brings you everything you need to tune into the action live from anywhere in the world. We’re going for Hrgovic to overcome some early pressure, weathering a storm and taking Dubois’ best shots, before increasingly out-boxing the Briton in the later rounds and finding the stoppage. That is, of course, also true for Dubois, who will have taken confidence from his showing against Usyk, and that bout on the biggest stage should stand him in good stead in the years to come. A late win over Miller was an important one for Dubois, but it is difficult to read too much into a victory over an opponent weighing in at 23st 11lbs, who was unsurprisingly exhausted by the later rounds. Dubois vs Hrgovic features on the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 event, which takes place tonight, Saturday June 1, 2024, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Regardless of when or if that happens, whoever comes out on top on Saturday night is expected to face Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium later this year.
Mexican superstars will go toe-to-toe as pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez puts his undisputed super middleweight world title on the line against unbeaten all-action former world champion Jaime Munguía. Mexican superstar and pound-for-pound great Canelo Álvarez defends his undisputed super middleweight world titles against hard-hitting undisputed junior middleweight world champion Jermell Charlo in Las Vegas. Pound-for-pound icon Naoya “The Monster” Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight world championship against Irish-born former world champion TJ Doheny. Pound-for-pound icon Naoya “The Monster” Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight world championship against South Korea’s Ye Joon Kim. One of the most anticipated boxing events of 2025 takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as Artur Beterbiev puts his undisputed light heavyweight championship on the line in a rematch with former champ Dmitry Bivol. It’s the biggest heavyweight boxing fight in years as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk fight for the unified heavyweight championship.
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For the first time in over 11 years Canelo will fight on home soil when he returns to his hometown to defend his undisputed super-middleweight title against John Ryder. Two of boxing’s pound-for-pound best will battle for lightweight supremacy as Devin Haney defends his undisputed crown against Ukraine’s three-division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko. Former unified world champion George Kambosos and Ukrainian boxing legend Vasiliy Lomachenko will clash for the vacant IBF lightweight world title at RAC Arena in Perth. Ryan Garcia makes his highly anticipated return to the ring to face Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero for the vacant WBA World Welterweight title in a stacked fight card in Times Square, New York. Set to square off in an all-British title fight, Joshua will go up against current IBF heavyweight title holder Daniel Dubois in what is expected to be a record crowd of 96,000 at the home of English football. The bout forms part of the Matchroom vs Queensberry 5v5 card, with promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren each selecting five fighters to do battle and attempt to secure bragging rights in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.