Former world heavyweight champions Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua will combat separate opponents on the identical invoice at a mega-present in Saudi Arabia on Dec. 23, promoters mentioned on Wednesday.
Britain’s Joshua, the previous WBA, IBF and WBO champion, will tackle Sweden’s Otto Wallin whereas American Wilder, the previous WBC champion, faces New Zealand’s Joseph Parker at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena.
Joshua and Wilder might combat one another subsequent 12 months if each win in Riyadh.
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The Dec. 23 present may even function two world title clashes, with WBA mild-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol scheduled to combat Britain’s Lyndon Arthur whereas Australian WBC cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia takes on Britain’s Ellis Zorro.
British heavyweight Daniel Dubois, who misplaced to WBA, IBF and WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk in Poland in August, will likely be again within the ring to combat undefeated American Jarrell Miller.
Ukrainian Usyk had been resulting from combat WBC champion Tyson Fury for the undisputed crown in Riyadh on Dec. 23 however that has been put again to offer the Briton extra time after a bruising non-title combat with Francis Ngannou.
A date for that combat is because of be introduced on Thursday, with February wanting possible.
Joshua advised reporters final month {that a} combat between him and Wilder may very well be staged on the undercard of the Usyk v Fury conflict.
Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn mentioned the Riyadh present, led by Queensberry Promotions’ Frank Warren, had come collectively in report time because of the Saudi authorities.
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“This is the fastest I’ve ever seen a fight card come together,” Hearn advised a London information convention.
“We’re talking about conversations that started 10 days ago, max, and that wasn’t even necessarily AJ (Joshua) at the time. That was Dmitry Bivol, that was Jai Opetaia and then it went into AJ.
“I’ve never seen anything like it. I think the speed of it actually benefited everybody because no-one really had time to fall out.”
Joshua misplaced his heavyweight belts to Oleksandr Usyk, whereas Wilder was defeated twice by Tyson Fury.
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