Boxing enthusiasts look forward to next Saturday, August 20th to watch the “Red Sea Fight” as the world awaits the return of the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship between Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk and his British rival Anthony Joshua. Kingdom in the province of Jeddah.
This historic event, which will be witnessed at King Abdullah City Hall, is the latest in the most important international sporting event to receive unprecedented attention, especially as it is a strong fight that has not happened since the nineties.
The two boxers will face each other for the last time at the official weightlifting event on Friday, August 19th and on Saturday the events and activities will kick off as a result of the secondary fights that precede the world event, after which everyone will prepare to watch the red Sea Battle for the world title heavyweight boxing.
Red Sea Fight includes a set of Andaran Card sub-matches that will be launched ahead of the historic fight as it will feature a number of the most prominent names in the world of boxing such as Saudi Arabian hero Ziad Al Mawf faces Ukrainian heavyweight boxer “Daniel Laben”, Al-Mayouf has 5 clean wins, and seeks to continue a successful sports career and increase his experience.
Ukrainian heavyweight star Philip Hergovich, who has 14 wins without defeat, including 12 by knockout, is participating in a fight with Chinese boxer Zhang Zili, and he has one draw and 24 clean wins, including 19 by knockout. Championship.
Somali-born British boxer, “Ramla Ali”, whose record holds 6 clean wins, including one by knockout, is preparing to face Cristal Garcia Nova, who has a record of 10 wins, all by knockout and two losses. and and In the course of the competition, a fight will take place against the Ukrainian light heavyweight boxer Daniel Lapin, who holds the record for 5 wins without a loss.
British star Callum Smith, who scored 28 wins, including 20 knockouts and one loss, returns to the indoor hall of King Abdullah Sports City, witnessed in September 2018 by his victory over compatriot George Groves in the seventh round of their bout. and his victory. He won the world super middleweight title and also won the Muhammad Ali boxing championship.
“Smith”, ranked No. 1 in the world light heavyweight division by the World Boxing Council (WBC), meets French boxer “Matthew Baudelaire”, European champion and second in the world, who has 21 wins and one loss, including including 12 by knockout, in the final elimination. To compete for the world title held by Russian boxer Artur Petterbiev, Smith made his last appearance in the ring in a minor match held last September in Tottenham. Hotspur Stadium, as part of the first fight between Usyk and Joshua, when he beat the boxer “Lenin Castillo” who was knocked out in the second round of their fight, thanks to which “Smith” continued his winning streak, losing before that on points to the Mexican “Saul Alvarez” (nicknamed “Canelo”).
The winner will receive an additional title, The Ring magazine title, which boxer Tyson Fiuri relinquished earlier this week, while Britain’s Joshua aims to regain their titles again in the Kingdom, where they previously did so in 2019. , when he defeated Mexican Andy Ruiz Junior in Diria.
Notably, this fight is the second international fight hosted by the Kingdom after the fight that took place at the Diriyah Arena in December 2019, in which British boxer Anthony Joshua crowned the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship after defeating his Mexican competitor, Andy Ruiz, with sum of points. After the end of the last round.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to the development of sports project, hosting many international international sports events in various sports, in order to expand the practice of sports events in society and achieve excellence in many sports at the regional and global level, in order to keep in step with the vision of the Kingdom to 2030, which made it the center of attention of the whole world. The adherence to the production of competitive sports at a high level, in addition to increasing the efficiency and quality of sports facilities and structures.
