Boxing fans are looking forward to the “Battle of the Red Sea” tonight, Saturday, as the world awaits the return of the world heavyweight boxing title between Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and his British rival Anthony Joshua, who hosts the Kingdom in Jeddah. .
This historic event, which will be witnessed by the King Abdullah Sports Hall, is the latest of the most important international sporting events to receive unprecedented attention, especially since this is a strong fight that has not been seen since the nineties.
Today the events and activities will kick off with secondary fights that precede the global event as everyone prepares to watch the Red Sea fight for the World Heavyweight Boxing Title.
The “Red Sea Fight” includes a group of minor “undercard” fights that will begin before the historic fight, as it will feature the most famous names in the boxing world, such as the Saudi Arabian champion “Ziad Al-Mayouf” will face the Ukrainian boxer Light heavyweight champion “Daniel Lapin”, Al-Mayouf has 5 clean sheets, and is looking to continue his 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.
The British boxer of Somali origin “Ramla Ali”, who has a track record of 6 clean wins, including one by knockout, is preparing to fight with “Crystal Garcia Nova”, who has 10 wins, all by knockout and two losses, and the fight will take place during the competition Ukrainian light heavyweight boxer Daniel Lapin, who holds the record for 5 wins without losing.
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 world No. 2. , who has 21 wins and one loss, including 12 by knockout, in the elimination final of the competition for the world title held by the Russian boxer “Artur Petterbiev”, where Smith’s last participation in the ring was in a minor duel held last September at the stadium ” Tottenham Hotspur” in the first fight between “Usyk” and “Joshua”, when he defeated boxer Lenin Castillo, who was knocked out in the second round of their fight, to continue his winning streak, having lost on points earlier to the Mexican. Saul Alvarez (nicknamed Canelo).
The winner will receive an additional title, which is the Ring Magazine title that boxer Tyson Fury relinquished earlier this week, while Britain’s ‘Joshua’ aims to reclaim the titles in the Kingdom once again, as he did earlier in 2019 when he won Mexican “Andy Ruiz Jr” in Diria.
It is noteworthy that this is the second international match hosted by the Kingdom after the fight held at the Diria Arena in December 2019, in which British boxer Anthony Joshua became the world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating his Mexican rival Andy Ruiz. with the sum of points. After the end of the last round.
