Unified light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and former champion Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) along with other champions and top contenders held the final press conference today at the Riyadh Season ahead of the highly anticipated Last Crescendo fight night on Saturday, February 22 live worldwide on DAZN PPV (11 a.m. ET) from the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (photos by Mark Robinson)

The rematch between Beterbiev and Bivol will serve as the main event of the evening. Following the conclusion of the press conference, it was officially announced that former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) will now face the hard-hitting Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs) after IBF champion Daniel Dubois was ruled out of the fight due to illness. Bakole steps back into the ring for the first time since his impressive stoppage win over the previously undefeated Jared Anderson at the Riyadh Season show in Los Angeles last July.

Also in action, Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) puts his WBC lightweight title up against Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) after Floyd Schofield was forced to withdraw due to illness. Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) and Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) will square off for the WBC Middleweight title. Additional bouts to look forward to include Vergil Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) clashing with Israil Madrimov (10-1, 7 KOs) for the WBC interim super welterweight title and Zhilei Zhang (27-2, 22 KOs) meeting Agit Kabayel (25-0, 17 KOs) for the WBC interim heavyweight title. British stars Joshua Buatsi (19-0, 13 KOs) and Callum Smith (30-2, 22 KOs) are going to battle it out for the interim WBO light heavyweight title. The preliminary card will showcase local talent with Ziyad Almaayouf (6-0-1, 1 KO) taking on Jonatas Rodrigo Gomes de Oliveira (6-20, 5 KOs) in a welterweight bout and super featherweight Mohammed Alakel (2-0, 0 KOs) meets Engel Gomez (8-42, 4 KOs) in six round bouts.