Ahead of a highly anticipated night of boxing, the main event of unified light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs) and former champion Dmitry Bivol (23-1, 12 KOs) faced off one last time at the official weigh-in before going toe-to-toe 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 event will also feature champions, top contenders and rising stars competing on the undercard. The co-main event will have former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (35-3, 23 KOs) meeting Martin Bakole (21-1, 16 KOs), who stepped in on short notice once IBF champion Daniel Dubois was ruled out of the contest with illness. Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) will also put his WBC lightweight title up against Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs), another late replacement, once Floyd Schofield was forced to withdraw due to illness. Carlos Adames (24-1, 18 KOs) squares off with Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) 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 WBO interim light heavyweight title. The preliminary card will showcase local talent with welterweight Ziyad Almaayouf (6-0-1, 1 KO) taking on Jonatas de Oliveira (6-20, 5 KOs) and super featherweight Mohammed Alakel (2-0, 0 KOs) meets Engel Gomez (8-42-3), 4 KOs) in six round bouts.










































