The complete card has been introduced for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December twenty first. After all, the fascinating return combat between heavyweight champ Oleksandr Usyk and former champ Tyson Fury will headline the cardboard. And, in fact, this combat would have bought itself, as there may be a lot fan curiosity within the sequel to Usyk’s Might battle.
However boxing followers have grown accustomed to getting some main bang for his or her buck (or pound be aware) by the use of a stacked card. The December 21 card is fairly good, though some followers have expressed some disappointment. There can be two extra heavyweight fights on the cardboard, whereas the 154-pound combat that may function Israil Madrimov and Serhii Bohachuk may show to be the combat of the night time, barring the large primary occasion.
The complete card is as follows:
Isaac Lowe Vs. Lee McGregor at featherweight.
Dennis McCann Vs. Peter McGrail, this for McCann’s European tremendous bantamweight title.
Johnny Fisher Vs. David Allen at heavyweight.
Moses Itauma Vs. Demsey McKean at heavyweight.
Israil Madrimov Vs. Serhii Bohachuk at light-middleweight.
Oleksandr Usyk Vs. Tyson Fury II for the WBC/WBO/WBA/Ring Journal heavyweight titles.
Not a foul card, and if the latest PPV value of £19.99 stays, then who can actually moan and groan right here?
Once more, the combat between 154-pounders Madrimov and Bohachuk guarantees to be an motion combat. Mardimov of Uzbekistan is coming off that fairly powerful combat with Terence Crawford, the August combat powerful for each males, whereas Bohachuk greater than performed his half in a Combat of the 12 months candidate when he went to warfare with Vergil Ortiz Jr. Ortiz acquired the choice win, but loads of individuals felt Ukranian Bohachuk deserved the nod in August. Collectively, these two light-middleweights may give us one thing particular.
Unbeaten heavyweight Itauma is having a tough time discovering fights, with so many fellow heavyweights who’ve reportedly been provided a combat with him declining. McKean, who gave Filip Hrgovic an honest take a look at in his most up-to-date combat, will not be in any approach anticipated to defeat Itauma, however the Australian fighter is sport and he involves combat. Whereas Fisher in opposition to Allen might be enjoyable whereas it lasts.
If I had been to price the December 21 card as an entire, I’d for certain give it a B+. Perhaps you price it greater than tha
