Middleweight contender Chris Eubank Jr. (35-3, 25 KOs) started slow but came on from the fourth round on, dominating the last nine rounds to defeat Conor Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in their grudge match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
Lyndon Arthur remains on track to challenge for the light heavyweight world title in May, a decision he legitimised with a dominant unanimous points win over Boris Crighton on a Channel 5-televised show from the University of Bolton Stadium.
Fans’ reactions were mixed about their thoughts on last Saturday night’s fight between WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol and Lyndon Arthur on the ‘Day of Reckoning’ event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol (22-0, 11 KOs) removed the last hurdle standing in the way of his fighting for the undisputed championship with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision win over Lyndon Arthur (23-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Anthony Joshua (27-3, 24 KOs) made easy work of Otto Wallin (26-2, 14 KOs), beating him by a fifth round TKO defeat in a one-sided fight on Saturday night at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It was a pretty lively weigh-in today in Riyadh, with the three headlining fights, all of them in the heavyweight division, seeing some pushing, some intense staring, and with some great comments unleashed.
The time has come, well technically the moment boxing fans have waited for is almost here (hopefully). One final hurdle to jump thru then us fans will get the matchup that’s eluded us all these years.
The Day Of Reckoning: Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin & Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker weigh in live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at 11 am ET
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The boxing clock’s counting down to Anthony Joshua’s third rumble in 2023.
We’re all set to get the four-belt heavyweight unification fight we all want in 2024, with Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to box in February and moving down quite a few pounds; we will also hopefully get to see the four-belt light heavyweight unification showdown that is Artur Beterbiev Vs.
An official decision has been made as far as which fight will be the headline act on Saturday in Saudi Arabia.