London, England – January 13: Artur Beterbiev (L) goes head -to -head with Dmitry Bivol during … [+]
Rematch for the undisputed lightweight championships occur on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, when Artur Beterbiev defends his titles against Dmitry Bivol.
The war will serve as the main event for one of the biggest boxing cards we have ever seen. Yes, I am still keeping it high in consideration despite the two Changing Changes Required by the Disease.
First, here are all the visual information needed to Last ridgeas well as the updated lineup.
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Time: Noon (s)
Location: Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, how
- Rings, WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF Lightweight Lightweight Champion: (c) Artur Beterbiev vs dmitry Bivol
- Lightweight WBC Championship: (c) Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley
- Middle Weight WBC Championship: (C) Carlos Adames Vs Hamzah Sheeraz
- Martin Bakole vs Joseph Parker
- Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs Israil Madrimov
- Joshua Buatsi vs callum Smith
- Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel
The card changes
Dubois Out, Bakole in
On Thursday, IBF champion Daniel Dubois, who was set to defend his title against Joseph Parker, became ill. Considering unable to compete, Dubois withdrew from the card.
In an extremely fast turn, the war was rescued when Riyadh season, Queensberry and Boxxer came to a deal to open for Dubois.
In many ways, you can argue that this war is even more intriguing. And this is exactly what the long war sports personality is saying Ariel Helwani.
Making Bakole agrees, and that Parker risks his title shot against a dangerous punker like bakole, is admirable. Of course, both fighters were probably well offset to encourage more flexibility. Bakole is a 6’6 “and a man’s mountain.
He struck the super-weight of the heavyweight Jared Anderson in August 2024, but had not fought since that victory. At 21-1 with 16 KO, the 33-year-old from Congo is hitting his step as a professional.
He can be a scary enemy for Parker.
Schofield out, Padley in
What a mess. This has nothing to do with Stevenson. The WBC lightweight champion just wants to fight and be great. However, the Warrior with whom he was decided to face, Floyd Schofield Jr. – And more precisely, his father, Floyd Sr. – made a mess of things.
Floyd Jr became ill and had to withdraw from the war. This is completely understandable. Maybe something went wrong while cutting weight. It happens; He and his entire team can potentially make adjustments to prevent this situation from moving forward.
Unfortunately, things were deceived when, in a deleted X post, Floyd Sr he later reassessed and posted a message thanking Turki Alarshikh and Stevenson.
The story is pretty wild, but nevertheless, after all is that Floyd Jr. It’s out, and Josh Padley has entered Stevenson’s face.
I am waiting for the chance that this war will be so far in favor of Stevenson who can create a record for a championship war. Padley described Happened what happened when he took the call to fight Stevenson – he was in his work as an electrician.
It is a great story, but the chances a man with a daily work outside of boxing will beat a world -class talent like Stevenson are thinner than few.
However, it is best to see the war stay on the card and, more than likely, a strong salary for Padley. Be on the observation of post -event coverage and Friday weighing results.