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Who is on the undercard for Joshua vs Usyk 2?

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According to Matchroom Boxing, there are seven fights on the undercard for Joshua-Usyk 2, including two world title eliminators.

Filip Hrgovic will take on China’s Zhang Zhilei in the IBF heavyweight division’s final eliminator, while Liverpool’s former super-middleweight champion Callum Smith takes on Frenchman Mathieu Bauderlique for a shot at the WBC light-heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev.

Former two-division world champion Badou Jack is also in action, as is British-Somali fighter Ramla Ali who faces Crystal Garcia in the first sanctioned women’s boxing bout in Saudi Arabia

Joshua vs Usyk 2 undercard in full

  • MAIN EVENT: Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk – for WBA (Super), IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine heavyweight titles (12 rounds)
  • Filip Hrgovic vs Zhilei Zhang – final eliminator for IBF heavyweight world title (12 rounds)
  • Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique – final eliminator for WBC super-middleweight world title (12 rounds)
  • Badou Jack vs Richard Rivera – cruiserweight contest (10 rounds)
  • Ziyad Almaayouf vs Jose Alatorre – super-lightweight contest (4 rounds)
  • Ramla Ali vs Crystal Garcia Nova – super-bantamweight contest (8 rounds)
  • Andrew Tabiti vs James Wilson – heavyweight contest (8 rounds)
  • Ben Whittaker vs Peter Nosic – light-heavyweight contest (6 rounds)
  • Daniel Lapin vs Jozef Jurko – heavyweight contest (8 rounds)
  • Bader Alsamreen vs Fuad Tarverdi – super-lightweight contest (6 rounds)
  • MoneyKicks vs Traycho Georgiev – welterweight contest (4 rounds)

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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