Boxing
Who is on the undercard for Joshua vs Usyk 2?
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)