Full fight card for highly anticipated Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2Frontkick.online
Joshua vs Usyk 2 takes place on Saturday August 20 in Saudi Arabia. Photo via Instagram (@team_usyk) and (@anthonyjoshua)
On Saturday, the anticipated heavyweight rematch between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk will take place at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The rivals first fought in September last year, with Usyk winning by unanimous decision.
This time the WBA, IBF and WBO world titles will all be on the line, as will the Ring Magazine belt after WBC champion Tyson “Gypsy King” Fury recently confirmed his retirement from the sport.
The stacked boxing event also features Swedish Badou Jack who will face Richard Rivera in a cruiserweight contest. Jack currently rides a four-fight win streak with just one bout going the distance. He has a record of 26-3-3, with 16 knockouts. His opponent, “Popeye the Sailor Man” Rivera, has a record of 21-0 with 16 knockouts.
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)
Cruiserweight: Badou Jack vs. Richard Rivera (10 rounds)
Super lightweight: Ziyad Almaayouf vs. Jose Alatorre (4 rounds)
Super bantamweight: Ramla Ali vs. Crystal Garcia Nova (8 rounds)
Heavyweight: Andrew Tabiti vs. James Wilson (8 rounds)
Light heavyweight Ben Whittaker vs. Peter Nosic (6 rounds)
Heavyweight: Daniel Lapin vs. Jozef Jurko (8 rounds)
Super lightweight: Bader Alsamreen vs. Fuad Tarverdi (6 rounds)
Welterweight: MoneyKicks vs. Traycho Georgiev (4 rounds)