Mark Feb. 22nd on your boxing calendar

14/01/2025

Mark Feb. 22nd on your boxing calendar

A press conference was held in London on Monday to announce the Last Crescendo fight card, one of the best boxing shows in living memory. It will take place on Saturday, February 22nd in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main headline fight, Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol II for the world 175-pound championship will be set for around 11pm GMT; 6pm ET; 3pm PT. That would mean Daniel Dubois's IBF heavyweight defense against Joesph Parker would start around 10pm; 5pm ET; 2pm PT. The night will also see Shakur Stevenson's WBC lightweight championship up for grabs against Floyd Schofield. Here are the seven featured bouts:
 
Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol; Undisputed world light heavyweight championship, for Beterbiev's WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO belts;
Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker for Dubois' IBF heavyweight title;
Shakur Stevenson vs Flloyd Schofield for Stevenson's WBC lightweight title;
Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz for Adames' WBC middleweight title;
Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov for Ortiz Jr's WBC world interim junior middleweight title;
Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel for the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title; and
Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith for Buatsi's WBO light heavyweight interim title.