Turki Alalshikh anounces insane seven-bout card for Feb. 22nd

By Scott Shaffer

03/12/2024

Turki Alalshikh anounces insane seven-bout card for Feb. 22nd

Turki Alalshikh (pictured), the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, announced a massive seven-fight show for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 22, 2025. Alalshikh tweeted, "we will make the pay-per-view price no more than 19.99 pounds in the UK, and in USA and the rest of the world, not more than $25.99. We want the fans be happy and enjoy it…Let's get boxing great again." Here are the seven bouts, each of which could stand as a legitimate main event:
 
World light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev, the undisputed world light heavyweight world champion, will rematch former WBA champion Dmitry Bivol. Beterbiev narrowly beat his fellow Russian earlier this year in a four-belt unification match...
 
Daniel Dubois will make the next defense of his IBF heavyweight world title against former WBO title holder Joseph Parker. Dubois became the IBF's interim titlist when he beat Filip Hrgovic in June. His status was upgraded to full world champion when Oleksandr Usyk's commitment to his December 21st rematch with Tyson Fury meant he had to vacate that belt. Dubois then famously knocked out former champion Anthony Joshua inside five rounds at Wembley Stadium in September...
 
Hamzah Sheeraz challenges for a stake of world championship glory when he takes on Carlos Adames for Adames' WBC middleweight title...
 
Chinese heavyweight Zhilei Zhang will fight unbeaten heavyweight contender Agit Kabayel for the WBC interim heavyweight title. Zhang is coming off a win over former champion Deontay Wilder while Kabayel has won his last two against previously unbeaten foes, Frank Sanchez and Arslanbek Makhmudov...
 
Vergil Ortiz is scheduled to fight former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov for the WBC interim strap, but Madrimov also has a very tough fight scheduled against Serhii Bohachuk on December 21st...
 
Three-division champion Shakur Stevenson is also set to make a defence of his WBC lightweight belt against Floyd Schofield and...
 
Two top-level British light-heavyweights meet when Joshua Buatsi fights Callum Smith for the former's WBO interim title.