Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua tune up fights vs Wallin and Parker in Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia prepare them for their super megafight next year.
This is part of the Day of reckoning fights on December 23, 2023 as follows: Anthony Joshua vs. Otto Wallin; Deontay Wilder vs. Joseph Parker ; Daniel Dubois vs. Jarrell Miller ; Dmitry Bivol vs. Lyndon Arthur ; Jai Opetaia vs. Ellis Zorro ; Frank Sanchez vs. Junior Fa ; Filip Hrgovic vs. Mark De Mori ; Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Agit Kabayel
The “Day of reckoning” will only feature some top weight division champs however, Tyson Fury is not there due to injury after his fight in the ‘Battle of the Baddest’ last October 28, 2023 vs Francis Ngannou.
“… I cannot wait. It will be a special spectacle for fight fans all over the world and an extravaganza not to be missed.” Eddie Hearns said while thanking His Excellency Turki Alalshikh – Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA).
As of this writing, the title holders are : WBO – Oleksandr Usyk, IBF- Oleksandr Usyk, WBA – Oleksandr Usyk, WBC- Tyson Fury, and Zhilei Zhang is the WBO interim heavyweight champion.
Wilder (43-2-1, 42 KOs) said that he feels “fresh & rejuvenated” then further revealed that he will regain the WBC belt from Tyson Fury.
He promised to fight AJ after Parker next year and he can only get his WBC belt back after the Usyk vs Fury fight.
