EThis Saturday, June 1, the Kingdoom Arena de Riad, will host a new experiment in international boxing, a “team” fight, whose fight is starred by Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder, as the most important cards of the promoters Queensberry by Frank Warren and Matchroom by Eddie Hearn, respectively.
Both arrive in search of revenge in their careers, Zhang comes as former WBO interim heavyweight world champion until losing via majority decision to Parker. On his record he defeated Joe Joyce in consecutive fights in 2023 and now seeks to return to winning ways.
For his part, Wilder is coming off a disappointing loss to Parker by unanimous decision, missing out on the opportunity to challenge Oleksandr Usyk before his fight against Tyson Fury. However, he has lost three of his last four fights and it seems that his career is on the decline.
But also, the attraction of the function is that each of the participating promoters contributes five fighters to face them in a kind of team competition, to determine which one has the best talent available, although if they win, they could ensure a fight against Jared Anderson.
“I’ve been selfless all my life, caring for other people, making other people have a wonderful life, I’ve been able to support and help so many people with my blood, sweat and tears,” Wilder told Sky Sports.
And I add: “As fighters, we make this money with real blood, sweat and tears, and to be where I am now, knowing that I have done so many great things, now it’s all about me, I call it being selfish and sometimes it’s okay to be selfish” .
Date and start time of the fight between Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder
- Date: Saturday June 1
- Time: Start of the main card at 8:00 p.m. Spanish time
- Sede: Kingdoom Arena, Riad, Arabia
Main card for Zhang vs Wilder feature
- Zhilei Zhang vs Deontay Wilder (peso completo)
- Daniel Dubois vs Filip Hrgovic (peso completo)
- Hamzah Sheeraz vs Austin Williams (medio pesos)
- Dmitry Bivol vs Malik Zinad (for Bivol’s WBA semi-full title)
- Raymond Ford vs. Nick Ball (for Ford’s WBA featherweight title)
- Willy Hutchinson vs Craig Richards (peso semicompleto)
