As we fast close in on next weekend’s Riyadh Season Wembley Edition spectacular headed up by Daniel Dubois defending his IBF world heavyweight championship against Anthony Joshua, we have also made several exciting reveals to ensure that our domestic product continues to boom.
The Wembley Stadium event is an incredible showcase for British boxing. On the card are two world title fights, an Interim world title fight and a European title fight.
Six big fights, 12 home fighters, you can’t get more best of British than that. If anything, Riyadh Season’s passion for the sport of boxing has accelerated the development of several home fighters, which strengthens our hand when it comes to making stronger cards over here.
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For example, our Liverpool featherweight Nick Ball has become something of a star through his exploits in Riyadh, where he has fought for two world titles this year and is now WBA World champion.
On October 5 we return to his home city for the first time since 2016 with a genuine headline attraction for the locals to celebrate. Headlining with a first defence against Ronny Rios on an excellent show that also includes two fantastic British title scraps, which are headline material.
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With the progress and standing Nick now enjoys in the sport and with fiery bantamweight Andrew Cain not far behind, we now possess the foundations to really get the Liverpool scene bouncing again.
Fast forward to November 2 and we are back at what is fast becoming a boxing hotbed in Birmingham for a potentially thrilling encounter at super bantamweight between our IBO world champion Liam Davies and his unbeaten challenger Shabaz Masoud.
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These two don’t like each other one bit, and for a little bit of added spice, it is another Queensberry vs. Matchroom special, in which we tend to do quite well!
Squeezed in-between these events on October 18 we’ve got more British title action at super welterweight with a rematch between our new signing Sam Gilley and Louis Greene, along with some of the finest young prospects to ensure that our current boom never goes bust.