Raymond Ford is scheduled to defend his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) featherweight belt towards British Nick Ball on the subsequent Riyadh Season occasion, which is able to characteristic a five-fight promoter’s showdown.
On June 1st, Dmitry Bivol will face Malik Zinad in the principle occasion, defending his WBA mild heavyweight belt, a combat that will probably be accompanied by the aforementioned 5 vs 5 between Matchroom Boxing and Queensberry Promotions.
Ford will face Ball for the WBA belt in what would be the first defence for the American champion. As well as, Deontay Wilder will face Zhilei Zhang at heavyweight, Daniel Dubois will combat Filip Hrgovic additionally at heavyweight, Austin Williams and Hamzah Sheeraz will combat at mild heavyweight and Craig Richards will face Willy Hutchinson at mild heavyweight.
After the large success of the earlier Riyadh occasion the place Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury, the boxing world is keen to know what Riyadh Season will convey subsequent, and this occasion will probably be very particular due to its composition and the fights it would characteristic.
Ford arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and was welcomed by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh in a pleasant ceremony. Now it’s time for him to acclimatise and finalise particulars forward of his defence of the crown.
