The Day of Reckoning boxing card from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia wound up being a enjoyable and entertaining day of boxing, and as an added bonus it occurred throughout a time of 12 months when we don’t sometimes get a lot boxing.
The entire bouts had been from the upper weight courses, with 6 of the 8 being heavyweight bouts. The co-featured major occasion featured Deontay Wilder squaring off towards Joseph Parker, and Anthony Joshua squaring off towards Otto Wallin. The expectation was that this may lastly result in a protracted awaited showdown between Wilder and Joshua, offered they each received, however that didn’t occur, and the outcomes have shook up the heavyweight panorama because the boxing world awaits the upcoming conflict between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for undisputed heavyweight supremacy.
Within the two non-heavyweight bouts of the night, WBA gentle heavyweight champion Dmitrii Bivol was completely dominant towards Lyndon Arthur, the place Bivol was awarded a 12 spherical unanimous choice with all three judges scoring the bout a 120-107 shutout in favor of the champion. The opposite bout concerned lineal cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia making fast work of undefeated Ellis Zorro with a 1st spherical knockout.
The opposite 4 preliminary bouts had been all contested at heavyweight, and so they offered some enjoyable leisure. Filip Hrgovic stopped Mark De Mori in spherical 1 of an anticipated mismatch the place Hrgovic was simply staying busy as he awaits the chance to compete for the IBF heavyweight championship, a possibility that ought to come earlier than later given Hrgovic’s standing because the IBF #1 obligatory challenger. Undefeated Frank Sanchez took a step in the precise course when he scored a seventh spherical stoppage towards Junior Fa. Then in one of many upsets on the cardboard, Arslanbek Makhmudov obtained completely battered by Agit Kabayel the place he was dropped 3 times earlier than the battle was stopped within the 4th spherical. And eventually Daniel Dubois rebounded properly from his one-sided loss by the hands of Usyk again in August, and he scored a knockout towards Jerrell Miller late within the tenth and last spherical of their battle.
The expectation that this Day of Reckoning would result in a showdown between Joshua and Wilder, nonetheless, wouldn’t play out. Anthony Joshua held up his finish of the discount the place he seemed as sharp and centered as he has in years. AJ systematically outboxed and outclassed Otto Wallin en path to a fifth spherical stoppage win. Wilder, nonetheless, was completely dominated by Joseph Parker on this battle of former heavyweight champions. On the finish of 12 rounds Parker was awarded a unanimous choice with scores of 118-111, 118-110, and 120-108. It was a profession finest victory for Joseph Parker, and since dropping to Joe Joyce, Parker has now received 4 in a row.
This version of Rummy’s Nook will present a fast recap and assessment of all 8 fights on the cardboard from the boxing Day of Reckoning. Please watch and benefit from the video. That is Rummy’s Nook (produced and narrated by Geoffrey Ciani).
