Raymond Ford is scheduled to defend his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) featherweight belt towards British Nick Ball on the subsequent Riyadh Season occasion, which can characteristic a five-fight promoter’s showdown.
On June 1st, Dmitry Bivol will face Malik Zinad in the primary occasion, defending his WBA gentle heavyweight belt, a combat that might 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 gentle heavyweight and Craig Richards will face Willy Hutchinson at gentle heavyweight.
After the large success of the earlier Riyadh occasion the place Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury, the boxing world is raring to know what Riyadh Season will deliver subsequent, and this occasion might be very particular due to its composition and the fights it’ll 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.
