Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder are both set to feature on the same card in different bouts as part of ‘Riyhad Season’ in Saudi Arabia. The fights will take place on the 23rd of December, which was the original date for the unification fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
The fight between Fury and Usyk has been pushed back, with it looking likely to take place in February, after Fury suffered damage in his bout against former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in October.
This has left the door open for a new fight to take place on the date, and it looks as though it will feature a night of multiple heavyweight bouts, including fights involving Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.
Speaking on Fight Freaks Unite Rafael said: “Should the deals in the works that would see heavyweight stars Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder fight in separate bouts on a mostly-heavyweight extravaganza being planned for Dec. 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, be finalized, their opponents have been agreed to.”
“Former two-time unified titleholder Joshua would fight Otto Wallin in the main event of the pay-per-view and former WBC titleholder Wilder would square off with former WBO titleholder Joseph Parker in the co-feature, sources with knowledge of the deals told Fight Freaks Unite,” he added.
The card is also set to feature a host of other big heavyweight clashes, including an undercard of multiple big hitting heavyweights, and a possible cruiserweight title clash too.
Joshua and Wilder Stacked Undercard
The card will have multiple big heavyweight bouts with Russian Dimitri Bivol set to fight American Richard Rivera, British fighter Daniel Dubois will face American Jarrell Miller, Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov will face European champion Agit Kabayel of Germany, and Frank Sanchez of Cuba facing off against New Zealand’s Junior Fa.
Croatian heavyweight Filip Hrgovic could feature on the card, but has not yet been given an opponent, whilst lineal cruiserweight IBF champion Jai Opetaia could defend his belt on the card also.
The card could lead to a potential highly anticipated bout between Joshua and Wilder, with both contemplating stepping in to the ring with one another, but have been unable to come to an agreement as of yet.
