Three Ukrainians will fight on the undercard of the rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury.
On Saturday, December 21, the long-awaited boxing evening will take place in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), the main event of which will be the rematch between the holder of the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBO heavyweight titles Alexander Usyk and former champion Tyson Fury.
The fight between Usyk and Fury will be preceded by a large-scale undercard, during which three Ukrainians will also fight: Sergey Bogachuk, Daniel Lapin and Andrey Novitsky.
Bogachuk will enter the ring in a rating fight in the first middleweight division against the British Ishmael Davis. The latter replaced the former WBA world champion Israil Madrimov of Uzbekistan, who withdrew two weeks before the fight.
Lapin will face Frenchman Dylan Colin in a fight for the IBF Intercontinental and WBA Continental light heavyweight belts.
Novitsky will defend the WBC International heavyweight belt in a fight with Mexican Edgar Ramirez.
Here is the full list of fights on the undercard of the Usyk vs. Fury rematch.
Undercard of the Usyk vs. Fury rematch: list of all fights
Sergey Bogachuk (Ukraine, 24-2, 23 KOs) vs. Ishmael Davis (Great Britain, (13-1, 6 KOs))
Daniel Lapin (Ukraine, 9-0, 3 KOs) vs. Dylan Colin (France, 14-0, 4 KOs)
Andriy Novitsky (Ukraine, 13-0, 10 KOs) vs. Edgar Ramirez (Mexico, 10-1-1, 4 KOs)
Moses Itauma (Great Britain, 10-0, 8 KOs) vs. Demsey McKean (Australia, 22-1, 14 KOs)
Johnny Fisher (Great Britain, 12-0, 11 KOs) vs. David Allen (Great Britain, 23-6-2, 18 KOs)
Isaac Lowe (Great Britain, 25-2-3, 8 KOs) vs. Lee McGregor (Scotland, 14-1-1, 11 KOs)
Let's add that the undercard of the Usyk-Fury rematch also includes a fight was planned between Britons Dennis McCann and Peter McGrail, but it had to be cancelled due to McCann failing a doping test.
Recall that Usyk and Fury will fight for all the titles currently held by the Ukrainian boxer in the rematch. Unlike the first fight, this time the title of absolute world champion will not be at stake, since Alexander had previously refused the IBF belt. The new holder of this title is Briton Daniel Dubois, who has already managed to defend it by knocking out his compatriot Anthony Joshua.
