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FOLLOWING ON FROM our heavyweight Rumble in Riyadh, our attention switches to an equally bumper event set for Manchester on Saturday as we look forward to the at the AO Arena.
OUR SPECTACULAR SOJOURN in Saudi Arabia has now drawn to a conclusion and I cannot truly overstate how much of a breathtaking experience it was and my gratitude goes out to His Excellency Turki Alalshikh and everyone involved in putting together the event to mark the opening of Riyadh Season 2023.
NOW I AM fortunate enough to be experiencing Saudi Arabia first hand, I am in the privileged position of being able to take a glimpse into the future. A spectacular vision that will embrace the best of sport, music and culture.
WE HAVE BEEN back on the press conference beat over the last week, setting the ball rolling on a sequence of fights that you can call, without hesitation, proper bangers!
OVER THE LAST week or so, there has been a deluge of exciting announcements emerging from Queensberry HQ to make the boxing world sit up and take notice.
NOT SO LONG AGO, in September of last year, many boxing-watchers were confidently predicting that Joe Joyce would become an unstoppable force in the heavyweight division following his showreel KO of Joseph Parker in Manchester.
IF ANYBODY DOUBTED the scale and gravity of the forthcoming cross-code heavyweight spectacular between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou then Thursday evening’s media event provided ample evidence of what to expect when the big men open up Riyadh Season on October 28.
THE VERY ASTUTE Carl Frampton was right first time, if the rules were followed to the letter, we would now have a new unified heavyweight world champion. Instead, the excellent current champion remains on his throne, with his game challenger left to lick his wounds.
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, if all goes to plan, the name of Daniel Dubois will reverberate around the world. If our man can overcome Oleksandr Usyk over in Poland, as I am confident he will, his homeward-bound baggage will include no less than three world heavyweight championship belts.
The atmosphere within the historic old building was off the charts and the place was full from start to finish. York Hall may well be a small hall, but it is cherished by both fans and fighters and it remains the perfect setting for young talents to develop and ultimately graduate to the bigger venues, hopefully without the need for the extensive curtains covering up all the empty seats so evident at a show on Saturday.