Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou made their Grand Arrivals ahead of their highly anticipated boxing match in Riydah, Saudi Arabia. The pair squares off in the scheduled for 10 rounds bout at heavyweight. The contest headlines the “Knockout Chaos” fight card live on Friday, March 8.
British 34-year-old former two-time WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (27-3, 24 KOs) targets his fourth straight victory. Cameroonian-French 37-year-old former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou (0-1) eyes his first win in pro boxing.
The Grand Arrivals also featured other fighters battling it out on the card.
Zhilei Zhang (26-1-1, 21 KOs) of China defends his interim WBO heavyweight belt against former world champion Joseph Parker (34-3, 23 KOs) of New Zealand. Two-division world champion Rey Vargas (36-1, 22 KOs) of Mexico defends his WBC featherweight title against Nick Ball (19-0, 11 KOs) of the UK.
Gavin Gwynne (17-2-1, 5 KOs) of Wales faces off Mark Chamberlain (14-0, 10 KOs) of England at lightweight. Justis Huni (8-0, 4 KOs) of Australia takes on Kevin Lerena (30-2, 14 KOs) of South Africa at heavyweight.
Jack McGann (9-0-1, 6 KOs) meets fellow-Brit Louis Greene (16-4, 10 KOs) at super welterweight. Ziyad Almaayouf (4-0, 1 KOs) of Saudi Arabia goes up against Mexico’s Christian Lopez Flores (14-35-2, 12 KOs) at super lightweight. Roman Fury (3-0, 1 KOs) of the UK fights Martin Svarc (2-0, 1 KOs) of Czech Republic at heavyweight.
The event is also expected to see a heavyweight bout between Andrii Novytskyi (9-0, 8 KOs) of Ukraine and Juan Torres (11-5-1, 4 KOs) of the U.S.