[Gareth]

Champion 221lbs : Challenger 244lbs​

Usyk looked like a man on a mission. Not sure AJ was comfortable being there.

 

[46 Wins]

Usyk looked like a man on a mission. Not sure AJ was comfortable being there.

Funny enough the odds have come in (albeit ever so slightly) on a Joshua win whereas I thought it might go the other way after the weigh-in concluded.

Luis Pabon will appear for the third time in a world title contest in Saudi Arabia as he is set to take charge of tonight's main event, Pabon previously officiated when Joshua regained the world heavyweight title in his Clash on the Dunes and before that he was the man in the middle when Callum Smith claimed the WBSS crown with a stoppage over Saint George (also in Jeddah I believe).

Live odds:
Usyk 4/7
Joshua 13/8
Draw 16/1

 

[Gareth]

Funny enough the odds have come in (albeit ever so slightly) on a Joshua win whereas I thought it might go the other way after the weigh-in concluded.

Luis Pabon will appear for the third time in a world title contest in Saudi Arabia as he is set to take charge of tonight's main event, Pabon previously officiated when Joshua regained the world heavyweight title in his Clash on the Dunes and before that he was the man in the middle when Callum Smith claimed the WBSS crown with a stoppage over Saint George (also in Jeddah I believe).

Live odds:
Usyk 4/7
Joshua 13/8
Draw 16/1

Perhaps some thought Usyk would weigh in heavier than he did and that has influenced the odds?

 

[46 Wins]

AJ, the whole of 🇬🇧 is with you!

We're underway in The Jeddah Super Dome, here is tonight's running order (courtesy of The Sun). I myself will tune in from 5pm. The start times obviously are approximate and these are UK times (I think the local time is +2)

• Oleksandr Usyk vs Anthony Joshua (10.54pm) - World heavyweight championship WBA 'super', IBF, IBO and WBO - 12 rounds
• Filip Hrgovic vs Zhilei Zhang (9.52pm) - IBF heavyweight final eliminator - 12 rounds
• Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique (8.50pm) - WBC light-heavyweight final eliminator - 12 rounds
• Badou Jack vs Richard Rivera (7.18pm) - cruiserweight - 10 rounds
• Ziyad Almaayouf vs Jose Alatorre (6.48pm) - super-lightweight - 4 rounds
• Ramla Ali vs Crystal Garcia Nova (6.10pm) - super-bantamweight - 8 rounds
• Andrew Tabiti vs James Wilson (5.24pm) - heavyweight - 8 rounds
• Ben Whittaker vs Peter Nosic (4.46pm) - light-heavyweight - 6 rounds
• Daniel Lapin vs Josef Jurko (4.03pm) - heavyweight - 8 rounds
• Bader Alsamreen vs Faud Tarverdi (3.30pm) - super lightweight - 6 rounds
• Rashed Belhassa aka Money Kicks vs Traycho Georgiev (3pm) - welterweight - 4 rounds

 

[46 Wins]

Olympic silver medallist Ben Whittaker takes a 6 round UD over his opponent improving to 2-0. Not behind the pay wall so plenty of exposure for him. He boxed well and made good use of his physical advantages, after his debut he was calling out British champion Dan Azeez, tonight he didn't call out anybody (not yet anyway). I like the kid I hope he goes on to do great things in the division

 

[46 Wins]

Tabiti looks a bit like Daniel Kaluua

 

[46 Wins]

Jack vs Rivera the best of the fights so far imo, Rivera livid at the judges, I didn't score it but was very entertained, I don't have a problem with the outcome myself, I thought Badou took over after a slow start but before the bell I expected him to wipe Rivera out like a prime Jack would have. At this point he's slipping into journeyman status, Danny Williams style. If he called it a day now he could look back with pride on a great career

 

[Gareth]

The 4 minute round almost caused a furore. Imagine if the near KO in extra time had been the end of the fight.

 

[Gareth]

Long break between fights.

 

[Gareth]

Del Boy says it's Zhang for him, win or lose.

 

[Gareth]

Callum Smith. WBC eliminator.

 

[46 Wins]

Callum Smith. WBC eliminator.

Is it a final one?

 

[Gareth]

Froch trying to change his earlier prediction.

Says he has now seen some AJ training footage and now thinks AJ will win.

Take an each way ticket Carl. That way you can't get it wrong.

 

[Gareth]

Is it a final one?

Excellent question. Who would really know these days?

 

[46 Wins]

Excellent question. Who would really know these days?

Gareth A Davies probably 🤣

 

[Gareth]

Loose ropes. Small ring. Hmm.

 

[46 Wins]

The ring looks massive, more bad news for the Brit

 

[46 Wins]

Loose ropes. Small ring. Hmm.

I literally just wrote about how big it looks, we are watching different broadcasts but the angle I got it looks like the ring BJS requested against Canelo

 

[Gareth]

Both lads having a real crack here.

 

[Gareth]

AJ is in the building.