Boxing’s heavyweight division has never been healthier with big fights happening and the division getting an undisputed champion in 2024 – for the first time in a quarter of a century!
The fights that fans have craved for years are finally happening and there are some incredible showdowns coming up as we towards the end of 2024. But now that heavyweight title is starting to fragment – more on that to come as we look ahead to one last massive blockbuster this year.
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Upcoming boxing fights: Heavyweights
Here is how the heavyweight division currently looks from a scheduling perspective:
Agit Kabayel (25-0) vs Zhilei Zhang (27-2-1)
Date: Saturday February 22, 2025
Ring walks: 2100 UK, 2200 CET, 1600 EST, 1300 PST
Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
TV: DAZN PPV (Global)
Odds: 10/11 Kabayel, 7/5 Zhang, 18/1 Draw
Kabayel has been one of THE stories in heavyweight boxing in the last year, bursting the bubbles of unbeaten duo Arslanbek Makhmudov and Frank Sanchez, both in highly impressive fashion. The German might be the biggest wildcard in a fascinating heavyweight division right now, and next he comes up against another huge foe, quite literally, in the shape of the giant Zhang. ‘Big Bang’ is also coming off an impressive win after he became the latest man to defuse the big-punching threat posed by Deontay Wilder. The WBC interim heavyweight title is on the line, so there is much to fight for.
Daniel Dubois (22-2) vs Joseph Parker (35-3)
Date: Saturday February 22, 2025
Ring walks: 2200 UK, 2300 CET, 1700 EST, 1400 PST
Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
TV: DAZN PPV (Global)
Odds: 7/15 Dubois, 2/1 Parker, 25/1 Draw
Dubois makes the second defence of his IBF world heavyweight title in a fascinating showdown with the tough and talented Kiwi Parker to top the Beterbiev vs Bivol 2 undercard in Riyadh. Daniel could hardly have been more impressive in his first defence, blasting out Anthony Joshua in quite incredible fashion in that massive show at Wembley Stadium in September. Parker though arguably presents a sterner test, having showed he is right back to his best in impressive victories over Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang. It should be an absolute cracker.
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