26 Mar

Insider: Possible Pairs for 5 vs 5 Tournament Revealed

American insider Dan Rafael reported that his sources inform about the work on the following matchups in a competition between the promotional companies Matchroom and Queensberry:

Heavyweight (over 90,7 kg): Deontay Wilder vs. Zhilei Zhang

Heavyweight (over 90,7 kg): Filip Hrgovic vs. Daniel Dubois

Featherweight (up to 57,2 kg): Raymond Ford vs. Nick Ball

Middleweight (up to 72,6 kg): Ammo Williams vs. Hamzah Sheeraz

Light Heavyweight (up to 79,4 kg): Craig Richards vs. Willy Hutchinson

All these fights are supposed to take place on June 1st in Saudi Arabia as part of the undercard for the bout between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. However, Raymond Ford previously stated that he would not participate in the tournament:

"I won't be part of this and won't fight until July," Ford wrote on his social networks.

The official pairs will be announced at a separate press conference draw.

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