Two Australian world champions will feature on a blockbuster boxing card set for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Jai Opetaia and Skye Nicolson both set to defend their titles.
On a card headlined by the undisputed light heavyweight title clash between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, IBF and The Ring cruiserweight champ Opetaia (25-0) will face Englishman Jack Massey (22-2), while Nicolson (11-0) will look to defend her WBC featherweight strap against Raven Chapman (9-0), also from the UK.
The action goes down on October 12, making for an early morning card on Sunday, October 13 in Australia.
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It shapes as Opetaia's first title defence since recapturing the title he vacated late last year.
The hard-hitting southpaw won back the vacant belt in a rematch with Mairis Briedis, the man he initially unseated to become world champion back in 2022.
Massey, 31, is a seasoned campaigner whose only losses have come to Richard Riakporhe and Joseph Parker, the latter coming during a brief move up to heavyweight.
Opetaia had been pushing for a unification bout with another Englishman, Chris Billam-Smith, but the WBO champion has said publicly he wouldn't be ready for an October date.
The 29-year-old has a formidable record against Massey's countrymen, scoring fourth and first-round knockout victories over Jordan Thompson and Ellis Zorro, respectively.
Riyadh Season chief Turki Alalshikh has made no secret of his wish to matchup Opetaia with Dmitry Bivol in the future, with the pair's inclusions on the card perhaps paving the way for that meeting down the line.
Nicolson, 28, is hoping to make the second defence of her WBC strap at featherweight, having comfortably brushed aside the challenge of Dyana Vargas back in July.
Also a southpaw, the Queenslander has quickly established herself as a force in the division and women's boxing more broadly and a win over the undefeated Chapman will only strengthen her case for a shot at superstar Amanda Serrano.
Nicolson and Chapman will also make history as the first women to appear on a Riyadh Season show in Saudi Arabia.
Also in action, WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson will face Joe Cordina, Chris Eubank Jr. returns, as does the exciting Ben Whittaker.
Take a look at the full card below:
Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol fight card
- Artur Beterbiev (c) vs. Dmitry Bivol (c) for the IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO light heavyweight titles
- Shakur Stevenson vs. Joe Cordina for the WBC lightweight title
- Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Kamil Szeremeta; Middleweight
- Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke; Heavyweight
- Jai Opetaia (c) vs. Jack Massey for the IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles
- Ben Whittaker vs. Liam Cameron; Light heavyweight
- Skye Nicolson (c) vs. Raven Chapman for the WBC featherweight title
- Mohammed Alakel vs. Jesus Gonzalez
