Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang headline a massive fight card highlighting the best in boxing. The heavyweights are part of the Queensberry vs. Matchroom Boxing 5 vs. 5 event.
Wilder is a former WBC heavyweight champion who is 1-3 in his last four fights. He usually associates with Premier Boxing Champions and never had any common ground with Matchrom’s Eddie Hearn. However, Hearn and Wilder couldn’t pass on the opportunity to work with one another for one night.
“It’s a beautiful thing. Over years of back and forth, disagreements and different little things, but life brings about a change, and change is always good,” Wilder told Boxing News. “When you look at it, you have to look at the landscape of right now, and you’ve got some interesting guys like the Saudis that are in there changing everything about boxing.
"The way we promote it, the way we line up fights, and all those different things. Why not have the chance of being able to work with each other? I’m glad that we are at this point in time where we can co-exist with each other because I’m always a promoter’s dream, and I think I’m a dream come true for Eddie. I’m happy to be a part of Matchtoom and being the captain.”
Zhang is a former interim WBO heavyweight champion. Beating Joe Joyce twice for the belt, "Big Bang" Zhang recently lost against Joseph Parker despite knocking down the latter multiple times.
The fight card also features champions Dmitry Bivol and Raymond Ford, Filip Hrgovic, Austin Williams, Craig Richards, and more.
Here's all you need to know about the fight and event, including the price.
Can I watch Wilder vs. Zhang for free? Queensberry vs. Matchroom TV channel, live stream
Wilder vs. Zhang is live on DAZN. Unfortunately, there are no free options for the fight, although in certain territories new DAZN customers will get a month’s free access by purchasing the PPV, so once the Queensberry vs. Matchroom event is over you can take advantage of 30 days of additional DAZN content at no cost.
- DAZN PPV: ($19.99 on a 12-month contract/$24.99 month-to-month/$224.99 annual in U.S. | $24.99 per month/$199.99 annual in Canada | £9.99 on a 12-month contract/£19.99 month-to-month/£99.99 annual in the U.K. | 13.99 AUD
- PPV Price: $69.99 | £20.99 | 34.99 AUD
Queensberry vs. Matchroom start time
- Date: Saturday, June 1
- Start time: 12 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. BST | 2 a.m. AEST (Sun)
- Main event start time, approx.: 6 p.m. ET | 11 p.m. BST | 8 a.m. AEST (Sun)
- Location: Kingdom Arena — Saudi Arabia
The Queensberry vs. Matchroom event starts on June 1 in Saudi Arabia. The main card begins around 12 p.m. ET. Wilder and Zhang should make their way to the ring around 6 p.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
Queensberry vs. Matchroom fight card, odds
- Zhilei Zhang (-190) vs. Deontay Wilder (+150); Heavyweights
- Dmitry Bivol (c) (-2500) vs. Malik Zinad (+1000) for the WBA light heavyweight title
- Raymond Ford (c) (-150) vs. Nick Ball (+125) for the WBA featherweight title
- Filip Hrgovic (-225) vs. Daniel Dubois (+175); Heavyweights
- Hamzah Sheeraz (-200) vs. Austin Williams (+160); Middleweights
- Craig Richards (-150) vs. Willy Hutchinson (+125); Light Heavyweights
*betting odds courtesy of Bet MGM
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