By Przemek Garczarczyk
As of now, the December 7 Ruiz-Joshua DAZN undercard in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, looks like this:
Alexander Povetkin vs. Michael Hunter (heavyweight)
Filip Hrgovic vs. Eric Molina (heavyweight)
Promoter Eddie Hearn is trying to get heavyweight Dillian Whyte on the card also, likely against former world title challenger Mariusz Wach.
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Ruiz-Joshua 2 will be held in a custom-built 15,000-seat outdoor arena.
The undercard is nothing spectacular and looks like old days of USA Tuesday Night Fights from the 1990’s. Looks like most of us could go Xmas shopping and still make it home for the main bout on time.
In case some of you need my clarification on the undercard in comparison of USA Tuesday Night Fights, maybe this will help. Seems like the undercard is full of sparring matches for fairly predictable winners against limited opposition. Have a great day!
i don’t have a problem with Povetkin Hunter. That could headline a saturday card in a lot of venues. Dillian Whyte’s name is a little muddy atm, but getting him on the card is pretty good
Good memories with Sean O’ Grady nem. Miss those segments. Would love to hear the boxer’s version of ‘Christmas Carol’ around this time. They had a good thing going
Can’t recall a better line-up of heavyweight fights on one card. Hunter upsets Povetkin. Molina’s a legitimate step-up fight for Hrgovic. And Whyte KOing Wach is pretty solid for the 4th best heavyweight fight of the night.
Carroll v Quigg was called off weeks ago, Quigg injured his elbow.
Does anyone know, what time they will fight?
The undercard starts at 11am ET.
Wow, good heavyweight undercard all around. Povetkin vs Hunter is a good crossroads fight, and Molina will answer some questions about the Croatian
If you can get excited about this undercard, then you’re probably a hard core fan. Sadly, I’m a little excited even though I know there isn’t anything much worse in the sport we love than Heavyweight boxing.
Povetkin vs Hunter: Povetkin was a hugger in his prime, so my prediction is a slow dance to a UD.
Hrgovic vs Molina: this is a proper step up fight. Should be one sided, but I’m always curious to see a prospect moving up.
Whyte vs Wach: meh. I suppose the angle is how does Whyte look in his first fight back from the dirty drug test.
Ruiz vs AJ: must see TV! There are too many factors to consider going in to even pick a winner. I’ve listed before, so I’ll just say I think Ruiz has broken AJ mentally and will repeat his surprising victory.
The fact that this appears to be on regular DAZN (correct me if I’m wrong) is nice. Ruiz vs AJ is far more than Wilder vs Ortiz 2, so I’m surprised it’s not PPV.
FILIP HRGOVIC!!!!!