Overview
- Turki Alalshikh, who leads Saudi boxing’s big events, announced Friday the full undercard for the May 23 show at the Pyramids of Giza.
- Hamzah Sheeraz will face Alem Begic for the vacant WBO super-middleweight title, which opened after Terence Crawford retired.
- Jack Catterall will fight Shakhram Giyasov for the WBA “regular” welterweight belt, a secondary title that can line up a shot at full champion Rolando Romero.
- Frank Sanchez versus Richard Torrez Jr. is the IBF heavyweight final eliminator, and the winner becomes Oleksandr Usyk’s mandatory challenger.
- Japan’s Mizuki Hiruta defends her WBO super-flyweight title against Mai Soliman, and Egyptian fighters Basem Mamdouh, Mahmoud Mobark, and Omar Hikal also feature on the card.