Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou previewed their bout and went face to face at the final pre-fight press conference. The pair squares off in the highly anticipated 10-round bout live from Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Friday, March 8.
The British former two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua eyes his fourth straight victory. The Cameroonian-French former UFC champion Francis Ngannou targets his first win inside the ring.
The press conference also featured other fighters battling it out on the night. In the co-feature, Zhilei Zhang of China defends his interim WBO heavyweight belt against former world champion Joseph Parker of New Zealand. As well, two-division world champion Rey Vargas of Mexico defends his WBC featherweight title against British contender Nick Ball. Plus, Uzbekistan’s Israil Madrimov and Magomed Kurbanov clash for the vacant WBA super welterweight title.
Also on Joshua vs Ngannou undercard, Gavin Gwynne of Wales and Mark Chamberlain of England go head to head at lightweight. In addition, Australian Justis Huni faces Kevin Lerena of South Africa at heavyweight.
Among other bouts, Jack McGann faces fellow-Brit Louis Greene at super welterweight. Andrii Novytskyi of Ukraine meets American Juan Torres at heavyweight. Ziyad Almaayouf of Saudi Arabia takes on Christian Lopez Flores of Mexico at super lightweight. British Roman Fury and Czech Martin Svarc fight at heavyweight.