An ace event involving “Queensberry vs Matchroom 5 vs 5” at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where fighters of the two most important promoters in the United Kingdom fought.
In total, six fights and five belonged to the 5 vs 5 series, to see who would prevail between Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, against Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.
Warren’s fighters prevailed over Hearn’s rivals; and they did so by winning all 5 fights, three of them by knockout, earning Warren recognition and a prize of 3 million dollars, given by His Excellency Turki Alalshikh.
In the main event, Chinese giant Zhilei “Big Bang” Zhang knocked out former world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder in the fifth round.
The Englishman Daniel Dubois scored an important victory by stopping the Croatian Filip Hrgovic in the eighth round.
The Englishman Nick Ball defeated the American Ray Ford by split decision.
Hamzah Sheeraz scored an eleventh-round technical knockout victory over Austin “Ammo” Williams and Willy Hutchinson scored an important points victory over Craig “The Spider” Richards.
A simple formula was created to obtain points: Each fighter’s victory was worth one point; If the victory was by knockout, he would get two. The captain’s victory counted on two points and, if it was by knockout, he would get four points.
The final result: Queensberry Promotions 10 vs. Matchroom Boxing 0.
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