Cordina, Chapman and Massey to fight for world titles

British trio Joe Cordina, Raven Chapman and Jack Massey will each situation for world titles connected 12 October successful Saudi Arabia.

Welshman Cordina faces WBC champion Shakur Stevenson successful an eager measurement up to lightweight to return connected 1 of nan world's astir talented undefeated fighters.

Chapman will faces chap undefeated combatant and defending champion Skye Nicolson for nan WBC featherweight title.

Jack Massey, 31, will look Australian IBF cruiserweight champion Jai Opetaia.

The bouts will return spot connected nan undercard of nan undisputed light-heavyweight world-title conflict betwixt Russians Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

Also connected nan undercard is nan highly anticipated heavyweight rematch betwixt Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke.

Wardley, 29, will take sides his title against Olympian Clarke, 33, aft their thrilling first conflict ended successful a split-decision tie successful March.

It is nan 2nd clip a British heavyweight title conflict takes spot successful nan Saudi capital, aft Wardley hit David Adeleye successful October 2023.

Ipswich's Wardley has won 19 fights having competed conscionable 4 times connected nan unlicensed white-collar segment earlier turning pro.

Clarke, from Burton-upon-Trent, captured bronze astatine Tokyo 2020 and has won 8 pro bouts.

Also successful action connected nan nighttime is Chris Eubank Jr, who takes connected Kamil Szeremeta successful a middleweight bout, and light-heavyweight imaginable Ben Whittaker against Liam Cameron.

Chapman, Cordina and Massey will beryllium large underdogs successful their respective bouts.

Cordina mislaid his unbeaten grounds and super-featherweight world title to Anthony Cacace successful May.

New Jersey combatant Stevenson, 27, has won world titles successful 3 weight classes successful nan abstraction of 22 bouts.

Chapman takes a large measurement up successful level of force successful her first world title challenge.

The 30-year-old faces Australia's Nicolson, who has sliced done astir of her title successful 11 fights and will take sides her WBC loop for nan 3rd time.

The title is besides nan astir high-profile women's bout to return spot successful nan Kingdom since Ramla Ali and Crystal Garcia Nova competed successful nan the first master women's boxing lucifer held successful Saudi Arabia successful 2022.

Saudi Arabia has faced repeated accusations of utilizing boxing to amended its world image, different known arsenic sportwashing, arsenic nan state continues to play down awesome concerns astir their quality authorities record.

Massey is apt to beryllium nan biggest unfancied contender up against knockout creator Opetaia.

Opetaia is 25-0 pinch 22 knockouts and has already made short activity of English contenders successful nan past year, knocking retired Jordan Thompson and Ellis Zorro successful speedy fashion.

Massey has 2 losses connected his grounds and stepped up to heavyweight successful 2023 earlier securing a large triumph complete cruiserweight contender Isaac Chamberlain successful June.