Joshua vs Ngannou on Sky Sports Box Office
February 19, 2024
By Nik Roseveare
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season and DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, have announced that Knockout Chaos will be streamed live on DAZN worldwide on March 8th and will also be available through Sky Sports Box Office in the UK.
Knockout Chaos will be headlined by former unified World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua as he takes on MMA superstar and new Heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
HE Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), commented: “Knockout Chaos is one of the most important events to take place in Riyadh Season so far this year, an occasion which will bring together yet more international champions from one of the most popular sports in the world.”
Frank Warren, the Hall of Fame promoter from Queensberry, said: “This is yet another blockbuster delivery of the best of boxing by Riyadh Season and fans right across the world are in for a real treat on March 8th. I am obviously thrilled that Queensberry fighters feature so strongly on a card headlined by the big Joshua-Ngannou collision, with our top heavyweight contender Zhilei Zhang bidding to further reinforce his world title credentials, plus our leading featherweight Nick Ball fighting for the WBC world title against Rey Vargas. We also have an intriguing all-British lightweight clash for the European title between young puncher Mark Chamberlain and the much more experienced champion Gavin Gwynne. All in all, it is a must-see night of boxing and our appreciation, as always, goes to H.E. Turki Alalshikh and everyone involved in Riyadh Season for making it happen.”
Shay Segev, CEO of DAZN, said: “DAZN is the undisputed home of boxing, and it is an honour to have been chosen by Riyadh Season again as their global broadcast and distribution partner for Knockout Chaos. We share Riyadh Season’s ambitions and look forward to repaying their trust by producing and broadcasting another blockbuster event Friday 8 March.”
Sky Sports Managing Director, Jonathan Licht, added: “As the unrivalled home for sports fans in the UK and Ireland, Sky Sports is thrilled to offer our customers the chance to watch this eagerly awaited clash.“
To event will also feature a stacked undercard.
The heavyweight division will take further shape when the Chinese giant Zhilei Zhang (26-1-1, 21 KOs) defends his WBO Interim world championship against former world champion Joseph Parker (34-3, 23 KOs) from New Zealand.
Rey Vargas (36-1, 22 KOs), the WBC World Champion from Mexico will make a first defence of his belt when he faces the No.1 contender, Liverpool featherweight firebrand Nick Ball (19-0, 11 KOs).
An all-British matchup features at Lightweight, where top young contender and IBF European Champion Mark Chamberlain (14-0, 10 KOs) from England will challenge for the European Champion, Welshman Gavin Gwynne (17-2-1, 5 KOs).
Also performing in Riyadh will be Australian Heavyweight hopeful Justis Huni (8-0, 4 KOs), who will be looking to make his name in the flagship division (opponent TBC) as well as Cruiserweight prospect Roman Fury (3-0, 1 KO), British Super-Welterweight Jack McGann (9-0-1, 6 KOs) and local Saudi Arabian Super-Lightweight Ziyad Almaayouf (4-0, 1 KO).