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American Terence Crawford will look WBA light-middleweight world champion Israil Madrimov connected 3 August successful Los Angeles.
Crawford, 36, has won each 40 of his pro fights, and will beryllium targeting a world title successful a 4th weight division.
Former heavyweight world champion Andy Ruiz will look Jarrell Miller connected nan undercard astatine BMO Stadium.
The paper will beryllium presented by Saudi Arabia's Turki Alalshikh, nan president of nan Gulf kingdom's wide intermezo authority.
It will shape portion of nan Saudi taste and intermezo show 'Riyadh Season'.
Crawford is simply a erstwhile lightweight world champion and has besides been undisputed champion astatine light-welterweight and welterweight.
He hit Errol Spence Jr successful July and holds wins complete Britons Ricky Burns, Amir Khan and Kell Brook.
Madrimov, 29, will make a first defence of nan loop he won successful March.
The Uzbekistani combatant has won 10 bouts and drawn one.
Ruiz famously dethroned Anthony Joshua successful 2019 earlier losing nan rematch. He will return to nan ringing for nan first clip successful almost 2 years.
Miller - who served a two-year aft testing affirmative for a capacity enhancing supplier successful 2020 - mislaid to Daniel Dubois successful December.
It is nan kingdom's first boxing arena extracurricular of Saudi.
Alalshikh has go boxing's financial powerhouse, pinch nan expertise to put connected history-making fights.
Anthony Joshua's past 2 bouts person taken spot successful Saudi and nan undisputed title conflict betwixt Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will besides beryllium held successful superior Riyadh connected 18 May.
"A batch of fans person said these large fights are ever successful Saudi Arabia now and don't hide nan UK and US," Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn, who is moving alongside nan Saudi organisers, said.
"There are besides talks of a awesome arena successful Wembley Stadium for Riyadh Season."
Human authorities campaigners, however, opportunity athletics is being utilized by nan Saudi authorities to detract from long-standing estimation issues.
