Eddie Hearn confirms that Israil Madrimov’s medical problem, which caused him to pull out of his December 21st scheduled fight against Serhii Bohachuk, is genuine for the Riyadh Season card. Madrimov has acute bronchitis and couldn’t take the fight.
Hearn says His Excellency Turki Alalshikh chose Ishmael Davis (13-1, 6 KOs) to be the one to step in as the replacement opponent for former WBC interim junior middleweight champion Bohachuk (24-2, 23 KOs) to face in a 12-round fight in the co-feature slot on the Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk 2 card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Ishmael Steps Up
Davis stepped in on one week’s notice to fight highly ranked 154-lb contender Josh Kelly on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois on September 21st at Wembley Stadium in London and lost a 12-round majority decision. Kelly outboxed Davis.
Hearn says that he gave Turki several options to replace Madrimov, and he wanted Ishmael….
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