Dillian Whyte takes on Mariusz Wach on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's heavyweight title rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr tonight in Saudi Arabia.
The 31-year-old fights for the first time since outpointing Oscar Rivas in July, a victory that further cemented his status as the WBC’s mandatory challenger for Deontay Wilder’s heavyweight crown.
On Friday, it was confirmed that Whyte has been cleared of any wrongdoing by UK Anti-Doping after claims of an “adverse finding” in a drug test earlier this year.
Whyte’s focus will now be on making a statement in front of a huge boxing audience against 6ft 7in Wach.
The Polish fighter has won 35 of his 40 professional bouts, including his last two. The 37-year-old has struggled stepping up to anything resembling world level, however, having lost to Martin Banole, Artur Szpilka and Jarrell Miller in the last two years.
Wach also has defeats to Alexander Povetkin and Wladimir Klitschko on his record.
Date, UK start time and venue
Whyte vs Wach is on the undercard tonight as Joshua attempts to wrestle his heavyweight titles back from Ruiz Jr in an open-air venue in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.
Ringwalks for the main event are expected to take place around 8:30pm GMT - we expect Whyte to make his way to the ring at around 7pm.
Will there be a live stream? How can I watch it?
Joshua vs Ruiz 2 will be live on Sky Sports Box Office.
UK customers could purchase the fight for £19.95 (€24.95 for those in the Republic of Ireland) up until midnight on Friday.
Those prices still apply to self-service bookings (remote control and online) made now, but telephone bookings are set at £24.95 (€29.95 ROI). Sky note that "an additional £2 booking fee if via an agent still applies".
Betting tips via Betfair Exchange | UK users only | Subject to change
- Whyte to win: 1/50
- Wach to win: 16/1
- Draw: 33/1
Prediction
On the biggest night of heavyweight boxing of the year, Whyte will be determined to put on a show. KO win for the Londoner in the early-to-mid rounds.
Rest of card
- Alexander Povetkin vs Michael Hunter
- Filip Hrgovic vs Eric Molina
- Mahammadrasul Majidov vs Tom Little
- Diego Pacheco vs Selemani Saidi
- Hopey Price vs Swedi Mohamed
- Majid Al Naqbi vs Ilia Beruashvili
- Zuhayr Al Qahtani vs Omar Dusary
