ALTHOUGH Anthony Joshua’s clash with Francis Ngannou takes centre stage, the truth is it is not even the best heavyweight fight on the latest Arabian night.
The pick of the deepest Saudi undercard yet is Joseph Parker’s clash with Zhilei Zhang, which is a fight worthy of headlining its own show given how they both climbed the ladder during 2023.
For ‘Big Bang’ Zhang, it was two stoppage victories over Joe Joyce which catapulted him towards the top of the division, while for Parker, 2023 meant four fights and four wins, with the last coming against Deontay Wilder in one of the best performances of the whole year anywhere.
It was a run which put him in with a shout as
