- Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren have selected five fighters to represent them
- The event sees the Matchroom and Queensberry promotions go head to head
- Joshua and Fury have both thrown their support behind their promoters
Heavyweight stars Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua have sent messages of support ahead of the showdown between Matchroom and Queensberry in Saudi Arabia.
Two of boxing’s biggest promoters, Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn have each selected five fighters to represent them in the head-to-head battle.
The contest will determine which of the rival promoters has the better stable of boxers.
Joshua and Fury have been the headline names for Hearn’s Matchroom and Warren’s Queensbury promotions.
The heavyweight duo have taken to social media to send messages of support in favour their respective promoter’s fighters.
Anthony Joshua, left, and Tyson Fury, right, have sent messages ahead of the 5v5 event
Matchroom and Queensbury fighters will battle at the Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia
‘5v5 Matchroom versus Queensbury. I think this is the first time in history something like this is happening like this,’ Joshua said.
‘It is going down on DAZN, make sure you check it out.
‘I am Matchroom of course. Let’s go.
‘F*** up those Queensberry boys, p***ies.’
Fury, who suffered the first defeat of his professional career last month in his unanimous heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk, has urged Warren’s Queensbury fights to ‘do the business’.
Zhilei Zhang and Deontay Wilder’s clash is the headline showdown of the 5v5 competition
‘Frank, Queensbury, all the boys on our team, do the business,’ Fury said.
‘Smash Eddie Hearn, Matchroom and all the Matchroom fighters.
Get up there, come on Queensbury and Frank Warren, all the best to all the fighters, good luck.’
Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang will clash in a heavyweight main event at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.
Wilder is part of Hearn’s Matchroom team that includes Filip Hrgovic, Austin Williams, Raymond Ford and Craig Richards.
Zhang is part of Warren’s Queensbury line-up, which also includes Daniel Dubois, Hamzah Sheeraz, Nick Ball and Willy Hutchinson.
The main event on the night is Dmitry Bivol’s WBA light heavyweight title fight against Malik Zinad, but the contest is separate to the 5v5 event.
