Charlie Parsons spoke to Gareth A Davies for Boxing Social. Gareth reacts to the news that Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou has been signed for March 8 in Riyadh, closing the Season. He expects the 2 fights with Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk to play out with Joshua facing Filip Hrgovic for the vacant IBF later in the year. Gareth is asked about the knock on effect of the influx in Saudi Arabian investment in the sport with fighter purses being inflated. He also gives his thoughts as to how legitimate the relationship between Frank Warren & Eddie Hearn is and will it last?
00:00 - Intro
02:00 - Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou signed for March 8th.
04:20 - 2024 Heavyweight Timeline
07:00 - Deontay Wilder vs Zhilei Zhang on the undercard?
10:35 - Anthony Joshua fighting 4 times in 11 months - is this the way moving forward?
13:00 - Opening as a 1/7 favourite, what chance does Francis Ngannou have?
17:55 - Will Eddie Hearn & Frank Warren STAY working together away from Saudi money?
21:50 - Long term knock on effect to British Boxing with all the fights going to the Middle East?
27:20 - Financial long term knock on to fighters?
29:15 - Ryan Garcia pulling out of Devin Haney negotiations.
31:00 - Ohara Davies first round stoppage loss.
33:03 - Beterbiev vs Smith.
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