Daniel Dubois’ heavyweight world title fight against Joseph Parker and Artur Beterbiev’s light-heavyweight rematch against Dmitry Bivol in Saudi Arabia will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds on Saturday.
Englishman Dubois, 27, defends his IBF belt against Parker in the co-main event of a stacked card in Riyadh, which also includes Hamzah Sheeraz’s world title challenge against WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames.
Every fight will be broadcast live, with radio commentary starting from 16:30 GMT on the BBC Sport website and app, before switching to BBC Radio 5 Live at 19:30.
Radio commentary will begin with an all-British light-heavyweight fight between Joshua Buatsi and Callum Smith.
The team at ringside will be Jeanette Kwakye, Steve Bunce and Ronald McIntosh, who will be joined by former world champion Josh Warrington on commentary.
Daily episodes of the 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast will be available each day from fight week.
Live text commentary on the fight night will be begin at 18:30, and highlights of the fights will be available to watch on the BBC Sport website and app on Sunday morning.
Beterbiev v Bivol 2 undercard & running order live on BBC
From 16:30, live on the BBC Sport website and app:
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Joshua Buatsi v Callum Smith (light-heavyweight)
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Zhilei Zhang v Agit Kabayel (heavyweight)
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Vergil Ortiz Jr v Israil Madrimov (light-middleweight)
From 19:30, live on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds:
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Carlos Adames v Hamzah Sheeraz (WBC middleweight world title)
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Shakur Stevenson v Floyd Schofield (WBC lightweight world title)
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Daniel Dubois v Joseph Parker (IBF heavyweight world title)
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Artur Beterbiev v Dmitry Bivol (undisputed light-heavyweight championship)
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