Boxing tonight (December 21, 2024): What are the fights lined up?

Tonight's boxing schedule consists of a sole event, the biggest of the month in fact. At 11 AM E.T. (Eastern Time) / 8 AM P.T. (Pacific Time) in the United States, 4 PM G.M.T. (Greenwich Mean Time) in England, and 7 PM A.S.T. (Arabian Standard Time), a Riyadh Season showcase takes place.

Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions joins K2 Promotions, Goldstar, and Matchroom Boxing to host a 9-fight event streamed on DAZN at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It will be headlined by the highly anticipated Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury rematch.

The pair had an extremely competitive bout on May 18, which Usyk won via split decision to retain his undisputed heavyweight title. This time, they compete for the unified heavyweight belt after the Ukrainian star vacated the division's IBF title, which past foe Daniel Dubois now owns.

Ahead of the fight, Fury has been deeply determined to avenge his lone loss as a professional boxer, swearing up and down that the best version of himself did not share the ring with Usyk back in May. Now, he aims to rectify that. Elsewhere, another Ukrainian will be in the co-main event.

Serhii Bohachuk faces Ishmael Davis, a short-notice replacement who is stepping in for Uzbekistan's Israil Madrimov after he withdrew from the bout on Dec. 7 due to bronchitis. The pair lock horns at light middleweight. Another matchup features a return to heavyweight action.

The undefeated Moses Itauma defends his WBA International and WBO Intercontinental heavyweight titles against Demsey McKean, who is coming off his first-ever professional loss against Filip Hrgović.

In more championship action, there's Johnny Fisher vs. Dave Allen for WBA Intercontinental heavyweight gold and Isaac Lowe vs. Lee McGregor for the WBC International featherweight title.

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Does the card feature more boxing tonight?

At super featherweight, Peter McGrail faces Rhys Edwards, a short-notice replacement for Dennis McCann, who was initially set to defend his EBU European super bantamweight title against McGrail. Unfortunately, McCann withdrew from the bout 8 days prior following a failed anti-doping test.

Meanwhile, at light heavyweight, Daniel Lapin, another Ukrainian, puts his undefeated record on the line against another unbeaten fighter in France's Dylan Colin. Yet another undefeated Ukrainian, Andrii Novytskyi, defends his WBC International heavyweight title against Edgar Ramirez.

Lastly, undefeated Saudi newcomer Mohammed Alakel takes part in his sophomore boxing bout against perennial loser Joshua Ocampo, who is 8-35-5, at lightweight.