Two marquee heavyweight bouts are in the works for the June 1 event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Deontay Wilder and Zhilei Zhang are finalizing a deal to square off on the undercard of the undisputed light heavyweight title bout between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol, sources told ESPN’s Mike Coppinger.
A fight between top heavyweights Filip Hrgovic and Daniel Dubois is also being finalized for the card, sources told Coppinger.
Wilder, the former WBC heavyweight champion, suffered a lopsided decision defeat to Parker in Riyadh last December. Wilder is 1-3 in his previous four outings.
Zhang dropped the WBO interim heavyweight title to Parker by decision earlier in March. That fight was the co-main event of the Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou card in Riyadh.
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