Agit Kabayel and Frank Sanchez will clash on the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk undercard on May 18.
The intriguing meeting of unbeaten heavyweights has been added to the show in Saudi Arabia, which was supposed to take place in February.
Fury and Usyk were initially scheduled to meet on February 17, and the undercard was fully planned and announced.
However, the Brit suffered a cut in sparring, so the fight was postponed.
All other bouts on the bill were also pushed back, except for one.
Bakhodir Jalolov was due to fight on the February 17 show, but will not be in action on May 18.
He has been replaced by two other contests.
One sees British lightweight Mark Chamberlain return against Joshua Oluwaseun.
The other is the clash between Sanchez (24-0, 17 KOs) and Kabayel (24-0, 16 KOs), which is a WBC final eliminator to determine the next mandatory challenger for Fury’s crown.
All other fights remain the same.
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Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk Undercard
🥊 Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis II
🥊 Joe Cordina vs Anthony Cacace
🥊 Agit Kabayel vs Frank Sanchez
🥊 Sergey Kovalev vs Robin Sirwan
🥊 Mark Chamberlain vs Joshua Oluwaseun
🥊 Isaac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi
🥊 Moses Itauma vs Ilja Mazencev
🥊 David Nyika vs Michael Seitz
In two world title contests, Jai Opetaia will rematch Mairis Briedis for the vacant IBF cruiserweight world title and Joe Cordina will defend his IBF super-featherweight world title against Anthony Cacae.
Moses Itauma is back in action against experienced 27-fight veteran Ilja Mezencev.
Former light-heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev also features against Robin Sirwan Safar in his second bout at cruiserweight.
David Nyika vs Michael Seitz and Isaac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi will kick off proceedings at the start of the night.
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