The similarities between Joshua and Ngannou are many. In addition to the same weight, the heavyweight, both have had a winning past that they don't want to give up. The Englishman Anthony has not been doing well since Mexican Andy Ruiz upset him and took the title from him. In his attempts to regain his status, he has had no luck either. For Nigeria's Francis, his first fight against Fury after jumping from the UFC is still on his mind. The controversial and divisive decision still seems unfair to him and he wants to keep trying to prove he was right when he switched disciplines. 

Thus, the two fighters come into the fight looking for new opportunities. Although the occasion does not merit a belt, the reward will be a renown that both need to be able to dispute it sometime. At the moment they continue to raise passions and after a victory like this, it is not unusual that the promoters put them on the list of contenders to take away the monopoly of the category to Usyk or Fury. 

To get the chance, it's all about winning on Friday, March 8. Riyadh will host an event that can only be seen legally on DAZN with a pay-per-view PPV. The evening will start at around 8pm European time or 9pm South African time, with the main event scheduled for around midnight depending on how the rest of the fights flow. 

In addition to Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou, Zhilei Zhang and Joseph Parker will try to win the WBO interim heavyweight title, Rey Vargas and Nick Ball the same at featherweight and WBC, and Israil Madrimov and Magomed Kurbanov the same at WBA Super Welterweight. In the absence of a starring bout with the belt in dispute, three fights for one on the same evening.