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01.31am: That’s a wrap, On The Ground is available now to conclude our offering from Tuesday of Fight Week!
11.58pm: We’re back at our Fight hotel to finish off work for the night. Our ‘Inside Look’ feature is in the works for a release Thursday night. There’s the Snooker on down the road, live on DAZN, hopefully we can make it over tomorrow for the final!
8.55pm: Anthony Joshua invites some youngsters into the ring for his workout, something we have seen previously. AJ looks focused on the task at hand, whilst giving his platform to showcase others.
8.42pm: There it is! Francis Ngannou lands The Superman Punch. Will we see it on Friday?
8.25pm: Well, that was fun. A 25 minute episode of our On The Ground podcast will be dropping later. 8 or 9 guests including Eddie Hearn, Nick Ball, Gareth A Davies and Kugan Cassius included.
8.07pm: Rey Vargas is massive. Remember him over in Hull to fight Gavin McDonnell a good 6/7 years back and he seems to be bigger than ever!
5.02pm: There’s something about the way Justis Huni glides around a boxing ring. The unbeaten Aussie looks to move one step closer to a shot at World honours this Friday against Kevin Lerena.
4.04pm: Final prep for the workout and we’re now live! John Fury is ringside ready to take Roman on the pads shortly.
2.48pm: This is some place. Various parts of the World represented with their own regions, food and the like. Steve Bunce is here early to soak up the atmosphere. “This is the sixth time I’ve been here in quick session. It has the big fight feel each time you head here!”
2.01pm: More media rounds in Riyadh but we’re heading over to Boulevard World to get prepared for the Workout.
12.15pm: Good to catchup with the Sky Sports team, who interview Eddie Hearn at one of the fight hotels. “Anthony Joshua is a more rounded fighter since he linked up with Ben Davison.”
10.22am: On the drive from our hotel, there’s various Knockout Chaos billboards present. It feels bigger than December’s Day Of Reckoning already.
08.11am: Finally on-site for a big week ahead. The Grand Arrivals launched fight week with various media obligations for the entire card, today we have the workout.
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