'Knockout Chaos' Match to Take Place on March 8 as Part of Riyadh Season

The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)
The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)
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'Knockout Chaos' Match to Take Place on March 8 as Part of Riyadh Season

The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)
The "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8. (SPA)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Advisor Turki Al AL-Sheikh said the "Knockout Chaos" match between two-time world heavyweight-boxing champion Anthony Joshua and mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou will take place in Riyadh on March 8.

The eagerly anticipated match is one of the key events of Riyadh Season, he added.

The event also will feature an undercard, China's WBO interim world champion Zhang Zhilei defending his title against former champion Joseph Parker.

Mexican featherweight boxer Rey Vargas, the WBC champion, will also defend his title against Liverpool's Nick Ball.



Double Injury Blow for Bayern as Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano Both Sidelined

France's defender #04 Dayot Upamecano celebrates after scoring the winning penalty in the penalty-shoot out during the UEFA Nations League quarter-final second-leg football match between France and Croatia at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on March 23, 2025. (AFP)
France's defender #04 Dayot Upamecano celebrates after scoring the winning penalty in the penalty-shoot out during the UEFA Nations League quarter-final second-leg football match between France and Croatia at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on March 23, 2025. (AFP)
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Double Injury Blow for Bayern as Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano Both Sidelined

France's defender #04 Dayot Upamecano celebrates after scoring the winning penalty in the penalty-shoot out during the UEFA Nations League quarter-final second-leg football match between France and Croatia at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on March 23, 2025. (AFP)
France's defender #04 Dayot Upamecano celebrates after scoring the winning penalty in the penalty-shoot out during the UEFA Nations League quarter-final second-leg football match between France and Croatia at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on March 23, 2025. (AFP)

Bayern Munich has been left without two of its top defenders after Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano both picked up serious injuries on international duty.

Davies' season seems to be over after he tore a cruciate ligament in his right knee, Bayern said. The left back was injured while playing for Canada against the United States in the CONCACAF Nations League.

Bayern predicted central defender Upamecano will be out for “several weeks” with a problem in his left knee following his return from playing both legs of France's quarterfinal win over Croatia in the UEFA Nations League.

“In international breaks there is unfortunately always a danger that players come back injured, and this time it has hit us especially hard,” Bayern's board member for sport Max Eberl said. “The absences of Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano weigh heavily on FC Bayern.”

Bayern next plays St. Pauli in the Bundesliga on Saturday and faces Inter Milan in the quarterfinals of the Champions League next month.