Boxing fans across the UAE, wider Middle East, and around the world can now secure seats for the UAE\u2019s first-ever world title fight \u2013 the historic WBA Light-Heavyweight showdown between Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez in Abu Dhabi.
\nOrganisers Matchroom Boxing and the Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) have announced tickets for the hotly anticipated bout at the Etihad Arena are now on general sale \u2013 with high demand expected for Russian champion Bivol\u2019s eye-catching defence against Mexican challenger Ramirez.
\nThe November 5 bout sees Bivol step into the Abu Dhabi ring on the back of defeating pound-for-pound superstar Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas, to retain his world title and extend his immaculate undefeated record to 20 fights. Ramirez will face Bivol having won all five of his fights at Light-Heavyweight, after the hard-hitting southpaw moved up a weight class in 2019.
\nTickets for the unprecedented event, which will include a stacked undercard, start at Dh295, with limited VIP packages, including ringside seats, priced from Dh4,995. All tickets are exclusively on sale at www.etihadarena.ae.
\nThe historic fight night is the first event in Abu Dhabi\u2019s new Champions Series, a landmark partnership between the Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Matchroom Boxing. And with both main-event fighters putting their unblemished Light-Heavyweight records on the line, something’s got to give, according to Eddie Hearn, Chairman of Matchroom Boxing.
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\n\u201cWe have seen a huge appetite for major boxing events in the region in recent years, so we were determined to bring something special to the UAE, and boxing\u2019s first world title fight in Abu Dhabi is certainly something special,\u201d said Hearn.\u00a0
\n\u201cThe UAE capital has a growing reputation for hosting some of the world\u2019s biggest sporting events and the Champions Series, through our partnership with DCT \u2013 Abu Dhabi, is only going to further enhance that reputation.
\n\u201cGiven the magnitude of this huge fight, with two undefeated boxers, a title on the line, and global interest in what promises to be an enthralling encounter, it\u2019s safe to say we expect Bivol-Ramirez to sell out very quickly,\u201d he added.
\nThe Champions Series aims to provide fight fans around the globe with opportunities to experience world championship boxing in a new environment. Demonstrating global confidence in the Emirate as a tourism destination, Hearn has already indicated the inaugural Champions Series event will be the first of many world-class boxing events to be held in the UAE capital in the future.
\nBivol and Ramirez will lock horns just weeks after the biggest stars in basketball and the UFC grace Yas Island\u2019s Etihad Arena, as the UAE capital hosts the NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2022 and UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boxing fans across the UAE, wider Middle East, and around the world can now secure seats for the UAE\u2019s first-ever world title fight \u2013 the historic WBA Light-Heavyweight showdown between Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto \u2018Zurdo\u2019 Ramirez in Abu Dhabi.
\nOrganisers Matchroom Boxing and the Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) have announced tickets for the hotly anticipated bout at the Etihad Arena are now on general sale \u2013 with high demand expected for Russian champion Bivol\u2019s eye-catching defence against Mexican challenger Ramirez.
\nThe November 5 bout sees Bivol step into the Abu Dhabi ring on the back of defeating pound-for-pound superstar Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas, to retain his world title and extend his immaculate undefeated record to 20 fights. Ramirez will face Bivol having won all five of his fights at Light-Heavyweight, after the hard-hitting southpaw moved up a weight class in 2019.
\nTickets for the unprecedented event, which will include a stacked undercard, start at Dh295, with limited VIP packages, including ringside seats, priced from Dh4,995. All tickets are exclusively on sale at www.etihadarena.ae.
\nThe historic fight night is the first event in Abu Dhabi\u2019s new Champions Series, a landmark partnership between the Department of Culture and Tourism \u2013 Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Matchroom Boxing. And with both main-event fighters putting their unblemished Light-Heavyweight records on the line, something\u2019s got to give, according to Eddie Hearn, Chairman of Matchroom Boxing.
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\n\u201cWe have seen a huge appetite for major boxing events in the region in recent years, so we were determined to bring something special to the UAE, and boxing\u2019s first world title fight in Abu Dhabi is certainly something special,\u201d said Hearn.\u00a0
\n\u201cThe UAE capital has a growing reputation for hosting some of the world\u2019s biggest sporting events and the Champions Series, through our partnership with DCT \u2013 Abu Dhabi, is only going to further enhance that reputation.
\n\u201cGiven the magnitude of this huge fight, with two undefeated boxers, a title on the line, and global interest in what promises to be an enthralling encounter, it\u2019s safe to say we expect Bivol-Ramirez to sell out very quickly,\u201d he added.
\nThe Champions Series aims to provide fight fans around the globe with opportunities to experience world championship boxing in a new environment. Demonstrating global confidence in the Emirate as a tourism destination, Hearn has already indicated the inaugural Champions Series event will be the first of many world-class boxing events to be held in the UAE capital in the future.
\nBivol and Ramirez will lock horns just weeks after the biggest stars in basketball and the UFC grace Yas Island\u2019s Etihad Arena, as the UAE capital hosts the NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2022 and UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242637,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242636\/revisions\/242637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}