Joshua Buatsi will defend his WBO light-heavyweight title against Callum Smith as part of Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo, live on DAZN Pay-Per-View this February.
The British pair will meet on the undercard of a stacked bill topped by the division's second undisputed title fight in four months between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
Buatsi will know that a victory moves him into prime challenger territory to face either man for a full-blown belt, but Smith will be keen to ensure he stays in the mix too.
DAZN News has everything you need to know ahead of Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith.
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith fight date, start time
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith will take place on Saturday, February 22, at Riyadh Season's The Last Crescendo, with the whole card set to be shown live on DAZN.
Timings are yet to be finalised for the broadcast, the undercard and the main event, but once officially announced, DAZN will have all the information here.
- Date: Saturday, February 22
- Time: TBA
- Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith main event ringwalks (approx): TBA
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith fight card
- Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol; Undisputed light heavyweight title fight, for Beterbiev's WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring belts
- Daniel Dubois vs Joseph Parker; For Dubois' IBF heavyweight title
- Shakur Stevenson vs Flloyd Schofield; For Stevenson's WBC lightweight title
- Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz; For Adames' WBC middleweight title
- Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov; For Ortiz Jr's WBC world interim super welterweight title
- Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel; For the vacant WBC interim heavyweight title
- Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith; For Buatsi's WBO light heavyweight interim title
How to watch Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith?
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Where is the Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith fight?
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which has fast become the de-facto home for Riyadh Season super-cards.
The 27,000-capacity stadium, certified as the largest covered football stadium in the world by the Guinness World Records, is the home of Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal.
It previously hosted both of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury's heavyweight bouts, plus the first undisputed light-heavyweight fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
Joshua Buatsi vs. Callum Smith tale of the tape
Joshua Buatsi record
- Nationality: British
- Age: 31
- Height: 6' 2"
- Reach: 74.5"
- Total fights: 19
- Record: 19-0 (13 KOs)
Callum Smith record
- Nationality: British
- Age: 34
- Height: 6' 0"
- Reach: 72"
- Total fights: 32
- Record: 30-2 (22 KOs)
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