{"id":797852,"date":"2026-07-13T16:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797852\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:07:10","slug":"anthony-joshuas-july-25-card-adds-hamzah-sheeraz-josh-kelly-title-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/797852\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua’s July 25 Card Adds Hamzah Sheeraz, Josh Kelly Title Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The event, titled \u201cThe Comeback,\u201d streams live on DAZN<\/a> and forms part of Jeddah Season in association with Riyadh Season, Matchroom Boxing, SELA and Goldstar.<\/p>\n

Sheeraz (23-0-1, 19 KOs) returns for the first time since capturing the WBO super middleweight title in Egypt in May. The unbeaten British star meets Germany\u2019s Simon Zachenhuber in his first championship defence.<\/p>\n

Kelly (17-1-1, 9 KOs) also enters his first defence after claiming the IBF super welterweight title with a majority decision victory over Bakhram Murtazaliev in January. The Sunderland boxer faces unbeaten Irish challenger Caoimhin Agyarko (17-0, 8 KOs), who receives his first world title opportunity after an IBF eliminator earlier this year was cancelled.<\/p>\n

The undercard also features Japanese featherweight Reito Tsutsumi against Mexico\u2019s unbeaten Alvino Herrera. Tsutsumi returns to Saudi Arabia following his stoppage victory on the \u201cNight of the Samurai\u201d card last December.<\/p>\n

Olympic gold medallist Oleksandr Khyzhniak continues his transition into the professional ranks in only his second paid contest, taking on unbeaten French light heavyweight Lenny Patrach.<\/p>\n

Liverpool flyweight Mikie Tallon boxes in Saudi Arabia for the first time against Venezuela\u2019s Orlando Pino, while India\u2019s unbeaten Olympian Nishant Dev meets Peru\u2019s Cesar Diaz as he continues his professional development.<\/p>\n

Another intriguing contest sees Poland\u2019s Pawel August face Denmark\u2019s unbeaten Jacob Bank. August earned the biggest win of his career by upsetting Simon Zachenhuber earlier this year after accepting the fight on short notice, while Bank arrives with a perfect 19-0 record.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia will also be represented by Mohammed Alakel, Ziyad Almaayouf and Sultan Almohammed, who all return on home soil against Lydon Chircop, Frank Mango and Efren Besalduch respectively.<\/p>\n

The card is completed by Egyptian prospects Omar Hikal against Brian Castellano and Mohamed Mabrouk against Bryan Zapata.<\/p>\n

Fight week begins on July 22 with the Grand Arrivals at Jeddah Yacht Club before Thursday\u2019s press conference and Friday\u2019s official weigh-in at Jeddah Promenade. Both events will be streamed live on DAZN<\/a> before Joshua and Prenga headline one of the year\u2019s deepest heavyweight cards.<\/p>\n

Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event, titled \u201cThe Comeback,\u201d streams live on DAZN and forms part of Jeddah Season in association with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-797852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}