Maltese featherweight boxing champion Lydon \u201cBeqqu\u201d Chircop is set for the biggest fight of his professional career tonight after earning a place on the undercard of Anthony Joshua\u2019s highly anticipated comeback event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
Beqqu will face unbeaten Saudi lightweight Mohammed Alakel in a six-round contest, with the fight forming part of the stacked \u201cThe Comeback\u201d card headlined by former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua\u2019s clash with Kristian Prenga.<\/p>\n
Alakel enters the bout with a perfect 8-0 professional record, making tonight a major test for the Maltese fighter as he competes on one of the biggest boxing events of the year.<\/p>\n
The event will be broadcast live, with millions expected to tune in as Joshua makes his long-awaited return to the ring in a fight widely seen as a stepping stone towards a blockbuster showdown with Tyson Fury.<\/p>\n
For Beqqu, it\u2019s a rare opportunity to showcase Maltese boxing on one of the sport\u2019s biggest international stages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maltese featherweight boxing champion Lydon \u201cBeqqu\u201d Chircop is set for the biggest fight of his professional career tonight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-823041","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\/823041","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=823041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}