Riyadh: Boxing mogul Frank Warren settled the score with longtime rival promoter Eddie Hearn, winning 10-0 at the historic 5vs5 fights at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on Saturday night to take the $3 million prize. 

Russian powerhouse Dmitry Bivol retained his IBF and WBA light heavyweight titles with a stoppage (technical knockput) against Libyan boxer Malik Zinad in the sixth round, ending Zinad鈥檚 22-win streak.

鈥淚鈥檓 happy for maybe 90 or 80 percent,鈥� Bivol told Arab News, expressing admiration for his beaten rival: 鈥淚 had a good opponent who has a real warrior spirit. And thank you to him and his team and his family.鈥� 

Bivol, for the first time, brought his two young sons to the ring with him to celebrate the victory, and shared with Arab News the importance of including them in his journey. 

鈥淚 want them to see what their father is doing because I don't see them, a lot, in my training camp,鈥� he said. 

鈥淚鈥檓 just leaving them for two months. For three months. And they could think like, where is their father?鈥� he continued. 

鈥淭hey were with me all week. Since the morning they saw that I have interviews ... I didn鈥檛 eat properly all week. And I had to fight and (they saw) how people respect their father,鈥� he concluded.

Turki Al-Alshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, extended an invitation to Bivol for another bout on Oct. 12 in Riyadh as part of Riyadh Season 2024.

鈥淚 feel that I deserve it, and I hope I will show my best, on October 12th,鈥� Bivol told Arab News. 

The evening opened with a win for Warren when Willy Hutchinson beat Matchroom鈥檚 Craig David by unanimous decision, enduring 12 rounds together.

Hutchinson told Arab News it 鈥渇eels very good鈥� to take the WBC silver light heavyweight belt back home to Scotland. He said: 鈥淗opefully the next one鈥檚 for the WBC world title鈥�. 

Nick Ball pulled off a bloody split decision victory against Matchroom鈥檚 Raymond Ford, handing the American fighter his first defeat. 

Ball told Arab News the win 鈥渕eant the world鈥� to him. 鈥淚鈥檓 finally world champion, this is something you work your whole life for,鈥� he said. 

British boxer Hamzah Sheeraz beat American opponent Austin Williams with a TKO in the 11th round. This win by Sheeraz gave Queensberry Promotions their sixth point, leaving Matchroom Boxing with none. 

鈥淚鈥檓 over the moon and hopefully I've got a few local (boxing fans) supporting me now as well,鈥� Sheeraz told Arab News. 

鈥淚鈥檓 just extremely grateful for this, to be a part of what鈥檚 happening in Riyadh and 黑料社区 as well,鈥� he added. 

Matchroom continued to fall to defeat fight after fight. In the eighth round, British heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (WBA) defeated Croatian Filip Hrgovic by TKO, securing Queensberry Promotions鈥� their eighth point. 

Chinese boxer Zhilei Zhang鈥檚 fight with American Deontay Wilder was one of the evening鈥檚 most anticipated fights. In only five rounds, Zhilei secured two additional points for Frank Warren, winning by a TKO. 

On raising his country鈥檚 flag, he told Arab News: 鈥淭his is my mission. No matter where I fight, I always want to raise that Chinese national flag. This is what I represent.鈥�

After the bout, Zhang鈥檚 third in the Kingdom, the Chinese boxer said: 鈥溾€嬧€婭 would like to say the Kingdom of 黑料社区 is a beautiful country.鈥� 

Warren rejoiced throughout the press conference, joined by his beaming fighters, as Queensbury promotions beat Matchroom in all five fights. 

On the future of boxing events in 黑料社区, Warren told Arab News that there are 鈥渁 lot of things in the pipeline鈥� and concepts like Saturday鈥檚 event fight are 鈥渏ust going to get bigger and better.鈥� 

鈥淲e love being here. You know, it鈥檚 a beautiful country. It鈥檚 safe. It鈥檚 clean. People are just so charming. And they look after us, you know, we couldn鈥檛 ask for any more,鈥� he said.