Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley: Start time, TV channel, live stream, undercard as Brit gets unexpected title shot

JOSH PADLEY will be hoping to shock the world when he goes up against Shakur Stevenson for the undisputed WBC lightweight title.

The 29-year-old has been given a huge call up to fight for the title after Stevenson’s original opponent – Floyd Schofield – pulled out just six days before the huge event.

Shakur Stevenson and Josh Padley face off during the weigh-in

Stevenson was originally scheduled his fellow American but he had to withdraw from the fight after allegedly been ‘poisoned’.

The controversial claim has seen Stevenson be at the centre of wild allegations of apparently food poisoning and spying on his rival.

Since moving up weight classes two years ago, Stevenson has shown his dominance after winning and defending the WBC World Lightweight title.

He is also the former WBC and WBO World Featherweight champion and now faces Josh Padley on short notice in a fight he is expected to win comfortably.

Padley earned a shot at the title after putting himself on notice with his fantastic victory last year against Mark Chamberlain – who is known as Turki Alalshikh‘s favourite fighter.

The British boxer who is also a part-time electrician, is now taking a huge leap in what is by far the most important fight of his boxing career.

The 29-year-old is coming into this fight as a huge underdog and if he was to win on Saturday night, would be one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

The last-minute challenger joins a stacked fight bill in Riyadh in what fans are calling one of the greatest boxing cards of all time.

Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley?

• Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley is set to take place on Saturday, February 22.
• The card starts from 4pm GMT on DAZN.
• Shakur Stevenson and Josh Padley are expected to make their ring walks around 8.30pm GMT.
• The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

What TV channel is Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley on and can it be live streamed?

• Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley will be shown live on DAZN PPV, Sky Sports Box office and TNT Sports Box office.
• The event is available on pay-per-view for £19.99.
• Alternatively, SunSport will be blogging every fight LIVE as it happens in Riyadh.

Full card

• Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol – for the IBF, IBO, WBC and WBO light-heavyweight titles
• Joseph Parker vs Martin Bakole – for the WBO interim heavyweight title
• Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley – for the WBC lightweight title
• Carlos Adames vs Hamzah Sheeraz – for the WBC middleweight titke
• Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov – for the interim WBC heavyweight title
• Zhilei Zhang vs Agit Kabayel – for the interim WBC heavyweight title
• Joshua Buatsi vs Callum Smith – for the interim WBO light-heavyweight title
• Bradley Rea vs Constantino Nanga