On Saturday in Manchester, Tommy Fury will face former strongest man in the world, Eddie Hall.

Fury will meet Hall at the AO Arena live on DAZN pay-per-view and DAZN Ultimate.

Fury’s boxing career has stalled since two money-making bouts with YouTube sensations: Jake Paul and KSI.

The 27-year-old half-brother of former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury defeated both fighters by decision in 2023 and has fought just once since then after being sidelined with a hand injury.

The Manchester player withdrew from the scheduled fight with Darren Till, and then returned to Hungary in May last year after winning on points over Kenan Hanjalic.

Hall, who won the World’s Strongest Man competition in 2017, has only had one previous boxing fight, losing to rival strongman Thor Björnsson at another exhibition in 2022.

The 38-year-old is expected to weigh at least 10 stone more than his much more experienced rival and both fighters will fight over six two-minute rounds.

Taylor will face Floyd

On the undercard, Anthony Taylor will face Matt Floyd in a lightweight heavyweight bout.

Taylor, a former sparring partner of Jake Paul, was defeated by Fury in 2021 and is coming off back-to-back losses to Darren Till and Neeraj Goyat respectively.

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Floyd is a former UBO cruiserweight champion who was defeated by James DeGale in a fierce bare-knuckle fight in September.

Undercard remaining

B Dave should beat Swarmz at lightweight heavyweight, while Armz Kormelone can stop Large Stacks in their heavyweight fight.

Rahim Amer may be too much for Adam Brooks at lightweight heavyweight, while Little Bellsy may overtake Andy Nguyen in a super bantamweight bout.

Sheena Bathory, formerly of Power Slap, can stop Christina Flanagan at welterweight.

Luke Nevin will likely overtake Karim Khallas at lightweight heavyweight, while Jack Kay, better known as the final Ibiza boss, could do the same against Jordan McCann, also at 175 pounds.

Jade Jones can stop Federica Riccio in a welterweight fight.

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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez believes a long-awaited clash with Naoya Inoue is “inevitable” ahead of his return on Saturday.

Bam Rodriguez is closing in on one weight class for undisputed super bantamweight champion Inoue when he fights Antonio Vargas for the WBA bantamweight world title on Saturday in Arizona live on DAZN.

A meeting between the pair would pit two true pound-for-pound superstars against each other, and the Texan believes the clash will definitely happen, with Ring magazine owner Turki Alalshikh already expressing interest in promoting the fight.

“I know that when this Inoue fight happens, the fans will be in for a great night of boxing,” the 26-year-old said Ring Magazine.

“People are already talking so much about this fight that it is inevitable at this point.

“And I feel like when the time comes, it will be a great fight, probably one of the best in boxing history.”

Inoue retained his undisputed crown thanks to A unanimous decision victory over Japanese rival Junto Nakatani last month.

Bam is the current unified super flyweight world champion and is expected to return to 115 pounds to challenge Andrew Moloney for the undisputed title.

The Texan admits he would like to join forces with WBC bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue, Inoue’s younger brother, if he defeats Vargas at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.

“I think that’s the perfect storyline for this fight,” he said.

“Beating up a brother [WBC bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue] First.

“I think it’s almost the perfect storyline for Inoue’s fight, where he first beats his brother and then fights the other brother.”

Bam, who is the overwhelming favorite among bookmakers, is fighting for the first time since the unification of the super flyweight division following a 10th-round knockout of Fernando Martinez in November in Riyad.

Vargas first defended his WBA belt last July, but lost to Daigo Higa.

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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez looks to make more history as he moves up to bantamweight to face WBA champion Antonio Vargas on Saturday in Arizona.

Bam Rodriguez (23-0, 16 KO) will face Vargas (19-1-1, 11 KO) at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.

The two-division world champion wants to conquer a third weight class, having already won the flyweight and super flyweight world titles.

The 26-year-old Texan united the division with: Knockout of Fernando Martinez in the 10th round in November.

“Bam” is expected to return to 115 pounds to challenge Andrew Moloney for the undisputed crown later this year and then face undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.

Vargas defended his WBA bantamweight crown in July, although he drew with Daigo Higa.

Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – date, place, start time and ring walk

• The fight will take place on Saturday, June 13, live from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, UK
• Broadcast will start at 16:00 PT/19:00 ET/12:00 BST (Sunday)
• Main event will start around 7:30 PM PT / 10:30 PM ET / 3:30 AM BST (Sunday)

Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – how to watch

• The card can be watched live worldwide on DAZN

Bam Rodriguez vs Vargas – last three fights

Bam Rodriguez

• Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Fernando Martinez – 10th round KO
• Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Phyulela Cafu – TKO, round 10
• Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez bt Pedro Guevara – TKO, 3rd round

Antonio Vargas

• Antonio Vargas – Daigo Higa (official video)
• Antonio Vargas bt Winston Guerrero – TKO in the 10th round
• Antonio Vargas bt Jonathan Rodriguez – 7th round RTD

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Bam Rodriguez vs. Vargas – Undercard

• Arturo Cardenas (17-0-2, 9 KO) vs. Jordan Martinez (16-0-1, 15 KO) – WBC Continental Americas super bantamweight title
• Elif Nur Turhan (13-0, 8 KO) vs Gabriela Tellez (7-0, 3 KO) – IBF lightweight world title
• Adrian Rodriguez (10-0, 6 KO) vs. Elias Montoya Terrazzo (13-0, 8 KO) – lightweight
• Ronny Alvarez (6-0, 5 KO) vs. Filip Stankovic (9-3, 6 KO) – super middleweight
• Trini Ochoa (21-1, 9 KO) vs. Cristian Perez Hernandez (12-4-1, 7 KO) – super lightweight
• Hector Beltran (7-0, 5 KO) vs. Shaquile Felicia (3-1, 1 KO) – super welterweight
• Xechal Xavier Esquivel (5-0, 4 KO) vs. Rayshawn Taylor (1-1-1, 1 KO) – featherweight

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