Saudi boxer Ziyad Almaayouf hopes to lead the way for young Arab prospects
RIYADH: Ziyad Almaayouf has an impressive, and growing, list of firsts.
He made history in August 2022 on the Joshua v Usyk card in Jeddah as the first Saudi boxer to win a professional fight, against Mexican Jose Alfredo Alatorre.
He then went on to break another barrier this year on the Joshua v Franklin Jr. card by becoming the first Saudi fighter to compete at the O2 Arena in London, beating Georgi Velichkov of Bulgaria in four rounds.
There is much more to “Zizo,” who fights out of California, than meets the eye.
