Day of Reckoning undercard: Dmitry Bivol, Daniel Dubois, Frank Sanchez

Saturday’s Day of Reckoning boxing card from Saudi Arabia has garnered plenty of attention. That’s not surprising given Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua competing in the top two fights on the card with a future showdown hanging in the balance.

Wilder faces Joseph Parker while Joshua will be going head-to-head with Otto Wallin. Those are legitimate heavyweight showdowns for the former world champions and certainly present the possibility of either man making a misstep that takes the wind out of the sails of Wilder vs. Joshua in 2024.

Beyond those two huge fights, there are familiar names up and down an undercard with more depth than most boxing cards. Among those fighting on the undercard is pound-for-pound list staple Dmitry Bivol, former cruiserweight world champion Jai Opetaia and a host of big names from the heavyweight division (live on DAZN PPV beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET — subscribe now).

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With that in mind, let’s take a look at every fight on the undercard to understand the storylines and stakes for each fighter.

Dmitry Bivol (c) vs. Lyndon Arthur, WBA light heavyweight title

One of the best fighters on the planet is on the card, though you’d hardly know if you hadn’t been paying close attention. WBA light heavyweight champion Bivol hasn’t exactly parlayed his May 2022 win over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez into superstardom. The fight with Arthur is just the second for Bivol since the Alvarez win, having handled business against Gilberto Ramirez in November 2022. After beating Alvarez, there was talk of a rematch that now appears will never happen and a battle with unified champion Artur Beterbiev to crown an undisputed champion at 175 pounds. Neither of those have…