Floyd Mayweather and Anderson Silva shine in front of sold-out crowd at Abu Dhabi Boxing Unity Event

The Abu Dhabi Boxing Unity Party on Saturday evening proved to be a major strike with struggle admirers, as some of the biggest names of the boxing and MMA worlds, such as Floyd Mayweather and Anderson Silva, clashed in entrance of a offered-out crowd at the Etihad Arena on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island.

Boxing celebrity Floyd Mayweather shipped a blockbuster general performance while taking on ‘Dangerous’ Don Moore in 8 rounds – entertaining fans till the extremely final second of the substantial-octane match. A jubilant crowd cheered on MMA legend Anderson Silva, Badou Jack and Delfine Persoon as they claimed their victories at 1 of the largest spectacles of Abu Dhabi’s sporting calendar this year.

The Abu Dhabi Boxing Unity Event observed two homegrown fighters Hany Atiyo and Bruno Machado contend with Badou Jack and Anderson Silva respectively although they represented the UAE – drawing epic assistance from an adrenaline fuelled crowd.

Held as element of Abu Dhabi’s Summer time Like You Imply It campaign, the motion-packed struggle night was organised at the electrifying venue on Yas Island, even more cementing Abu Dhabi’s status as a main sports tourism place.

Abu Dhabi has constructed up a world-course track record in the latest yrs for web hosting substantial profile international sporting activities, like UFC Struggle Island in 2020 and 2021, the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the HSBC Abu Dhabi Golfing Championship, and the Indian Premier League, and the World T20 Cricket Championship.

As element of its five-12 months partnership with the Nationwide Basketball Association (NBA), Abu Dhabi will also be the to start with in the region to host the very expected NBA pre-period video games taking area this Oct.