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 night proved to be a significant strike with fight admirers, as some of the most significant names of the boxing and MMA worlds, together with Floyd Mayweather and Anderson Silva, clashed in entrance of a offered-out group at the Etihad Arena on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island.

Boxing celebrity Floyd Mayweather shipped a blockbuster efficiency when using on ‘Dangerous’ Don Moore in eight rounds – entertaining admirers until the incredibly final 2nd of the high-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 greatest spectacles of Abu Dhabi’s sporting calendar this 12 months.

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

Held as element of Abu Dhabi’s Summer season Like You Mean It campaign, the motion-packed combat night time was organised at the electrifying location on Yas Island, additional cementing Abu Dhabi’s status as a foremost athletics tourism location.

Abu Dhabi has designed up a earth-class status in latest years for web hosting higher profile intercontinental sporting events, together with UFC Battle Island in 2020 and 2021, the Method 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the HSBC Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, and the Indian Premier League, and the Globe T20 Cricket Championship.

As section of its 5-calendar year partnership with the Nationwide Basketball Association (NBA), Abu Dhabi will also be the initial in the region to host the extremely predicted NBA pre-year video games getting put this October.