# Adames to face Welshman Warburton in non-title bout

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/adames-to-face-welshman-warburton-in-non-title-bout/
- Published: 2026-10-30T15:05:39+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T05:20:22+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC Sport (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/c9146278y762o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Middle East, Sport, World

## Key points

- Adames will face Warburton in Riyadh on 14 November.
- Their 165-pound catchweight bout is not a title fight.
- Jason Moloney and Andres Teran headline the bantamweight co-main event.

## Summary

WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames will face Welsh boxer Gerome Warburton in a headline bout at Zuffa Boxing’s first event in Saudi Arabia. The fight is scheduled for 14 November in Riyadh, but Adames’s world title will not be at stake.

The bout is set at a 165-pound catchweight. Adames, 32, has a record of 25 wins, one defeat and one draw, and last fought in March; Warburton is 18-2-2 and is coming off a decision win over Nathan Heaney in September. Australian Jason Moloney will meet Mexico’s Andres Teran in a 10-round bantamweight co-main event.

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