McKenna will defend his IBF middleweight title against Jevgenijs Aleksejevs in the main event of Zuffa Boxing 14 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 12-round middleweight bout will stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada and on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.

The card was announced during the broadcast of Carlos Adames versus Gerome Warburton on Saturday on Paramount+.

McKenna (21-0, 10 KOs) won the then-vacant IBF middleweight title with a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Etinosa Oliha on August 8 in Dublin, Ireland. The 27-year-old from Ireland is The Ring’s No. 3-rated middleweight contender for its vacant title.

A victory for McKenna could set the stage for a unification bout with Adames, The Ring’s No. 1-ranked middleweight, or former WBO titleholder Denzel Bentley. McKenna also has an impending mandatory in Amari Jones (17-0, 15 KOs, who will face DeAundre Pettus in the main event of a Golden Boy Promotions card on Friday at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, on DAZN.

Jones is The Ring’s No. 6-rated middleweight.

Aleksejevs (20-0, 10 KOs) holds the IBF European middleweight title. The 33-year-old from Latvia is No. 12 in the IBF’s middleweight rankings.  

Jack Massey (23-4, 13 KOs) versus Andrew Tabiti (22-2, 18 KOs) will serve as the co-feature in a 10-round cruiserweight bout. A light heavyweight bout between Zak Chelli (17-3-1, 9 KOs) and Jesse Hart (31-4, 25 KOs), and a cruiserweight clash between Ryan Rozicki (21-2-1, 20 KOs) and Gaetan NTambwe (12-2, 1 KO) were also announced.

Vladyslav Sirenko (23-1, 20 KOs) versus Charles Martin (30-5-1, 27 KOs and Jamar Talley (7-0, 6 KOs) versus Sherif Musah (4-3-2, 2 KOs) will be on the prelims. Welterweight prospects Raheem Animashaun (20-0, 12 KOs) and Alex MacMillan (5-0, 4 KOs) will also be on the card against opponents to be named later.