After months of negotiations, Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk should finally be confirmed next week.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn is confident the two sides will be able to make an announcement next week. Saudi Arabia has long been the front runner because of the huge site fee on offer and Hearn and Usyk’s promoter Alexander Krassyuk are expected to confirm it will be held there on July 23.
Joshua beat Andy Ruiz Junior in a purpose-built outdoors arena in December 2019, but his clash with Usyk will be indoors in either Riyadh or Jeddah because of the intense summer temperatures in the kingdom. Hearn wanted to stage the fight back at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where Usyk outpointed Joshua to win his WBA Super, IBF and WBO crowns in September.
