Any suggestion that Tyson Fury's long-awaited Battle of Britain against Anthony Joshua would take place in Saudi Arabia would be another grotesque 'triumph' for sportswashing.
Joshua's WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight title rematch with Oleksandr Usyk has been pencilled in for August 20 in the oil-rich Middle East kingdom.
And now it is being reported, by well-connected boxing writer Jeff Powell, that the winner will take on WBC champion Fury in December – in the richest fight of all time - in an indoor arena in Jeddah.