Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight championship rematch with Ukrainian war hero Olexsandr Usyk is set to be staged in Saudi Arabia at the end of June.
A mega-million-dollars deal to move Joshua’s bid to regain his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO titles away from London was reached in principal at Middle East time last night, with June 25 earmarked as the most likely date.
Agreement came as the Formula 1 circus was in the last stages of packing up to move out of Jeddah after Sunday’s Grand Prix went ahead despite a massive rocket attack on a Saudi oil installation just 12 miles from the track.