The date and venue of the heavyweight fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury has been announced.
While talking to Sky Sports recently, Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn revealed that the fight would take place in Saudi Arabia on August 7 or 14.
The superstars will fight for all four heavyweight belts in the Arab country in a fight the whole world demands.
Also, Hearn stated that both Joshua and Fury were very happy to trust the Saudis because they “delivered on every one of their promises” for Joshua’s fight with Andy Ruiz in 2019.
When asked about the date for the fight, Hearn said: “August 7, August 14.
“It’s a very bad secret that the fight is happening in Saudi Arabia. I don’t mind giving that information, Bob Arum’s already done it.
“It’s the same people we did the deal with for Andy Ruiz, that event was spectacular. As partners, they were fantastic as well, so we’re very comfortable.
“We’re very comfortable. Anthony’s comfortable, he knows those people. They delivered on every one of their promises last time, we’re ready to go.”
Hearn added he would prefer August 14 because the Olympics would have come to an end 7 days earlier.
He said: “In terms of a global spectacle, it would make sense to go on the 14th.
“That’s one of the other things to tick off, hopefully, in the next few days.
“There’s no reason why it shouldn’t happen this week. This is kind of like the moment where you could actually turn around at this point and say ‘this is dragging on too long, or I can’t be dealing with this anymore’.
“But we have to nail this, and I’m not going to stop until I nail it, and everyone has just got to move forward collectively. It is inevitable, but at the same time, we’ve got to close the door on it.”
