Anthony Joshua to fight Usyk again in Saudi Arabia
The eagerly anticipated rematch between British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua and WBO, WBA and IBF world champion Oleksandr Usyk has been confirmed to take place in Saudi Arabia on August 20.
Joshua who is a two-time heavyweight champion will be looking to reclaim the belts he lost when he suffered defeat at the hands of the Ukrainian in London in September 2021.
Usyk was in Ukraine helping the war effort against Russia and a few weeks ago, it appeared the rematch would have to be postponed but the Ukrainian has been given permission to leave the country to train for his rematch with Joshua.
The fight has been tagged ”Rage on the Red Sea” and will take place in Jeddah on Saudi Arabia’s west coast.
Usyk is unbeaten in 19 professional fights but has fought the majority of his career at cruiserweight, where he was undisputed champion while Joshua previously lost to Andy Ruiz in 2019 and then avenged the defeat six months later.
