Anthony Joshua's much-delayed rematch with Oleksandr Usyk is fixed for Saudi Arabia on August 20 and Tyson Fury is in negotiations to fight the winner there in December for the undisputed world heavyweight title.
A formal announcement of the hundred-million-dollar plus deal for Joshua v Usyk II will be made early next week. The Middle East Kingdom is poised to invest even more extravagantly in the Gypsy King's return from brief retirement for a spectacular which they regard as 'the next Rumble In The Jungle.'
This ends unfounded speculation that Joshua may hang up the gloves rather than go through with a return bout with Usyk, who stripped him of his WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO belts with an embarrassingly one-sided upset at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September.