Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury set to take place in Saudi Arabia; date not yet confirmed

The boxing world heavyweight title unification match between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will be hosted in Saudi Arabia. The most-anticipated fight will take place in August, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. The fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will be one of the most lucrative in boxing history.

However, while Saudi Arabia is always where the match was rumoured to take place, the rival boxers’ camps have been reluctant to confirm its location. The price to host the fight is reportedly between $150 and $200 million.

“August the 7th, August the 14th. I think it’s a very bad secret that the fight is happening in Saudi Arabia. It’s the same people we did the deal with for Andy Ruiz – that event was spectacular. As partners they were fantastic as well,” Hearn told Sky Sports.

“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.”

‘Fight must happen soon’

However, Hearn is also adamant the fight must happen soon. According to him, only the finer details of the deal must be ironed out.

“I saw the tweets from AJ (Joshua). He’s tired, the fans are tired, and everyone is tired. We’re in a stage where people are getting frustrated.

“The deal is done. Now we’re on the finer details of the contract, which came back last Friday. It went back last night. They are on calls now in the office about it, and I think at some point people are going to have to take a little bit of a leap of faith in this deal.

“Spartan.”

I’m tired.
My fans are tired.
Your fans are tired.

We’re all tired of the talk.

Less talk. More action!@Tyson_Fury.

— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) May 10, 2021

“From our perspective and AJ’s perspective, we’re ready to go. From Tyson Fury’s perspective, they’ve got a couple of lawyers across it from their point.

“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.

“We’re ready to go from our side; we’re not far away from their side and it is inevitable. But at the same time, we’ve got to close the door on it.”