Boxing-Usyk promoter says Saudi Arabia could host Joshua rematch

World heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk's rematch with Briton Anthony Joshua is likely to take place in late June with Saudi Arabia among the venues being considered, his promoter told Sky Sports.

Usyk beat Joshua in front of a sell-out crowd at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in September to seize the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a"special military operation", Usyk returned to his homeland Ukraine to join a territorial defence battalion, raising doubts about a rematch with Joshua.

However, ESPN reported last week that a fight between the two boxers would take place this summer after the Ukrainian sports minister gave Usyk permission to leave the country. " is under discussion at the moment," Usyk's promoter Alexander Krassyuk told Sky Sports."Late June is also the timing we are considering now. Many things will depend on how fast we manage to ink the papers.The winner could be in line for a unification bout with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury of Britain.

The Saudi's just can't get enough of that good 'ole sports washin'.

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