{"id":296637,"date":"2023-11-11T22:17:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296637"},"modified":"2023-11-11T22:17:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:17:29","slug":"joshua-and-wilder-to-frustrate-boxing-fans-again-despite-grand-saudi-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/boxing\/joshua-and-wilder-to-frustrate-boxing-fans-again-despite-grand-saudi-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua and Wilder to frustrate boxing fans again despite grand Saudi plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deontay Wilder speaks exclusively with Mirror Fighting on Anthony Joshua fight and MMA move<\/h3>\n

Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder will reportedly fight on the same card in\u00a0Riyadh, Saudi Arabia next month – just not against each other. Both fighters are said to be working on deals with\u00a0Turki Alalshikh of Saudi Arabia\u2019s General Entertainment Authority, who put on Tyson Fury’s money-spinning crossover clash with Francis Ngannou last month.<\/p>\n

But despite Wilder and Joshua’s representatives being locked into talks for the past few months over a blockbuster showdown between the pair, no contracts have been signed. And they are now set to box different opponents on the same bill, according to esteemed boxing journalist Dan Rafael.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report adds that the card is being planned for December 23, the initially proposed date for Fury and Oleksandr Usyk’s undisputed bout. However, after a dismal showing against Ngannou, the four-belt shootout has been pushed back to February while Wilder and Joshua fill the vacant slot.<\/p>\n

Fury’s promoter Frank Warren had previously teased a “massive night” on December 23 after confirming Fury would not be boxing Usyk at the back end of this year. “There\u2019s gonna be a big night in December, and we\u2019ll be announcing very soon,\u201d Warren told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt will be massive. You\u2019re gonna love it. I can\u2019t give you all the information at the moment, but everything\u2019s going in the right direction for it to be a historic night in boxing. It\u2019s gonna feature boxers from all over the world. You will be surprised by the names. There\u2019s some great British fighters too.\u201d<\/p>\n

It now appears that one of those “great British fighters” is Joshua while WBA light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol is reportedly in talks with the Saudis to get on the card as well.<\/p>\n

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