Anthony Joshua and Eddie Hearn may bag Saudi cash but boxing is letting fans down
dailystar.co.ukAnthony Joshua's rematch against Oleksandr Usyk reportedly scheduled to take place in the Jeddah Super Dome.This time the finger of blame is being pointed at Usyk’s team.
Apparently, they’re the ones driving the rematch with Joshua towards the Middle East country because of the money on offer there.
But Joshua himself has already taken the dough from Saudi when he faced Andy Ruiz Jnr there back in December 2019. Tyson Fury was desperate for it, too, just over a year ago when talks of an undisputed clash with his British rival were nearing a conclusion.
He’s competed in WWE in Riyadh, too. There are eye-watering sums on offer over there and it may be rich to ask a sport with such a demonstrably poor moral compass to worry about human rights violations, barbaric death penalties and a war on Yemen.
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