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Sports News of Wednesday, 21 April 2021

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Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua mega-fight set to take place July 24?

The heavyweight bout between Brits Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is rumored to happen July 24 play videoThe heavyweight bout between Brits Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury is rumored to happen July 24

The long-awaited heavyweight bout between Brits Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury scheduled to take place in Saudi Arabia this summer with rumors making the rounds of the bout happening on July 24.

Sunsports reports that the rematch which is slated to take place in London later in the year is worth £500million.

Negotiations between the two parties had gone on for weeks, with boxing promoter Eddie Hearn also admitting that the self-imposed deadlines were missed, Legit.ng reports.

According to The Telegraph, Hearn said: "We haven’t finalized an exact date, July 24 is the rough date but it may leak into early August but no later than that. The Olympics will be a different timezone so it’s not really in the mindset."

The timing of the bout is a curious one, with big fights very rarely taking place during the summer Olympic Games.

Meanwhile, Andy Ruiz has reversed his decision about the outcome of the heavyweight clash between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury.

All four belts including the WBA, IBF, WBO titles held by Joshua and the WBC strap round the wait of Fury will be put on the line. Ruiz Jr, once defeated Joshua courtesy of a seventh-round knockout but lost on a unanimous point decision in the rematch, according to Legit.ng.

The Mexican-born American heavyweight once predicted that the Gypsy King would emerge victorious against his former challenger back in February.

He has however stated that Joshua has all it takes to pull off victory in the encounter.