The Saudi capital Riyadh will host the retaliatory clash between British boxer Anthony Joshua and Mexican-American Andy Ruiz on December 7 in a battle for the title of world heavyweight champion.

"We are delighted in the Kingdom to host the greatest World Heavyweight Boxing Champion in the historic Diriyah on December 7," said Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi Sports General Authority. In the whole world in Saudi Arabia. "


In the so-called "dune clash", Joshua will try to regain the titles of the World Association, the World Organization and the International Boxing Federation, which he renounced last June in New York, losing to Ruiz by knockout during the seventh round.