The rematch of Usik and Joshua is officially approved: the date and place of the battle are known

The Ukrainian will enter the ring in August.

The second fight between the WBA Super champion, WBO, IBF, IBO super heavyweight Alexander Usyk (19-0, 13 KOs) and Britain's Anthony Joshua (24-2, 22 KOs) have been officially approved.

This was announced by the promoter company Matchroom Boxing.

The match will take place on August 20 in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).

The rematch was originally scheduled for July 23, but the timing has changed to The organizers had the opportunity to fully promote this event.

Recall that on September 25 last year, Usik defeated Joshua by unanimous decision of the judges and took away from the British all his titles.

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Earlier Usik showed for the first time how to prepare for a rematch against Joshua .

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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