{"id":1843,"date":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T00:39:13","slug":"is-the-heavyweight-rematch-between-fury-and-klitschko-coming-to-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/announcements\/is-the-heavyweight-rematch-between-fury-and-klitschko-coming-to-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the heavyweight rematch between Fury and Klitschko coming to Dubai?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looks like Dubai might be about to host one of the biggest fights the boxing world has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Tyson Fury\u2019s uncle and trainer Peter Fury\u00a0confirmed that the UAE is down to the last two possible locations for his\u00a0heavyweight rematch against Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month Tyson had said\u00a0that Abu Dhabi was a possible of five locations that they were looking at. He said:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019d rather go to Abu Dhabi or Qatar\u201d than fight again in Germany.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned\u00a0negotiations to have it on a cruise ship\u00a0with a \u201cSheikh in Dubai\u201d, but that idea seems to have been parked.<\/p>\n

Tyson explained to The Daily\u00a0Telegraph<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cWe even had negotiations to have it on a cruise ship. There was a Sheikh in Dubai who owned a yacht which would fit only 120 people on. He didn\u2019t want to broadcast the fight anywhere and he said he could sell 120 tickets at $1 million (Dh3.67m) each, so that would have been $120m.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted to have an exclusive heavyweight championship of the world fight with no TV station, with just those 120 people watching. He didn\u2019t say how much I would get, but I probably would have had the biggest half of the $120 million \u2014 so I was all for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible now, but it would have been an epic story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

But Dubai itself\u00a0is still in the running, with the UAE and the UK having\u00a0been announced as\u00a0the two remaining contenders.<\/p>\n

Peter Fury said:\u00a0\u201cThe fight is going to take place in one of two places,\u00a0it\u2019s either going to be in the UAE or in the United Kingdom, it\u2019s a toss-up between the two and talks are ongoing. The best package will take it.\u00a0It\u2019s just about maximising revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amongst possible venues is The Sheikh Rashid Hall at Dubai World Trade Centre, which\u00a0hosted a fight between Shelby Gross and former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer in 2008.<\/p>\n

The rematch will come after Tyson took Wladimir’s heavyweight crown last November, brining an end to his nine-year reign as heavyweight champion. It’s going to be a big fight…and we’re excited about the prospect of it possibly\u00a0being here in the UAE!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Watch: Floyd Mayweather’s trip to Dubai on video<\/a><\/p>\n

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