{"id":4628,"date":"2019-08-10T14:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T11:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2019-08-10T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T11:03:41","slug":"anthony-joshua-v-andy-ruiz-jr-one-of-this-decades-biggest-boxing-matches-is-taking-place-in-diriyah-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/lifestyle\/sports\/anthony-joshua-v-andy-ruiz-jr-one-of-this-decades-biggest-boxing-matches-is-taking-place-in-diriyah-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz Jr: One Of This Decade\u2019s Biggest Boxing Matches Is Taking Place In Diriyah This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia is a becoming a hub for big-time boxing matches, one of the most recent of which was Amir Khan&#8217;s bout against Billy Dib in Jeddah. The fight saw Amir Khan winning the WBC international welterweight title. This time the kingdom has <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/community\/two-major-festivals-launched-saudi-summer\/\">upped<\/a> the ante as the World Heavyweight boxing championship title is up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>The fight will be a rematch between Britain\u2019s Anthony Joshua and American Andy Ruiz Jr. The fight is being called the Clash on the Dunes.<\/p>\n<h2>Joshua will be looking to reclaim the IBF, WBA and WBO titles that he lost to Ruiz on the 1st of June earlier this year.<\/h2>\n<p>Rumour mill was abuzz over the past week with speculations that the match will take place in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi venue has now been confirmed as reported in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1537996\/sport\">Arab News.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Anthony Joshua even tweeted about it.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neutral grounds &#8211; LETS GO &#8211; Dec 7th, time to be 2X &#8211; 258MGT \ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cNOJV3QkYX\">pic.twitter.com\/cNOJV3QkYX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyjoshua\/status\/1159874669228507136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The fight will take place outskirts of Riyadh in the historic Ad Diriyah area.<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, Ad Diriyah hosted another major sporting event \u2013 the Saudia Ad Diriyah E-Prix<\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated duel will take place on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> of December. Tickets are not available yet, but watch this space as we keep you posted to as and when they do.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia is a becoming a hub for big-time boxing matches, one of the most recent of which was Amir Khan&#8217;s bout against Billy Dib in Jeddah. The fight saw Amir Khan winning the WBC international welterweight title. 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The fight saw Amir Khan winning the WBC international welterweight title. This time the kingdom has <a href=\"https:\/\/lovinsaudi.com\/community\/two-major-festivals-launched-saudi-summer\/\">upped<\/a> the ante as the World Heavyweight boxing championship title is up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>The fight will be a rematch between Britain\u2019s Anthony Joshua and American Andy Ruiz Jr. The fight is being called the Clash on the Dunes.<\/p>\n<h2>Joshua will be looking to reclaim the IBF, WBA and WBO titles that he lost to Ruiz on the 1st of June earlier this year.<\/h2>\n<p>Rumour mill was abuzz over the past week with speculations that the match will take place in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi venue has now been confirmed as reported in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1537996\/sport\">Arab News.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Anthony Joshua even tweeted about it.<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neutral grounds &#8211; LETS GO &#8211; Dec 7th, time to be 2X &#8211; 258MGT \ud83d\udc51 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cNOJV3QkYX\">pic.twitter.com\/cNOJV3QkYX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anthonyjoshua\/status\/1159874669228507136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The fight will take place outskirts of Riyadh in the historic Ad Diriyah area.<\/h2>\n<p>Last year, Ad Diriyah hosted another major sporting event \u2013 the Saudia Ad Diriyah E-Prix<\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated duel will take place on the 7<sup>th<\/sup> of December. 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