Yesterday, Tuesday, a press conference was held in Jeddah Governorate on the Battle of the Red Sea, which will take place on August 20, between the Ukrainian “Oleksandr Usyk” and the former British title holder “Anthony Joshua”, in the presence of His Excellency Deputy Minister of Sports Badr bin Abdul Rahman Al-Qadi and His Excellency Assistant Minister of Sports Abdul-Ilah bin Saad Al-Dallak, as well as a number of deputy ministers.
During the press conference, the boxers expressed their readiness for a historic fight, which is the second after the confrontation that brought the boxers together at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in September 2021, and ended with the Ukrainian Usyk crowned the title.
Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk expressed the joy of being in the Kingdom and the warm welcome given to him and his team, and is looking forward to meeting all boxing fans on August 20 at a historic fight.
For his part, Britain’s Anthony Joshua expressed his happiness to be back in the kingdom in which he regained the title three years ago during a historic match in Diriyah, aiming to win it back again, noting that wins and losses are natural in sport in general and boxing. in particular, and it is necessary to have the right mentality to accept Lose, learn and try again.
For his part, the head of the Saudi Arabia Boxing Federation, Abdullah Al-Harbi, revealed the strategy of the federation, which aims to reach half a million boxing practitioners of all kinds, whether it is boxing for the purpose of fitness, boxing programs in schools and universities, or competitive boxing, stressing that The federation also strives to develop the boxing system and develop the human potential of boxing, including coaches, judges, arena judges and organizers, encouraging more than half a million young men and women from the Kingdom to practice the game of boxing, and about 5,000 people have registered for this game.
Notably, Oleksandr and Joshua’s duo’s first confrontation was Oleksandr Usyk’s victory over Joshua in a duel that took place last September 2021 AD at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in front of 60,000 spectators, before Joshua demanded to meet again. which is happening for the first time in the history of heavyweight competition since 1999 AD. Kingdom after the great success achieved during the “Historic Diriyah Fight” held at the Diriyah Arena in December 2019 AD and Briton Anthony Joshua won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship by defeating his Mexican rival Andy Ruiz by total points, after end of the last round.
