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Joshua vs. Klitschko targeted for Nov.11 in Las Vegas

By Daily Sports on July 26, 2017

British promoter Eddie Hearn has set aside November 11 for the rematch between heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko for Las Vegas, Nevada.

Joshua, who holds the IBF/WBA heavyweight world titles, has already spent 10 days in Vegas scouting out the city to see how much he likes the area, and he had a good time, according to Hearn.

Joshua visited the Mayweather gym in Vegas, and he was even reportedly given an offer to spar with one of the heavyweights at the gym. Having Joshua fight the 41-year-old Klitschko in Vegas instead of the UK once again helps the long term goal of increasing the 6’5” Joshua’s popularity in the U.S. Hearn wants to turn Joshua into a PPV attraction in the U.S.

Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, who came from the UK, became a big star late in his career in the U.S. Lewis had some big fights against Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. He never fought Riddick Bowe unfortunately.

That would have been a great fight for the boxing public to see if Lewis could have fought Bowe during his prime before he started to have weight problems. “I’ve been in Vegas with AJ, officially applying for my Nevada boxing license to promote there and that went well,” said Hearn to Sky Sports News HQ. “Vegas is the front runner and November 11 is the date that is penciled in.

Hearn met with representatives for the T-Mobile Arena and MGM in Las Vegas. Those are venues have the seating capacity of around 20,000 seats. That’s way off from the 90,000 seats Joshua-Klitschko’s previous fight had on April 29 at Wembley Stadium in London, UK. There were a ton of boxing fans that sold out the Wembley Stadium, with most of them being Joshua’s fans.

•Photo shows Anthony Joshua.

Source Daily Sports

Posted July 26, 2017