Wednesday, 12 May 2021: Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title fight will take place in Saudi Arabia as confirmed by Eddie Hearn, Joshua’s promoter.

Hearn suggested it could take place on either 7th August or 14th August.

A specific venue and date is yet to be confirmed for the all-British bout, which will see the winner become the undisputed heavyweight champion.

“It’s a very bad secret that the fight is happening in Saudi Arabia,” Hearn said in an interview with Sky Sports.

He added they were working with the “same people” as they did for Joshua’s rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr.

Joshua, 31, won back the WBA, WBO and IBF belts by beating Ruiz in Diriyah, on the outskirts of the Saudi capital Riyadh, in December 2019, having lost the titles in a shock defeat in June that year.

This year’s rescheduled Tokyo Olympics are set to finish on 8th August, so Hearn said 14th August made more sense but that he hoped to secure the date and venue in the next few days.

Hearn announced that a two-fight deal between Joshua and Fury, 32, had been agreed in March after months of negotiations.

Fury's UK promoter Frank Warren has suggested that a deal will not be signed until he is guaranteed the fight purse, but Hearn is 'comfortable' about the funds been available after staging Joshua's rematch win over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia in December 2019.

The fight will see all four belts contested in a heavyweight bout for the first time.

The last undisputed heavyweight champion was Britain’s Lennox Lewis from 1999 to 2000. That was before a boxer also had to hold the WBO belt to be recognised as undisputed champion.