The kingdom will host Saturday's fight between Andy Ruiz Jr. and Anthony Joshua.
City's Madison Square Garden and London's Wembley Stadium were among the arenas that fought hard to host the fight. Saudi Arabia has never hosted a heavyweight bout, and neither of the boxers have a connection to the country -- so to lure the fight, Saudi Arabia built a new 15,000-seat stadium in the desert in just six weeks. And the fighters' purse is reportedly upwards of $60 million.
Eddie Hearn, the fight’s British promoter, says the fight will make heavyweight history despite its controversial location. Dubbed the “Clash on the Dunes,” the fight is a rematch of June's bout between Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr. and Britain's Anthony Joshua that ended with one of the great upsets in boxing history as Ruiz, a last-minute substitute, stunned the boxing work by knocking out Joshua, the Olympic gold medalist and defending heavyweight champ who entered the fight 22-0.
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