The rematch between IBF world heavyweight boxing champion Daniel Dubois and previous two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is drawing closer, according to boxing financier Turki Alalshikh, who divulged the information Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia.

The boxing industry visited the region for Riyadh Season. In the headline event of a star-studded night, Artur Beterbiev won the undisputed light heavyweight championship by majority decision against Dmitry Bivol; fight promoter Eddie Hearn immediately protested, seeking for a rematch.

Dubois easily defeated Joshua on September 21, dropping his countryman in every round but winning before completing the show in style, in a knockout that concluded as one-sided thrashing as Terence Crawford had given.

The rematch between IBF world heavyweight boxing champion Daniel Dubois and previous two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is drawing closer, according to boxing financier Turki Alalshikh, who divulged the information Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Saudi Arabia.

The boxing industry visited the region for Riyadh Season. In the headline event of a star-studded night, Artur Beterbiev won the undisputed light heavyweight championship by majority decision against Dmitry Bivol; fight promoter Eddie Hearn immediately protested, seeking for a rematch.

Dubois easily defeated Joshua on September 21, dropping his countryman in every round but winning before completing the show in style, in a knockout that concluded as one-sided thrashing as Terence Crawford had given.

Dubois rose to the occasion September 21 when he boxed the best he’s ever had, in front of 96,000 people at Wembley Stadium in London, to destroy Joshua in the fifth round of a dominant bout.

Whether or not a rematch yields a different result than the one-way drubbing we saw last month remains to be seen, but it will surely be a spectacle once again as two of the most recognizable heavyweights on the planet box their rematch on February 22 — a five-month turnaround.