Looks like the holidays this year will be a little more festive. After turkey day and football, Friday November 29, will not only be the biggest shopping day of the year in America, but we also might be treated to the biggest, most anticipated rematch in recent memory.

Boxing Action Magazine has not officially confirmed the Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr. rematch date as of yet. Matchroom Boxing still has plenty of time to decide the final details of the blockbuster fight to be had at the end of 2019.

Anthony Joshua wants redemption to happen in the United States at Madison Square Garden On Friday November 29th ( Black Friday)

Eddie Hearn is leaning towards the rematch happening in the UK on December 14th at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Hearn wants to clean up the money from the very thirsty UK audience.

Andy Ruiz says the fight will NOT happen in the UK, but at the end of the day, it’s all noise as he has no say in the matter via the contact he initially signed to get the world title fight in June of this year.

Leaving Money On The Table:

Anthony Joshua is not known for leaving money on the table. Normally, AJ and Hearn are on the same page as far as cleaning up. This time might be different as AJ might take less to fight in the United States.

There are a few other ways to make up the money lost by staging the fight in the United States, but upsetting DAZN’s plan of taking over the sports world is currently not in Matchroom’s interest.

One thing for sure, The Anthony Joshua verse Ruiz Ortiz Junior rematch is interesting in so many ways including the staging of the fight:

The DAZN factor / relationship, venue placement, financial considerations and Magnitude of this fight makes this a very interesting proposition for Matchroom Boxing.

One can argue that outside of Manny Pacquiao, Ruiz is the most known active boxer on the planet because of June’s social media explosion.

Maybe this year, the conversation at the Thanksgiving family get together will be about boxing instead of football.

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