Saudi dosh is Josh the ticket

SAUDI ARABIA officials are set to make offers for a December heavyweight tournament in the coming weeks.

Rumours have been rife of a mega money event in the Middle East this winter.

But Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Oleksandr Usyk and Deontay Wilder will get made offers soon as the Gulf state looks to solidify its position in the sport.

Fury (inset) took to social media this week to claim the rumours are “BS” but that is because he is yet to be engaged in talks with them.

Skills Challenge, who run boxing events in Saudi, plan to invite the fighters’ representatives out for talks in the next month.

Their plan is to get an undisputed heavyweight champion for the first time since Lennox Lewis reigned in 1999.

Fighters will be allowed to take bouts in the meantime but they will be warned about the risk they face if losing belts.

Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, is due a mandatory defence against Britain’s Daniel Dubois, which is in negotiations for this summer.

Fury has not got such pressures on him but may opt for a warm-up bout as he has not boxed since December.

Joshua has said he will not fight until December but promoter Eddie Hearn is hopeful he can get his man in action this summer, with Dillian Whyte a potential opponent. Zhilei Zhang, who beat Joe Joyce to become No.1 with the WBO at the weekend, is set for a rematch with the British heavyweight, who is expected to trigger the clause in the contract despite his sixth-round stoppage.

Hearn has hinted the tournament could be worth about £400m but it is understood individual purses would be under the £100m mark.