And the winner is… Sydney.
The NSW capital has capitalised on Queensland’s tough quarantine rules and won the hosting rights for Tim Tszyu‘s blockbuster fight against Takeshi Inoue next month.
On Tuesday it was revealed fight promoters, No Limit Boxing, had been forced to move the event from Gold Coast Convention Centre as a result of the sunshine state government’s COVID-19 rules.
Now it appears they will announce Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney as the venue to house the November 17 bout.
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Reports say Qudos will be given the green light for a 75 per cent crowd capacity, meaning 10,000 tickets will go on sale to watch Australia’s boxing golden boy fight the Japanese champion.
Inoue will fly from Japan to Sydney later this month in preparation for the fight.
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