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The much-anticipated rematch between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko will hold in Las Vegas, US, on November 11, according to fight promoter Eddie Hearns.

“I’ve been in Vegas with AJ, officially applying for my Nevada boxing license to promote there and that went well,” Hearns told Sky Sports.

“I met with the MGM and met with the T-Mobile Arena, Vegas is the front runner and November 11 is the date that is penciled in.

“It will probably take a couple of weeks to get everything over the line, but I believe Klitschko will take this fight and believe Vegas will be the one.

“AJ has been over there for about 10 days and has enjoyed himself and got to know the area a little bit.

“The amount of British fight fans that would travel there, it will be a momentous occasion and one that we will savour for a long time so fingers crossed it’s a party in Las Vegas on November 11.”

Hearns’ optimism about the fight holding in Las Vegas was echoed by Stephen Espinosa who heads Showtime, an American broadcast company.

“It’s no secret we’ve been salivating about getting him over here and certainly that would be a phenomenal fight,” said Espinoza.

“It would be the biggest heavyweight Vegas fight in probably a couple of decades, so we would love to host it.

“That’s a massive mega-fight wherever it is. The first fight was a star-making performance and for many here in the US, it was their introduction to Anthony Joshua.”

Joshua beat Klitschko in a pulsating encounter at Wembley Stadium, UK, in April.

The proposed venue for the rematch has a capacity of 20,000.