With less than two weeks to go until Anthony Joshua's rematch against Andy Ruiz Jr, the British heavyweight has touched down in Saudi Arabia.

After his shock loss to the Mexican at Madison Square Garden in June, it will be unfamiliar turf again for Joshua as he looks to reclaim his world titles in the Middle East.

But amid another new setting for what could be a career-defining fight, AJ will have a familiar support network to call upon right up to December 7 - but who exactly are they? Sportsmail takes a look...

1. Robert McCracken MBE (trainer), 2. Tyrone Spong (sparring partner), 3. Ian Gat (physio), 4. Nas Ahmed (logistics manager), 5. Elvis Garcia (sparring partner), 6. Jamie Reynolds (S&C coach), 7. Bryant Jennings (sparring partner), 8. Ben Ileyemi (head of security), 9. Anthony Joshua OBE, 10. Marchello Moore (Andrew Tabiti brother and manager), 11. Joby Clayton (coaching team), 12. David Ghansa (camp manager), 13. Andrew Tabiti (sparring partner), 14. Timothy Moten (sparring partner), 15. Mark Ellison (nutritionist), 16. Angel Fernandez (coaching team)

The 30-year-old arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday - 13 days before fight night

Sparring partners - Tyrone Spong, Elvis Garcia, Bryant Jennings, Andrew Tabiti, Timothy Moten

Joshua's most recent Instagram picture of his squad show five sparring partners in total, all of whom are at varying levels of ability.

Spong is the current WBC and WBO Latino Heavyweight champion, Garcia is a 29-year-old Mexican fighter with an 8-0 record, while Jennings is an experienced American heavyweight who lost to Wladmir Klitschko in 2015.

Bryant Jennings (left) lost to Wladmir Klitschko in 2015 via a unanimous decision in New York

Tabiti is an American cruiserweight with a 17-1 record (incidentally his brother is also in the photo), and lastly Moten is a 27-year-old heavyweight also from the United States.

Coaching team - Angel Fernandez, Joby Clayton

Pad men Angel Fernandez and Joby Clayton have been added to Joshua's team in the past month, as exclusively revealed by Sportsmail.

And outside the ring...

Eddie Hearn

Joshua's promoter and Group Managing Director of Matchroom Sport, Eddie Hearn has become something of a cult figure on social media recently, with his 'No Context Hearn' Twitter page proving extremely popular.

Funny antics and sayings aside though, Hearn is an elite-level matchmaker and although Joshua's move stateside somewhat backfired in June, he continues to expand the worldwide AJ appeal.

The man in the middle, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn will be holding his breath next Saturday

That being said, the be all and end all is what goes down inside the ring - and Hearn cannot afford Joshua to come up short lose next Saturday.

Rob McCracken

Joshua stuck with his trainer despite calls to ditch McCracken after the loss to Ruiz - and the rumours that circulated in the aftermath.

McCracken was heavily criticised for admitting after the fight that he 'knew Joshua was concussed' from the third round onwards - the Brit was eventually stopped in the seventh-round.

Rob McCracken has trained Anthony Joshua since his December 2016 win against Eric Molina

Regardless, AJ has retained McCracken's services for his Middle East venture, and the pair will hope to form a winning game-plan with plenty more preparation time than the three weeks they had for late replacement Ruiz in the spring.

Frank Smith

The CEO of Matchroom Sport since April 2018, Smith is in day-to-day contact with Hearn, and works alongside the face of the company to put on up to 40 shows a year around the world.

On the company's board at the age of just 26, Smith's ascendance from work experience at 14-years-old is truly staggering.

Having joined full-time upon leaving school in 2008, he joined Matchroom's boxing team in 2011 after working across a number of different sports and he has worked his way up to top dog.

Freddie Cunningham

Managing director of AJBXNG, Joshua's commercial brand, Freddie Cunningham manages all of Joshua's dealings outside the ring, with the growth of brand AJ his fundamental responsibility.

The pair formed AJBXNG in 2015 after working together under the umbrella of The Sports Partnership, which was run by Jenson Button.

Freddie Cunningham (left) with Frank Smith (right) at the custom-built venue in Riyadh

Leon Skinner

Commonly known as Joshua's right-hand man, Skinner is a regular in AJ's corner and is usually seen in picture with Joshua during fight week - his official job is director and co-founder of social events brand TheHangout UK.

He also has an unusual claim to fame in that he featured alongside Dame Judi Dench in the 2006 film Notes on a Scandal.

Right-hand man Leon Skinner (left) with Paul Pogba and Anthony Joshua in January 2019

Jamie Reynolds

Known as Jamie Velocity, Reynolds is Joshua's strength and conditioning trainer.

He is a 'Nike Master Trainer' and has worked with athletes such as Marcus Rashford, Troy Deeney and Eden Hazard in the past.

Joshua with his strength and conditioning trainer Jamie Reynolds at Wembley Stadium

Rob Madden

A Bristol University-educated physiotherapist, Rob Madden has worked with several sporting governing bodies, treating Olympic athletes and preparing them for competition.

He is a well-known personal trainer, and as well as working with Joshua he works for F1 coaching company Hintsa Performance, and the Centre for Health and Human Performance in London.

Iwan Llewelyn

Llewelyn is Joshua's social media manager, and is the Head of Digital at PR agency Soapbox, of which Joshua is a client.

He used to list Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann among his clients, and his role is to 'analyse the commercial value of sportsmen and sportswomen's digital platforms'.

Andy Bell

Often pictured alongside Llewelyn, Bell is Joshua's PR manager and co-founder of SoapBox.

SoapBox describes itself as a provider of 'image management for elite sporting talent'.

Other well-known SoapBox clients include Sir Bradley Wiggins, Wilfried Zaha, Marcus Rashford and Kyle Edmund.

PR managers Iwan Llewelyn (left) and Andy Bell (right) with Joshua in New York this year

Ben Ileyemi

Last but not least, Joshua's cousin Ben Ileyemi is perhaps the biggest reason Joshua is where he is.

A former pro boxer himself, Ileyemi was the one who convinced Joshua to strive for a career in the sport at the age of 18.

Now, he is essentially Joshua's bodyguard and head of security, accompanying the 30-year-old on everything from the weigh-in to the ring-walk. The pair also used to spar, in what Ileymei has previously described as 'wars'.