Boxing: Why Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are still on different pages

Fury 'not interested' in fighting anyone except Joshua After all these years, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are still on different pages. Following Fury's dominant victory over Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, it briefly felt like the moment had finally arrived when they might share common ground. The Gypsy King leaned over the ropes and beckoned Joshua towards him. The rivalry suddenly felt alive again. Joshua was not playing along with any mind games, though. Fury urged him to venture into the ring; Joshua stayed put. Another example of a subtle power struggle which has defined their history. Joshua was not going to be hurried, but it seemed as though Team Fury - and the Saudi organisers - expected a different script. Before and immediately after the fight, Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh, a major power-broker in modern boxing, was speaking as if the fight announcement was imminent. Netflix, the broadcasters of Saturday night's comeback show, even announced the all-British fight on social media for autumn in the UK, which Fury's promoter Frank Warren quickly shot down. Fury dominates Makhmudov and calls out Joshua next 'Opt