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CHAOS STRIKES

YSON FURY said it first. Then Eddie Hearn said it and kept saying it in different ways. Bob Arum said it, seemed to change his mind for a few months, then started saying it again. Anthony Joshua kind of said it. Frank Warren never quite said it, refusing to until he was certain about it, though it’s fair to say his optimism was increasing with each passing day. Then Fury, as recently as Sunday, said it again. The champagne wasn’t yet flowing but we were growing ever more tempted to untighten our grip on the cork. Problem was nobody it. And when it comes to talking about super-fights like Joshua-Fury, ‘confirmed’ is the magic word, particularly when Deontay Wilder was

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