THE Tyson Fury-Anthony Joshua saga that’s dominated the sport’s headlines in recent weeks continues at pace. A full-scale implosion looks the likeliest outcome but nobody can say for sure at the time of writing.
If the contest is not made at this juncture, however, it will create a stink. A completely unnecessary and avoidable one, too. Though Fury’s initial desire to make the fight was to be admired, the decision to air every little twist and turn on social media was not. Whether Joshua is indeed a ‘shithouse’, as Fury so eloquently claims, or there are just too many details to resolve in a short space of time, it nonetheless heightens the impression that boxing is incapable of making the most appealing fights.
What can’t be denied, whether the contest actually
