For years insults have been exchanged from a distance.
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insults → exchange → distance
Both appeared delighted to be involved, no great surprise considering the huge imminent boost to their bank balances.
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Both → appear → balances
The face-off could have taken place without the great mass of security that flocked onto the stage.
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that → take → stage
It ended with Joshua tickling Fury as they broke into laughter.
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they → end → laughter
The mic was handed on several occasions to Turki Alalshikh, who twice took the opportunity to launch a bizarre tirade at Dua Lipa.
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who → hand → Lipa
She reportedly turned down the offer of performing at the fight earlier this year.
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She → turn → fight
Alalshikh's desire to do battle with the singer aside, only once did anything resembling a confrontation threaten to break out.
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anything → resemble → confrontation
Even that was hard to take particularly seriously, considering it immediately followed host Max Kellerman asking when there would be any animosity between them.
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Kellerman → take → them
Fury briefly played his part on request.
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Fury → play → request
Having turned around to look at the big screen behind, he pointed to the fact it was Fury vs Joshua and not the reverse.
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it → turn → Joshua
"In the build-up to this fight, Eddie and AJ were talking about being the landlord and the boss, the governors," Fury said.
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Fury → talk → fight
"I only see one don, Fury v AJ.
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I → see → AJ
On December 11th, you’re going to see Tyson Fury…
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you → go → Fury
you’re The Landlord coming to collect — and I ain’t f*****g paying!”
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I → come → ?
Joshua responded by claiming he had received a call last week, saying Fury would pull out of the fight if his name was not first.
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name → respond → fight
Both spoke of inspiring the next generation and of this being the "icing on the cake" of careers that have changed British boxing.
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that → speak → boxing
Joshua, in particular, looked at ease.
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Joshua → look → ease
He had the majority of the fans inside the room behind him and joked with those who heckled for Fury.
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who → have → Fury
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Fury vowed: "I tell you what I'm going to do, I'm going to come out and blast him out.
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I → read → him
I'm going to throw down.
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I → go → ?
I'm going to catch him and it'll be curtains.
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it → go → him
"We love it," was the response from Joshua.
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response → love → Joshua
"That's the energy that we want.
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we → want → that
There is nothing else I expect from this man.
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I → be → man
Fury offered to share a pint with Joshua after the fight, regardless of the result.
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Fury → offer → result
"I don't know if I can trust you," Joshua laughed.
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Joshua → know → you
The pair will now go their separate ways to continue their training camps.
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pair → go → camps
An added subplot is the revelation Joshua has been consulting Fury's uncle Peter, using him for advice on how to approach the fight.
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Joshua → add → fight
Joshua will also have Ben Davison, Fury's former trainer, back in his corner.
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Joshua → have → corner
If Fury does have any ill-feeling towards those no longer on his team, there was no sign of it at this press conference.
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Fury → have → conference
Had they met in their prime, the fight would have been legacy-defining.
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fight → meet → prime
The jeopardy of that would have fostered a far colder atmosphere.
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jeopardy → foster → atmosphere
Both have nowhere else to go and that has brought them together.
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that → have → them
It is a marriage of convenience and the happy couple have hit the jackpot.
asserted
couple → hit → jackpot
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