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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.

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"He didn't want the smoke," Fury said. "He came ringside to make the fight. If it was me, I'd have jumped in the ring. Ten years in the making and still there's uncertainty if it's going to happen next."

For more than a decade, Fury-Joshua has never got past the hype. In another industry, a project left in development this long might be considered obsolete.

Now, Team Fury say they have signed the contract, and Joshua hasn't. The blame game will continue.

There is a danger this will be yet another missed opportunity. The perfect moment belonged to 2019, or perhaps 2021. Now the question is simply - will the sport allow this entire generation to close without ever seeing them share a ring?

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Fury challenges Joshua after successful return against Makhmudov

Fury and Joshua remain hugely important to the sport. If Joshua is the beating heart of boxing in the UK, Fury is the blood that surges through the veins.

He said he has a three-fight deal for this year but insisted there is only one fight he wants.

"If it isn't AJ next, I'm not interested in boxing again. It's either him or I'm gone," Fury said.