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Fury is in Saudi Arabia to observe Francis Ngannou&
ANTHONY JOSHUA and Tyson Fury stood shoulder-to-shoulder with one another during a tense meeting – but not a phrase was stated.
Fury is in Saudi Arabia to observe Francis Ngannou& in action against AJ on Friday, simply 5 months after his controversial win over the MMA star.
The Gypsy King and Ngannou joined Joshua and football celebrity Cristiano Ronaldo for a picture with Saudi boxing powerbroker Turki Alalshikh.
And the heavyweight rivals received right into a verbal altercation just moments before the sensational snap.
However based on Fury's assistant coach Andy Lee, there was no such verbal warfare with Joshua, 34, regardless of the years of feuding.
He advised iFL TV:& "They actually never stated a phrase to each other, which was fascinating.
"We have been walking shoulder to shoulder at one stage – me, Joe, Joshua and Tyson, nevertheless it just by no means occurred."
Fury, 35, was floored in his bout& with Ngannou, 37, and the ex-UFC champion has insisted he was robbed of a sensational upset victory.
So there was evidently no love lost when the pair reunited face-to-face again in Riyadh.
Lee stated: "Ngannou got here in and Tyson pulled him up right away and stated, 'Hey you, you've been talking about me in interviews saying I'm a coward, calling me yellow belly.'
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"But Ngannou in equity was quite calm and funky and stated, 'I didn't say that.' (Fury stated), 'You did, saying you gained the battle. I beat you. I beat you.'
And Ngannou stated, 'No, no, no, I didn't say that.' 'Yes you did,' Tyson stated. 'What does your document say?'
"Tyson stated, 'You maintain your man and I'll maintain mine and I'll give it to you once more.' He put it on him for a bit however it was fascinating."
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