The two days which could make or break Fury-AJImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Tyson Fury (left) and Anthony Joshua (right) are expected to fight later this year if they win their respective warm-up fights ByKal SajadBBC Sport boxing journalistPublished50 minutes agoAfter more than a decade of posturing and power struggles – a soap opera of warring promoters, shifting managers, fractured television deals and failed negotiations – it has finally come down to this.The biggest fight in British boxing history – Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua – hangs on one final two-day stretch.On Friday, Fury, 37, fights Mariusz Wach in the unlikely surroundings of Pattaya, Thailand. There is no broadcaster, only a modest crowd expected and a 46-year-old opponent.The following evening, almost 4,000 miles away in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Joshua returns against Kristian Prenga – an Albanian knockout artist whom even the most hardened boxing fans would struggle to pick out of a line-up.
If all goes to plan, Fury will leave Thailand within hours of beating Wach, board a private jet and fly to Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to climb through the ropes and finally stand face-to-face with Joshua.
The contracts are signed but, especially in boxing, the ink is never truly dry until the opening bell rings.
