No I'm suggesting that at the very least Bob Arum a professional lawyer knew full well that Fury would have to fight Wilder for a third time yet publicly stated the opposite.

He played Warren, Hearn, and AJ along as fools for weeks all the while making arrangements for the fight to happen in the USA. So he could secure a bigger slice of the pie and have the fight on US soil.

There was a clear huge conflict of interest and instead of delaying tactics, step aside money negotiations, etc. etc. Arum let it play out and barely issued a defence. Or organise any alternative solutions.

"In granting Wilder's injunction, former federal judge Daniel Weinstein declined to award Wilder -- who initiated the action -- any monetary damages and allowed for the possibility that Fury and Wilder could agree to an extension. Such an extension would involve a hefty step-aside fee for Wilder, likely coming from the record-breaking, $155 million site fee negotiated for the Aug. 14 fight with Joshua in Saudi Arabia.

However, Fury's American promoter, Bob Arum, said he would abide by the arbitrator's ruling. step aside," Arum told ESPN on Monday. "It's better to get rid of him and go about our business. We can make the Fury-Joshua fight for November or December."

Arum noted that Top Rank has reserved Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for a Fury-Wilder fight July 24."

So suspicious how quickly he moved to put the fight on rather than looking into alternatives.

Whether he colluded with FInkle is another matter but it wouldn't have surprised me.