In a desert for gambling, smart money’s on Anthony Joshua

At one particular press engagement this week, in a bid to break the ice at the beginning of a media huddle with His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, one member of the visiting press asked: ‘So... who’s your money on?’

In a kingdom where gambling is a crime, it was not exactly the most auspicious of starts but then again Saudi Arabia is a place, we are told, pushing hard to change. The prince, by the way, could not confidently back either man. Nor is he legally allowed to.