Current WBA, WBO, IBO heavyweight champion of the world, Tyson Fury has tested positive to cocaine.
Fury earlier in September was subjected to a random cocaine test and it has just been revealed that the result was positive.
This news comes just after the 28-year-old withdrew from his world heavyweight championship rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.
Television stations, the Manchester Arena and fans
had all made commitments ahead of the rematch before the British boxer
withdrew with claims that he is medically unfit to fight.
The positive test will also confirm the suspicion from Klitschko camp that Fury has been using a banned substance.
Reacting to the news, Klitschko manager Bernd Boente is quoted to say by Daily Mail; “this
might explain a lot but for certain this is terrible for boxing. I have
to say that Fury must be the most disgraceful heavyweight champion of
all time.”
“Don't forget this comes in a package which also includes his outrageous homophobic and anti-Semitic comments.
“The
wider issue for all of us in the sport is having him holding this
position while being caught this way. What kind of an example is he
setting to others in the sport and to youngsters all over the world by
something like this?
“We have been involved with many outstanding holders of the most prestigious title in world sport. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, your own Lennox Lewis were wonderful champions and splendid human beings. This is such a shame.”
This positive result to a cocaine test could mean that Fury is stripped of his belts and also suspended
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