Tyson Fury stripped of IBF belt

He was stripped of the IBF title that was part of his haul from defeating Klitschko, and authorities in Manchester, England, announced that he was under investigation for a “hate crime” related to statements he made before that fight.

The BBC reported late Tuesday that the International Boxing Federation has stripped Fury of his title less than two weeks after winning it, quoting Lindsey Tucker, championships chairman at the IBF, as saying “It’s true he’s been stripped of his IBF belt”.

Wladimir Klitschko exercised his rematch clause with Fury less than a week after he lost a unanimous decision to Fury on November 28.

Fury recently said he wants to fight retired former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.

Glazkov will be a formidable opponent for Fury, as he has won 21 of his 22 professional fights.

Fury took the IBF belt, along with the WBO, WBA and IBO titles, by beating Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf last month, and his next fight will be a rematch with the Ukrainian veteran. “He doesn’t hate anybody”.

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed they were investigating allegations of a hate crime having been committed following the boxer’s remarks about homosexuality.

Fury said in an interview this week: “Homosexuality, abortion and paedophilia -them three things need to be accomplished before the world finishes”.

Myrie, after glancing at his wristwatch and telling viewers “it’s after the watershed”, said that Fury: “Cannot be a dickhead and win the Sports Personality of the Year”.

It comes following a series of homophobic and sexist comments from the world heavyweight champion.

Fury sparked outrage with comments in a Mail on Sunday interview in which he suggested the legalisation of homosexuality and abortion signalled the coming apocalypse.

“Let’s not try and make me out to be some evil person and I hate gays, because I don’t hate anybody”, Fury told the BBC on Monday.

“When I say paedophiles could be made legal, it sounds insane”. She knows her place, I know her place. So who would have thought in the 50s and early 60s that those first two would be legalised.

“It is not an endorsement of an individual’s personal beliefs, either by the BBC or members of the panel”.

After his surprise victory over Klitschko, making him world champion and a favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year, his views came under renewed scrutiny. I think he should, and I think he needs to address it properly, and explain to the people out there exactly what he does mean.