British
heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been stripped of one his world
titles less than two weeks after winning it, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Fury
beat Wladimir Klitschko on points on Nov 28, taking the Ukrainian’s WBA, IBF,
IBO and WBO belts.
The
Briton was then obliged to fight the International Boxing Federation’s
mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, but Fury has instead chosen to face
Klitschko in a rematch, the BBC reported.
“It’s
true he’s been stripped of his IBF belt,” the BBC quoted IBF championships
chairman Lindsey Tucker as saying.
“Our
challenger was Vyacheslav Glazkov, but instead Fury’s gone and signed a rematch
clause with Wladimir Klitschko.”
Fury
has been embroiled in controversy in recent days after he compared
homosexuality to paedophilia, triggering public outrage and a police
investigation.
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