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Wednesday, 9 December 2015

IBF confirms its heavyweight belt stripped from Fury (The Associated Press)

FILE - This is a Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. file photo of the newly crowned heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury as he waits to answer questions as he hosts a media day in Bolton, England. Fury struck trouble on two fronts Tuesday Dec. 8, 2015, with a police investigation launched into his comments about homosexuality, and reports that he had been stripped of one of his belts for not facing the mandatory challenger. Greater Manchester Police said they have received a report of a

The IBF stripped British boxer Tyson Fury of its world heavyweight belt because he was breaking rules by meeting Wladimir Klitchsko in a rematch in his next fight. Fury was supposed to meet the IBF's No. 1 contender, Vyacheslav Glazkov, in a mandatory defense, but couldn't because he was contractually obligated to meet Klitschko. The International Boxing Federation said in a statement on Wednesday that the contract it received for the Klitschko-Fury bout on Nov. 28 didn't have a provision for a rematch, and if it had been aware of one, then it would have allowed a rematch only after a mandatory defense.



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