Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury apologises for offensive remarks

17 May 2016 - 14:21
By REUTERS

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has apologised for offensive remarks he made in an online video last week, insisting he is 'not a bigot or a racist'. The outspoken Briton, preparing for a re-match with Wladimir Klitschko who he surprisingly de-throned in Dusseldorf in November to win the WBA, WBO and IBF belts, caused controversy with homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic comments during an Q and A session with his uncle and trainer Peter Fury.

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