The British Boxing Board of Control are willing to grant Tyson Fury a license and let him fight in 2018 but under certain conditions.
He has to be healthy in every way.
“We want Tyson Fury to come back fit and healthy, in the right circumstances. At present time, he has a few things going on, so he needs those things resolved. Once they’re resolved and he is a position to do so, we want to make sure he’s healthy. There a lot of stories out there about his health, physically and mentally, but the most important thing is him. Boxing comes second But if we are able to consider him boxing again, we want that to happen,” said the Chairman of the board, Robert Smith to Sky Sports.
Fury’s situation is still not totally resolved. He needs to have his hearing with UK Anti-Doping but apparently, the former world champion’s legal team have not given a date which has halted the issue.
“It’s quite simple, Fury’s legal team need to agree a date At the present time, as I am standing here now, it hasn’t been agreed. We are ready to go. UKAD do all our anti-doping for us, they have an independent panel that is dealing with the case and we are trying to get a date finalised. But we are unable to do so because they [Fury’s legal team] haven’t confirmed one,” explained Smith.
Thanks to the BBBOC for giving me the green light to box in 2018.👍🏻👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/wuJhjtZzo1
— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) October 30, 2017
According to the Chairman, the governing body and UKAD are ready to put this to bed.
“Of course we want it done. We are as frustrated as anybody else, because I get questions about Fury on a regular basis, but ultimately it is up to them. We are ready to go, UKAD are ready to go on our behalf, and the independent panel are waiting for a confirmed date,” he continued.
Be ready to fight in April 2018 in a great fight! & again in the summer in a mega fight! & again in back end of year. 3 big fights in 2018.
— TYSON FURY (@Tyson_Fury) October 12, 2017
Fury himself tweeted that he will fight at least three times in 2018. One of the biggest fights out there is Fury versus the current heavyweight superstar, Anthony Joshua, who challenged Fury after his retaining his WBA and IBF titles against Carlos Takam in Cardiff this past weekend.
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