By Gabriel Princewill-
Tyson Fury’s withdrawal from his scheduled rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, may be linked with his doping scandal. The mirror revealed today, Saturday, that Fury refused to undergo a drug test when visited by inspectors from UK anti-doping authorities.
The 6ft 7-inch world champion reportedly told testers to Fxxxxoff when they came to test him for drugs.This distasteful response is no evidence of guilt, but is strongly suggestive of some discomfort on the part of Fury in relation to dope testing and dope allegations.
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Fury has now canceled plans to meet Klitschko for their heavyweight rematch twice- this time citing depression and mental health problems. When one considers that Fury had never withdrawn from a boxing fight before this occasion, it becomes clear that he has a hidden reason for pulling out of this fight. The stated excuse of depression does not hold sway when coming from a motor mouth who kicked so much fuss against David Haye for withdrawing twice against him in 2014.
Fury was strident in his threat to sue the UK anti-doping agency for alleging he had failed a doping test due to traces of a banned anabolic steroid found in his system. The UK anti-doping body then flexibly put off their meeting with Fury until after his rescheduled fight next month. Klitschko had different ideas and insisted Fury must be tested before they meet again on October 29. Smart move by the beaten former world champion, who did not want to take a chance of fighting a man whom he felt may be pumped up with banned substances, whether it was true or not.
Suddenly, the outspoken gypsy who once claimed he would retire undefeated, pulled out of the fight and produced a medical statement saying his medical condition was too serious for him to fight.
The problem with what appears to be a smokescreen is that depression and mental health are in many ways subjective. Any professional doctor can diagnose a person who shows signs of depression or mental health issues.
The flip side to this point is that Fury may have felt targeted and become so incensed as to lash out at them, but withdrawing from the fight was an extreme eventuality.
Fury has in past times admitted to having issues with depression, but it still seems improbable that Fury would pull out of this fight for the reason of depression and mental health issues alone.
Intuitively, something is bothering the mind of the towering gypsy champion, for him to withdraw from this fight, twice now. Any problem of mental health issues at work in Fury’s decision not to fight, most likely pertains to some sort of concern or annoyance in relation to the dope testing, or fear of meeting Klitschko again- if he had not prepared for the fight well.
Fury’s handlers have stated they want the fight rescheduled for a third time, not aborted. Trouble is fight fans will be fed up of this scandalous seeming charade. This no show twice would have got fight fans feeling cynical. They won’t know what to expect from Fury next time.
Rising star, Anthony Joshua, has expressed an interest in facing Klitschko to fill in the gaps, but Klitschko’s manager, Boente, has said Klitschko is more interested in getting his old belts back.