WBO imposes deadline on Tyson Fury - ONE NEWS
Fury has ten days (starting today NZT) to provide WBO chairman Luis Batista-Salas with proof he was medically unfit to fight Wladimir Klitschko in the second rescheduled fight between the pair, although the words used in the 26-paragraph letter to Fury would suggest his demise is inevitable.
"The WBO Championship Committee decided that you have ten (10) calendar days, final and non-extendable to show cause why your title should not be vacated due to inactivity, breach of contract and performance enhancing drugs and stimulants," Batista-Salas wrote.
Fury's uncle and trainer, Peter Fury, backed the decision to free up the belt but wanted his nephew to be given a "champion in recess" status that would allow him to challenge any new holders of the title once he had recovered from his illness.
However, in order to fight the holder, Fury must first win his hearing next week with the British Boxing Board of Control, where his licence to fight could be revoked.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/joseph-parkers-world-title-fight-hopes-given-boost-wbo-imposes-deadline-tyson-fury
Fury has ten days (starting today NZT) to provide WBO chairman Luis Batista-Salas with proof he was medically unfit to fight Wladimir Klitschko in the second rescheduled fight between the pair, although the words used in the 26-paragraph letter to Fury would suggest his demise is inevitable.
"The WBO Championship Committee decided that you have ten (10) calendar days, final and non-extendable to show cause why your title should not be vacated due to inactivity, breach of contract and performance enhancing drugs and stimulants," Batista-Salas wrote.
Fury's uncle and trainer, Peter Fury, backed the decision to free up the belt but wanted his nephew to be given a "champion in recess" status that would allow him to challenge any new holders of the title once he had recovered from his illness.
However, in order to fight the holder, Fury must first win his hearing next week with the British Boxing Board of Control, where his licence to fight could be revoked.
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/joseph-parkers-world-title-fight-hopes-given-boost-wbo-imposes-deadline-tyson-fury