Tyson Fury cleared to fight again after backdated ban - UK Anti-Doping

ByPA Sport

Updated 12/12/2017 at 17:39 GMT

Tyson Fury has been cleared to fight again immediately after receiving a two-year ban from boxing backdated to December 2015, UK Anti-Doping has announced.

Tyson Fury

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He is free to fight again once he regains his boxing license, with the British Boxing Board of Control also agreeing to the resolution, UKAD said.

The 29-year-old, who has a 25-0 record, became WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO world champion when he beat Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015 but has not fought since.

"In recognition of the retrospective counter-arguments and the risks inherent in the dispute resolution process, each side has accepted a compromise of its position," UKAD said on its website (www.ukad.org.uk).

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"The proceedings have therefore been resolved on the following basis: the anti-doping rule violations based on the reported presence of elevated levels of nandrolone metabolites are upheld."

Fury was not present when the inquiry resumed on Monday and on Tuesday, the 29-year-old former heavyweight champion published on social media a video of him in his car heading to training in Manchester.

UKAD confirmed a tweet by promoters Hennessy Sport stating that he does not need to attend, but in a confusing twist would not confirm whether the hearing was continuing.

Fury and his cousin and fellow heavyweight fighter Hughie, 23, tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone in February 2015.

The pair, however, were not charged by UKAD until June 2016, by which time Tyson had beaten Klitschko.

A rematch with the Ukrainian was scheduled for July 2016 but Fury postponed the fight, citing a sprained ankle, on the same day the UKAD charge was announced.

Both Hughie and Tyson Fury have strongly denied the nandrolone charge, claiming the positive was a result of eating wild boar that had not been castrated.

A second charge against Tyson over his "alleged failure to provide a sample in September 2016" has been withdrawn.

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