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Agence France-Presse

Controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury appeared to make a U-turn on his retirement decision on Monday, tweeting: “I’m here to stay.”
“Hahahaha u think you will get rid of the GYPSYKING that easy!!! I’m here to stay. #TheGreatest just shows u what the Medea (sic) are like. Tut tut,” Fury wrote on Twitter.
The outspoken 28-year-old British fighter, dogged by reports he failed a drugs test for cocaine, had earlier declared himself “retired” in a profanity strewn tweet.
“Boxing is the saddest thing I ever took part in, all a pile of shit,” he wrote earlier in the day. “I’m the greatest and I’m also retired ...”

Reports by US broadcaster ESPN last week claimed Fury had tested positive for cocaine. The British fighter recently cancelled an October bout with Wladimir Klitschko to defend his WBA and WBO heavyweight belts.
Fury’s promoters, Hennessy Sports, did not wish to comment.
Fury, 28, had been scheduled to earn the biggest purse of his career in a rematch with Klitschko at the Manchester Arena after shocking the Ukrainian last November to become world champion.
However, Fury withdrew from that date as his camp claimed he had been “declared mentally unfit to fight”.

ESPN reported Fury tested positive after providing a urine sample to the Las Vegas-based Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (Vada) in Lancaster, England, on September 22.
Cocaine, while an illegal drug, is not banned in boxing if taken out of competition.
The hits keep coming: heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury tests positive for cocaine - report
Fury later tweeted a link to a YouTube video in which he said George Kokkalenios, an American lawyer, was “telling the truth about the corruption in boxing”.
The video showed Kokkalenios at the wheel of a car, talking to an unidentified person behind the camera and suggesting Klitschko was somehow involved in the cocaine reports about Fury.

“What’s going on with Tyson is really a major travesty,” he said.
“He’s getting railroaded. He’s been completely railroaded by crooked people. He’s not on drugs – I know that for a fact. He’s not taking anything, he’s not doping. The system is corrupt and that’s it.
“Klitschko, he is definitely involved in this because he’s got everyone in his pocket. I’m not saying he’s a bad man at all, but I can tell you this for a fact: his wealth carries a lot of influence.”
Fury appeared to make light of the reports in a previous Twitter post on Saturday.
He tweeted a picture of Tony Montana, played by Al Pacino in the film Scarface, sitting at a table with a pile of cocaine in front of him.
Fury imposed his own face onto the picture, which he captioned “#Tysonmontana”.

Fury, the self-styled “Gypsy King”, also won the IBF belt in his fight against Klitschko, but had to forfeit it after failing to fulfil a mandatory bout against Vyacheslav Glazkov.
A previously scheduled rematch with Klitschko, set for July 9, was scrapped after Fury sustained an ankle injury.
Following the cancellation of that fight, it emerged that UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) had charged Fury and his cousin, Hughie, with a doping offence. They deny wrongdoing.
The sample, taken nine months prior to Fury’s sensational victory over Klitschko, contained traces of the banned substance nandrolone.

Fury was provisionally suspended, but his ban has since been lifted and his legal team have threatened action against UKAD.
He is due to face a hearing in November and could have been stripped of his titles if found guilty.
British promoter Eddie Hearn recently said Fury would never fight again, prompting his trainer and uncle, Peter Fury, to claim his nephew would be back in action next year.
His greatest moment, defeating Klitschko in Germany after the Ukrainian was unbeaten for over a decade, also proved his downfall.
Fury has courted almost constant controversy since winning the world title, angering many with a series of highly sexist, anti-semitic and homophobic comments.


Tyson Fury says ‘here to stay’, apparently reversing retirement tweet

Britain’s Tyson Fuery is back in the news, making a U-turn on his retuirement tweet. Photo: AP

Boxing - Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury WBA, IBF & WBO Heavyweight Title's - Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany - 28/11/15 Tyson Fury in action against Wladimir Klitschko during the fight Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach Livepic

Boxing - Wladimir Klitschko & Tyson Fury Head-to-Head Press Conference - Hilton Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex - 23/9/15 Tyson Fury in fancy dress during the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Couldridge Livepic

Boxing - Wladimir Klitschko v Tyson Fury WBA, IBF & WBO Heavyweight Title's - Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany - 28/11/15 Tyson Fury celebrates after being declared the winner of the fight as Wladimir Klitschko looks dejected Reuters / Kai Pfaffenbach Livepic

Boxing - Tyson Fury, Ricky Hatton & Naseem Hamed Press Conference - Landmark Hotel, London - 13/4/16 Tyson Fury during the press conference Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Tyson Fury's initial retirement tweet.

Say hello to my little friend: Tyson Fury makes light of cocaine reports with Scarface tweet

Tyson Fury. Photo: AFP

epa05536597 Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko holds up a poster of an absent Tyson Fury during a press conference in London, Britain, 12 September 2016. Klitschko will challenge British WBA, WBO, IBO, and IBF heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury on 29 October 2016 in Manchester, Britain. According to Fury's team Fury's car broke down on the way from Manchester to London and was unable to attend the press conference. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Britain Boxing - Anthony Crolla v Jorge Linares WBA & WBC Diamond Lightweight Title's - Manchester Arena - 24/9/16 Tyson Fury before the start of the boxing Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra Livepic EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

End of the line? Tyson Fury almost at breaking point, says his uncle as promoter Hearn says he’s finished

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury attended last week’s Anthony Crolla-Jorge Linares fight in Manchester and looked overweight. Photo: Reuters

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 27, 2015 shows Ukrainian Heavyweight World Champion Wladimir Klitschko (2nd L) and his challenger Britain's Tyson Fury (R) posing for a face-off during an official weigh-in in Essen, western Germany. Britain's controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury's title rematch with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko has been called off for a second time as the titleholder is "medically unfit to fight", his camp said on September 23, 2016. The 28-year-old champion -- who sensationally took the title off long-time holder Klitschko last year -- had already postponed the fight once this year because of an ankle injury. / AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ

In this Nov. 28, 2015 picture Ukraine's Wladimir Klitschko, left, and Britain's Tyson Fury compete in a world heavyweight title fight for Klitschko's WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts in the Esprit Arena in Duesseldorf, western Germany. The heavyweight rematch between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko has been rescheduled for Oct. 29 at the Manchester Arena. Fury beat Klitschko in November to claim the WBA, WBO and IBF titles. A rematch was originally scheduled for July 9 but was postponed after Fury sustained an ankle injury. The new date was announced Wednesday Sept. 7, 2016 by both fighters' management teams. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner,file)

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Controversial heavyweight champion makes U-turn on profanity strewn post of his plan to hang up his gloves, which also attacked boxing authorities
