Legalise drugs in sport, says world title challenger Fury


  • Boxing
  • Tuesday, 24 Nov 2015

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

LONDON (Reuters) - Tyson Fury, the British heavyweight boxer who fights for the world title in Germany on Saturday, says boxing has a "big problem" with doping and that the only way to combat it is to make drugs legal in all sports.

In the latest in a round of interviews publicising his challenge for Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko's three world titles in Dusseldorf at the weekend, the controversial Fury said he could tell if any sportsman had been doping.

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