PROMOTER Frank Warren insists Tyson Fury is “not bothered” by “ridiculous” claims that he paid a Lancashire farmer £25,000 to lie about a failed drugs test in 2015.
The Gypsy King was found to have illegal levels of steroid nandrolone in his system after his win over Christian Hammer.
Fury and cousin Hughie — who also tested positive — blamed the result on eating uncastrated wild boar.
But a farmer named Martin Carefoot told the Mail on Sunday that he lied to investigators about supplying the meat on the promise of £25,000, which Fury strongly denies.
The allegations, if proven, could lead to an EIGHT-YEAR ban and essentially end the WBC heavyweight champion’s career.
But Fury’s promoter Warren revealed the Gypsy King denies even knowing the farmer and insists they are not worried about a potential United Kingdom Anti-Doping probe.
He told talkSPORT: “Tyson’s not bothered about it at all. He just thinks it’s a load of rubbish and it’s a lie. That’s it, that’s where he’s at.
“There have been reports suggesting UKAD are investigating the situation once again, but I have no knowledge of that whatsoever. What can they open up? There’s nothing to open up.
“If this guy lied then they need to take action against him because perjury is a criminal offence.”
Tyson’s not bothered about it at all. He just thinks it’s a load of rubbish and it’s a lie. That’s it, that’s where he’s at.
Fuy’s promoter Frank Warren
Warren also questions who the farmer is referring to when he claims a member of Fury’s team approached him to lie about supplying the uncastrated meat to investigators.
He added:”I wasn’t involved with Tyson back at the time of this case, but I asked Tyson about it – he said he’d never heard of him, never knew him, and that was it.
“The farmer said he was promised money, £25,000. So he was prepared to lie, according to this letter, for £25,000. We spoke and told him to go and see UKAD if he’s got a problem.
“From my perspective it’s ridiculous. The whole thing is ridiculous. Remember, this is five years ago he’s referring to. It’s taken five years for his conscience to kick in, if he’s telling the truth now.
“We do know for a fact that the farmer did sign an affidavit on the matter. He did do that.
“But the other side of it that you’ve got to look at, he keeps referring to ‘Team Fury’. Who? Tyson at the time of a big fight can have up to 20 people around him in his team.
“He certainly never dealt with Tyson, otherwise he’d have said, “I dealt with Tyson Fury and this is what happened.”
“Tyson says he’s never met him and he’s never had any dealings with him. So who from ‘Team Fury’ approached him, if indeed they did? And who from ‘Team Fury’ offered him £25,000? Why don’t you just name them?
“All he keeps referring to is ‘Team Fury’, I don’t know who ‘Team Fury’ is. Who are they? Who is it? You must know who it is?
“He either supplied the meat or he didn’t. If he didn’t supply the meat he must’ve had a discussion with a specific person to concoct a lie for money. So who was it?”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
