TYSON FURY wore his famous Batman costume for a 13-mile run after coronavirus forced the Wilmslow Half Marathon to be scrapped.
Deadly bug COVID-19 – which has caused 35 British deaths and led to 1,391 confirmed cases so far – meant runners in Cheshire couldn’t race.
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Tyson Fury dressed as Batman as he run 13 miles
Fury on the move dressed as Batman
But WBC heavyweight world champion Fury still hit the streets with three others as he ran 13 miles dressed as Batman.
The Gypsy King wore a similar outfit during a press conference before he beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 – and fans loved the throwback costume.
Fury is still celebrating becoming a two-time world champion having beaten Deontay Wilder in February to win the WBC belt.
But with their trilogy bout pencilled in for July back in Las Vegas, the 31-year-old Brit faces an investigation amid claims a Lancashire farmer was offered £25,000 to lie about the boxer’s 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 – which set him up to challenge Klitschko for the unified titles.
Fury and his cousin Hughie — who also tested positive — blamed the result on eating uncastrated wild boar.
Now UK Anti-Doping Agency are set to launch a probe after farmer Martin Carefoot claimed in the Mail on Sunday that he lied to investigators about supplying the meat on the promise of £25,000.
If Fury is found guilty of tampering with the first investigation, which followed those positive tests, he could be hit by an eight-year suspension which would end his career.
Fury’s promoter Frank Warren — who joined the WBC champ’s team in 2018 — said: “The farmer making these outrageous allegations sent me a letter last October, full of errors and basically telling me he had committed perjury by signing statements under oath and lying.
“When I called him, he asked for money. I told him to clear off and get in contact with UKAD. He chose not to speak to UKAD but instead speak to a newspaper.
“How anybody can take this man seriously is beyond belief. Tyson has never met this man in his life. What a load of rubbish.
“We’ll leave this with UKAD to look into and don’t expect it to go any further.”
Fury was set to run in the Wilmslow Half Marathon until it got cancelled
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
