The police will not be pursuing their investigation into Tyson Fury
Thursday 10 December 2015 20:56, UK
Tyson Fury will face no further investigation by Greater Manchester Police after a hate crime accusation was made by a member of the public.
The police investigated after a complaint was made following the broadcast of a BBC daytime programme in which controversial remarks about homosexuality, purportedly made by world heavyweight champion Fury, were discussed.
And a police statement has now been released which said: "At 10.30am on Tuesday 8 December 2015, Greater Manchester Police received a complaint from a member of the public following comments that had been made on a national broadcast.
"Officers spoke with the man that made the report and he provided a statement to police.
"This matter has been investigated in line with national hate crime policy and has been recorded as a hate incident.
"The circumstances in which these comments were made suggest that no criminal offence has taken place and this matter will not be investigated any further."
Fury claimed the WBA, IBF and WBO titles on 28 November when he sensationally ended Wladimir Klitschko's long reign by out-pointing him in Dusseldorf.
He has found himself somewhat embroiled in controversy since then and has already been stripped of the IBF belt after opting for a rematch against Klitchsko instead of a fight against IBF mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov.
And the 27-year-old has been summoned by the British Boxing Board of Control to an interview with them in the new year at which the controversial comments attributed to him will be discussed.
Fury has defended himself in an interview with Sky Sports in which he said: "I can actually say I haven't got any hate for anybody. I have no enemies. I don't hate any race, colour, creed, generation, nobody.
"I'm not a homophobe. I'm not a sexist. I'm not a bigot. I'm not a racist."
