“I’d tell the world, ‘this is what I am, ‘ cause I don’t have anything to hide”.
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“I then asked myself, do I really want to disappoint my own family just because of a bigot’s views?”
He has not ignored the controversy about his candidacy, however, which included comments about heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, who he said “slaps up good” and “looks quite fit” in a dress, and that a women’s place is in the kitchen.
“This matter has been investigated in line with national hate crime policy and has been recorded as a hate incident”.
Fury, a devout follower of the Bible, believes his words have been twisted in the media and said the ethnicity of the team he works with was an example of how he was “uniting Christians and Muslims”. “I haven’t any enemies, I don’t hate any race, color, creed, generation, nobody”.
After the complaint was made to police on Tuesday, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell described the police investigation as “excessive and unwarranted”, adding: “In a free society, objectionable opinions should not be subject to police inquiries unless they involve threats, menaces, harassment or incitement to violence”.
The 27-year-old Fury has remained defiant amid the backlash, claiming he has been misunderstood. They penalise athletes who express homophobic, racist and other bigoted opinions.
Fury has claimed he is not interested in winning the BBC prize, insisting he has “more personality in the end of my little finger” than his shortlisted rivals. Fury made several controversial comments on the BBC program, which included him saying that a woman’s “best place is on her back”.
Fury has faced a barrage of criticism over his personal views since he stunned Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA, IBF and WBO belts last month.
“Sports personality of the year is a highlight for many who achieved great things over the year including volunteers and coaches as well as the big personalities, so it is an important part in the calendar of sport and their achievements are something that we should be celebrating”. ‘Tyson fury is uniting the world, uniting Christians and Muslims in a time when everything is up in the air’.
Later, Fury lost his IBF title having signed up to fight Klitschko again rather than the sanctioning body’s mandatory challenger.
Tyson Fury holds his belts during a homecoming event at the Macron Stadium, Bolton..
The BBBC met to discuss the matter and the general secretary Robert Smith confirmed that Fury had been called to a “please explain” meeting in the new year.
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