Fury celebrates his world title success over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas last month before questions over his positive nandrolone test resurfacedTyson Fury’s claim that his failed drug test in 2015 may have been caused by contaminated wild boar has come under fresh scrutiny after emails were leaked appearing to show that his lawyers repeatedly tried — and failed — to find proof that Fury had been supplied the meat by a Lancashire-based farmer. Fury and his cousin Hughie, also a boxer, tested positive for nandrolone in 2015 but after a protracted legal battle with UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) both were was given the relatively lenient punishment of a two-year backdated ban from the sport. The Furys’ case was that they had tested positive either from contaminated supplements or by eating uncastrated wild boar. Martin Carefoot, a farmer, provided signed statements to Ukad saying that he had

Source: The Times March 22, 2020 18:00 UTC