Tyson Fury takes the piss out of himself over his failed cocaine drug test

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Ben Kenyon

Tyson Fury takes the piss out of himself over his failed cocaine drug test

There really is no other fighter in the world quite like Tyson Fury.

Inside the ring, on his day, the man is virtually unplayable (to use a footballing analogy) – as Wladimir Klitscko found out against the awkward, rangy 6ft 9in fighter last year when he dethroned the Ukrainian after a decade of domination over the heavyweight division.

But outside the ring the British WBA and WBO world champion is idiosyncratic, flamboyant and most certainly controversial.

His entire 10-month reign at the highest echelon of boxing has been punctuated by one shitstorm after another.

Accusations and controversies about homophobia, Anti-semitism and sexism beset the Morecambe-based Mancunian fighter.

Then there’s been the tumultuous battle to stage a multi-million pound rematch with Klitschko – which was rescheduled, then cancelled and now looks dead in the water after reports emerged Fury tested positive for cocaine in a random drugs test.

If it was anyone else, you would have imagined they would lay low for a while, keep their head down and let the worst of the shitstorm blow over.

But not Fury – he stepped right out into the middle of it.

Boxing fans were quick to roll out the cocaine wisecracks in the aftermath of the initial media reports that the boxer had been found to have the Class A drug in his urine sample.

To the people that are crying & getting upset because of the Tyson Fury jokes, even if we draw a line under it Fury will probably sniff it.

— Strictly Boxing Fans (@BoxingBritain1) October 1, 2016

Well That's the last time Tyson Fury's trainer tells him to have a heavy session on the bag! #TysonFury

— Daniel O’Reilly (@dapperlaughs) September 30, 2016