adminLONDON. — World heavyweight boxing title contender Tyson Fury claimed yesterday that boxing has a “big problem” with doping and suggested that the sport should tackle the issue by legalising banned substances.
“I would say boxing’s got a big problem with drugs,” Fury told BBC Radio 5 Live, ahead of his fight with WBA, WBO and IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko in Duesseldorf on Saturday.
“It doesn’t bother me because at the end of the day it’s determination over drugs any time. If a man wants to pump himself full of drugs, it’s only shortening his life isn’t it?
“That’s why you see a lot of these bodybuilders and weightlifters have heart attacks young because they’re pumped up so much and the heart can’t take the pressure.” Former world featherweight champion Barry McGuigan said recently that any boxers caught doping should be banned for life, but the outspoken Fury believes that it should be accepted in all sport. — AFP.
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