Britain’s world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury should be banned from boxing for his “Hitler like” comments, former champion Wladimir Klitschko has said, as the two prepare to face off in a re-match in Manchester next month.
Fury, 27, who beat Klitschko to take the WBA, WBO and IBF belts in November last year, caused controversy when he made homophobic, sexist and anti-Semitic comments in a video posted online last month. Though Fury has since apologised for the remarks, Ukrainian Klitschko said the sport would be better off without a champion like Fury. “I was in shock at his statements about women, the gay community, and when he got to the Jewish people he sounded like Hitler. The man is an imbecile. Seriously,” Klitschko told British media.
“You cannot put it all together as a representation of the sport of boxing. He’s an imbecile champion. We cannot have a champion like that. Either he needs to be shut up or shut down in the ring, or just suspended, because you cannot create more hate.”
Last year over 100,000 people signed a petition to remove the fighter from BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year, prompting another apology from Fury. Fury faces Klitschko for the WBA and WBO titles on July 9.

Joshua has a lot of weaknesses, says title opponent Breazeale
British boxer Anthony Joshua’s weaknesses will be exposed when he defends his IBF world heavyweight title, his opponent Dominic Breazeale has said as the American returns to London for the first time since his 2012 Olympics nightmare.
Olympic champion Joshua, who won the world heavyweight crown in only his 16th professional fight, will put up his first defence of the title against Californian Breazeale tomorrow. “Joshua has a lot of weaknesses. Joshua doesn’t have much of a jaw, I understand that he is really robotic,” the 30-year-old told British media.
“He has a little speed, a little power, it’s the heavyweight game that is what we do. He’s (Joshua) very raw for having 16 fights. I have definitely had tougher fights than Joshua.”
With a record of 17-0, Breazeale is undefeated as a professional and appeared at the 2012 London Olympics, where he lost in the first round. “Everything from coaching to arrival in London didn’t have a lot of education put into it,” he added. “You had no idea who was in the competition, no idea who you were fighting.”