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SPORTS Saturday 11 March 2017
Tyson Fury says has moved on from ‘scary place’

JUSTIN PALMER a problem! Ask @peterfury
Associated Press we done it 24 times,” Fury
LONDON (AP) — For- wrote on Twitter. “Just fin-
mer heavyweight boxing ished a lovely run, great to
champion Tyson Fury is be back.”
already preparing for his Fury twice pulled out of a re-
comeback. match with Klitschko, most
The 28-year-old British fight- recently ahead of the rear-
er, stripped of his three ranged Oct. 29 bout after
world titles last year over being declared “medically
drug use and medical is- unfit” by his team.
sues, called himself a “fat He was stripped of the IBF
man” on Friday in a series belt soon after beating the
of posts on Twitter, but also Ukrainian for not fighting a
said he is winning his battle mandatory challenger. He
against depression. relinquished his WBO and
“I’ve moved on from the WBA titles in October on
dark &scary place I’ve the day his license was sus-
been living & if I can beat pended.
depression then I can beat He also caused contro-
anything! The hardest fight versy last year after making
of my life!” Fury wrote. “I’m homophobic, sexist and
starting a fresh start, letting anti-Semitic remarks in a
go of the past & concen- magazine interview.
trating on the future, got to Fury, who calls himself the In this file photo dated Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015, Britain’s new world champion Tyson Fury celebrates
keep moving forwards.” “Gypsy King” because of with the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts after winning the world heavyweight title fight against Wladi-
The unbeaten Fury said he his Gypsy heritage, needs mir Klitschko in the Esprit Arena, Duesseldorf, western Germany.
has piled on the pounds to do more than lose Associated Press
since beating Wladimir weight to get back into the
Klitschko in November ring, however. an upcoming anti-doping weekend, said he “really paper. “I hope he can get
2015. But losing the extra On Tuesday, the body hearing. missed Tyson Fury and his his issues with his license, the
weight, he said, did not that runs British boxing cast Another former heavy- antics.” British Boxing Board of Con-
pose a problem. doubt on Fury’s announce- weight champion, David “Hopefully, like he said on trol and UK Anti-Doping re-
“Talk about being a fat ment that he is close to Haye, said boxing would Monday, he can get him- solved and that we see him
man, I’m 25stones or returning to the ring, say- be better for Fury’s return. self in good nick and back back in a ring soon. It could
350lbs, but getting the ing his license remains sus- The 36-year-old Haye, who out there,” Haye wrote in a make a good fight, me and
weight off has never been pended and that he has lost to Tony Bellew last column in the Metro news- him. You never know.”q
Cuba reaches 2nd round of WBC with 4-3 win over Australia

TOKYO (AP) — Outfielder the plate.
Alfredo Despaigne hit a Cuba finished Pool B with
grand slam in the fifth in- a 2-1 record and will face
ning Friday to lead Cuba Israel at Tokyo Dome on
over Australia 4-3 and into Sunday.
the second round of the Australia has played in the
World Baseball Classic. WBC all four times but has
Despaigne, who played for never made it out of the
the Chiba Lotte Marines in first round.
Japan the last three sea- “We out-hit them, we out-
sons, connected off Aus- played them,” Australia
tralia pitcher Lachlan Wells manager Jon Deeble said.
for his second homer of the “The only place we didn’t
tournament. win was the scoreboard.
“I don’t swing to be a They (Cuba) have a knack
home run king,” Despaigne of doing that.”
said. “I try to drive in runs. Also, Seiji Kobayashi and
I’m so happy to contribute Sho Nakata both hit two-
to the national team.” run homers as Japan beat
Despaigne homered three China 7-1 to finish Pool B
times in six games in the with a 3-0 record.
2013 World Baseball Clas- Two-time champion Japan
sic. His grand slam Friday will open the second round
came off a 2-1 fastball against the Netherlands on
Wells left in the middle of Sunday.q

Cuba’s Alfredo Despaigne reacts after hitting a grand slam off Australia’s pitcher Lachlan Wells
during the fifth inning of their first round game of the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in To-
kyo, Friday, March 10, 2017.
Associated Press