Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury fails second VADA test for cocaine

[Eugene]

Source: ESPN

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury fails second VADA test for cocaine

By DAN RAFAEL via ESPN Oct 12, 2016, 7:21 PM ET

Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has once again tested positive for cocaine, according to documentation of the failed test obtained by ESPN.com on Wednesday.

It should come as little surprise, however, because Fury admitted in a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone this week that over the past four months,? he has "done lots of cocaine. Lots of it."

Fury, who also said he has a drinking problem, is suffering from depression and has been having suicidal thoughts. He was scheduled to face former champion Wladimir Klitschko on Oct. 29 at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, Fury's hometown, in a rematch of his huge upset 11 months ago to win the title.

However, Fury pulled out of the fight on Sept. 23, one day after he submitted to a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association random urine test, which came back on Sept. 29 positive for benzoylecgonine, the central compound found in cocaine and the marker for a positive test for the banned substance and illegal drug.

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[Hoyt]

1. He knows he'd be the next Ingemar Johansson, although Ingemar wasn't a drug addict.

It's a shame to see Fury in this situation. Hope he gets help.