Tyson Fury 'tests positive for cocaine' and could be stripped of world heavyweight titles

World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury could be stripped of his world heavyweight titles after reportedly testing positive for cocaine. Fury pulled out of his October 29 rematch with Wladimir Klitschko on September 23, after being "medically unfit".

It was the second time that Fury had pulled out of a clash with the former champion, having previously withdrawn from the original July 9 date with an ankle injury. However, according to ESPN, Fury tested positive for the drug the previous day, September 22. Fury reportedly failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) conducted test, with cocaine found in a random urine sample taken in Lancaster.
A  letter from VADA president Dr. Margaret Goodman, sent to representatives for Fury, Klitschko, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) and the United States' Association of Boxing Commissions on Thursday night, confirmed that Fury's 'A' sample had tested positive for the substance benzoylecgonine - the central compound found in cocaine. The letter, which ESPN claim to have obtained a copy of, declares: 

"This letter is to advise you that the 'A' sample urine specimen number 4006253 collected from Tyson Fury on September 22, 2016 in Lancaster, England through his participation in the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) program has been analyzed for anabolic agents, diuretics, beta-2 agonists, stimulants and drugs of abuse.

"The results of the analysis are as follows: Adverse. Urine specimen contains benzoylecgonine."
"Mr. Fury has the right to promptly request analysis of the 'B' sample at his expense."

Sunday Mirror Sport recently revealed that Fury recently refused to undergo a check when visited by inspectors from the UK Anti-Doping Agency.After the snub the boxer’s representatives contacted the drug testing body to reschedule - but that has not yet happened. 

A source said: “Tyson was visited by testers over the last few weeks but just refused. He said, ‘F*** off’, and wouldn’t do it. His camp tried to contact UKAD to get him tested but to date that has not taken place.”

When the Sunday Mirror contacted Fury’s uncle, Peter Fury, he said: “This is all confidential information so I can’t discuss anything relating to UKAD allegations.

“It’s private information and I’m not allowed to divulge anything about the doping allegations at all, period.”

Those revelations come just months after we revealed the world heavyweight champ was being probed by officials after traces of a banned anabolic steroid were allegedly discovered in a sample taken last year .

Experts are understood to have found unacceptable levels of nandrolone in a sample taken before he won the world title from Klitschko. 

Test samples understood to have been taken between February and March last year, ahead of Fury’s first bout with the former champ, sparked the probe by UK Anti-Doping officials.

Fury denied the allegations.Fury has previously hinted at drug use in his long-running battle with depression.Speaking in an interview in April, The Gypsy King declared: “It’s either high or low. I’m either off my head on cocaine or down on the floor from a tranquiliser injection.

"Most of the time, I’m just down and depressed like today, because for every high there’s a low.”Mirror Sport has contacted VADA and Mr Fury's representatives for comment.