Tyson Fury has been stripped of his IBF heavyweight title, after refusing to fight his mandatory challenger, Vyacheslav Glazkov.
The Briton had won the IBF belt, along with the WBO, WBA and IBO titles, after defeating Wladimir Klitschko last month in Dusseldorf and his next bout will be a rematch with the Ukrainian.
However, the IBF insisted that Fury must fight Glazkov and announced this less than 48 hours after his victory in Germany.
“If they want to take the belt from us in such pathetic and disgusting circumstances, that will result in a public and embarrassing display for the IBF. That’s for sure,” Peter Fury, the champion’s uncle and trainer, said at the time.
“It’s shocking news. I don’t think the IBF know what’s happening.
“When we did the Klitschko deal, they wanted a rematch clause, which is common practice when you’re dealing in major world title fights. He’s exercising that clause so there’s nothing we can do to satisfy the IBF. Tyson has to fight Klitschko.”
On Tuesday, the IBF cancelled the purse bid for Fury-Glazkov and ordered the Russian to face Charles Martin (22-0-1 KO20) for the vacant title.
