Letzte Frist für Fury: In 10 Tagen ist der Titel wohl weg!
Tyson Fury der die WM-Gürtel im Schwergewicht der Weltverbände WBO, WBA und IBO hält, ist seit fast einem Jahr nicht mehr aktiv.
Da Anwärter wie Josesph Parker, Andy Ruiz, David Haye, Briant Jennings, Lucas Browne, Johann Duhaupas und vor allem Wladimir Klitschko stehen in der Schlange und warten. Endlich macht die WBO jetzt ernst. Keine Kämpfe kein Geld weder für die Protagonisten noch für den Verband. Für Fury wird es jetzt eng, auch was das Thema Dopingtests betrifft, hier der Brief der WBO an Tyson Fury im Original:
Dear World Champion Fury,
We have received and thank you for the response to the WBO’s September 26, 2016 Certification Request of your Medical Report of September 21, 2016 and the Supplemental Report of September 28, 2016 concerning the conditions described therein. Everyone at the WBO is concerned for your health, well-being, happiness and prospects for a full and complete recovery.
The reports, however, continue to be provisional and conditional. The September 21, 2016 report indicates a report is being prepared which will contain the relevant chronological events and antecedents to your condition. The September 28, 2016 Supplemental report also states that the prognosis is conditioned on the absence of any other psychological issue.
On November 28, 2015, the WBO Heavyweight Championship took place at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany between then Champion Wladimir Klitschko and you that enabled you to become the WBO Heavyweight Champion of the World by unanimous decision.
A rematch was scheduled for July 9th 2016 but never took place due to your training injury on June 24th 2016 that we heard of through the news. Immediately, the WBO requested an Interim Certification of your recovery status from your training injury.
The rematch was rescheduled for October 29th in Manchester, UK. Notwithstanding, on September 14th, the WBO sent the sanction for the bout. The sanction stated the following provisions:
If the bout is not held due to the fault of the Challenger, the Champion will face the Mandatory Challenger designated by the WBO Championship Committee.
If the bout is not held due to the fault of the Champion, then the title will be heavyweight title will be vacated, in accordance to Section 20 (a) of the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests that states:
By September 23rd 2016, the bout is again postponed and the WBO finds out through the news, prompting the Committee to request the second Interim Certification on September 26th.
Additionally, the WBO has received the September 29th VADA Drug Testing Report, VADA3769 (D5CO3) containing an adverse analytical finding from a September 22nd test. We ask you to advise if you have requested analysis of the “B” Sample. Also, the WBO received information from the BBB of C that you refused to be tested the week prior to September 22nd.
When you signed the rematch contract, you agreed to the following:
3. VADA Random Testing. The parties agree, deviating from the FRA and POS, VADA random testing (urine and blood, in-competition as well as out-of-competition testing) for the Rematch. For this purpose, K2 and Hennessy/Fury will instruct VADA by separate agreement to conduct the doping controls and the parties are not allowed to unilaterally terminate the agreement with VADA. The Result Management shall be effected by the supervising local commission (BBBofC, BDB or any other local commission having jurisdiction over the Rematch) as well as by the world sanctioning bodies (IBO, WBA, WBO) on the basis of the testing result found by VADA. Therefore, it shall be agreed in writing with the relevant local commission and world sanctioning bodies that the prohibited list of VADA is the binding list and a doping violation found by VADA, after due appeal process and the right of the athlete to defend himself accordingly and subject to the conclusion of such appeal procedures, is to be accepted and to be sanctioned by the local commission and the world sanctioning bodies, regardless of possibly deviating own prohibited lists and rules of the associations. The testing results shall be promptly reported to all organizations involved (and to the BBB of C and BDB as the home associations of the fighters even if they are not directly involved as local commission for the Rematch) as well as to one designated person of each of the fighters’ camps, and the proceeding in respect of the opening (if any) of the b sample shall be disclosed to the parties and thereby completely transparent to the parties. Fury and Klitschko have to sign all necessary declarations of consent towards VADA and the associations to implement such VADA random testing in cooperation with the local commission and world sanctioning bodies (including VADA’s standard forms for whereabouts). The VADA testing shall start on a date to be agreed and no later than 10 September 2016. Fury and Klitschko have to ensure that they are accessible and available for VADA’s doping inspectors at all times and irrespective of their whereabouts, as required by VADA (inter alia, Fury and Klitschko have to let VADA know where exactly they train, phone PAGE 4 OF 6 numbers and where to reach them). In the event that the relevant local commission should insist that the doping control is to be conducted by the national anti-doping agency, the parties agree that they will effect the herein agreed VADA random testing as additional doping testing which shall be accepted by the world associations as set forth herein.
Rule 19 of the WBO Regulations of World Championship Contests provides:
“SECTION 19. FAILURE OF THE CHAMPION TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CONTRACT OR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
(a) If a World Champion fails to comply with his contractual obligation to fight in a WBO World Championship bout without justifiable cause, or tests positive for an illegal or any performance enhancing drug after a title bout, or fails to inform the WBO of any medical condition, impairment or any other circumstance which jeopardizes his participation in a WBO World Championship contest, or if a Champion or any of his team members misleads, attempts to mislead, or petitions a Local Boxing Commission to illegally or incorrectly license said Champion, the Committee may recommend to the WBO President and to the Executive Committee that the fighter be stripped of the title and that the title be declared vacant.
(b) However, if the Champion is unable to defend his Championship within the time periods provided in these Rules because he is physically disabled for a justified cause, and said disability has been verified and accepted by the World Championships Committee, the Champion may be granted a reasonable time to recover from the disability and retrain to competitive condition, which shall not in total exceed 180 days. The disability extension will be granted only if the Committee determines, based on competent medical advice, that the Champion is reasonably expected to recover from his disability within the maximum allowable term of the disability extension. The Committee may condition its approval of a disability extension upon the Champion providing interim medical certifications that he is reasonably expected to recover within the term of the disability extension.
(c) A disability extension shall be approved only by the vote of the World Championships Committee. If the Champion’s recover time exceeds the maximum term of the disability extension, or if upon receipt of an interim medical certification the World Championship Committee determines that the Champion is not reasonably likely to recover and be prepared to defend his Championship within the term of the disability extension, the title shall be declared vacant and a Vacant or Interim Championship fight, as the case may be, shall be held for the title pursuant to the provisions of the World Championships Regulations.
(d) The Championship Committee may order an Interim championship bout when the Champion is incapacitated, inactive, or when a Champion is moving out of his division to fight for another championship. In this case the interim Champion must defend his interim title against the Champion, if the Champion who vacated his Title due to disability is medically able and prepared to compete for the Championship within 180 days of the Interim Championship. If an interim Championship is held due to a Champion’s inactivity, the Champion must defend his title against the Interim Champion within 120 days of the interim Championship or the Interim Champion shall become Champion.”
Also, the Regulations of World Championship Contests Section 5 (c) states:
SECTION 5. DEFENSE OF THE TITLE
“ …(c) The WBO World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, vacate a Champion’s title regardless of cause or fault if the Champion fails to defend his title within a nine (9) month period (12 months in the case of the Heavyweight Division). This decision will be final unless appealed to the Complaint and Grievance Committee within ten (10) days of Notification to the Champion as provided for in these Rules. A Champion so stripped of his Title shall be classified using the WBO rating criteria, and he shall be classified in his division or in such other weight division as the Classifications Committee for good cause determines, provided that he has complied with the WBO and ABC rating criteria…”
The general principle of the Regulation states as follows:
“…The World Championship has been established for generations as the highest objective in professional boxing. A World Championship is not the property of any boxer. The Championship is a trust, subject to the conditions defined herein, for the use and benefit of all boxers and boxing fans, who through their contribution of time, effort, risks and resources sustain the existence of the profession. The World Boxing Organization encourages each World Champion and Challenger to be an example of the highest ideals and spirit of sportsmanship. A World Champion is an integral part of the sport of boxing, but he is not greater than the sport of boxing. A World Champion’s sportsmanship shows his respect for the profession he has chosen, including the Champion himself, his opponent, the World Boxing Organization, and, most importantly, boxing fans worldwide…”
According to the Regulations, Section 1(7) (21), the World Championship Committee shall have the following authority:
“…(7) To recommend to the President and the Executive Committee that a Title should be vacated if a Champion fails to comply with the WBO World Championship Rules; and
(21) To vacate a championship title regardless of cause or fault if the Champion has not defended within a nine (9) month period…”
Taking all of the previous under consideration, the WBO Championship Committee decided that you have ten (10) calendar days, final and non–extendable to show cause why your title should not be vacated due to inactivity, breach of contract and performance enhancing drugs and stimulants.
Duly notified, in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 7th 2016
Yours truly,
Luis Batista-Salas, Esq. Chairman – WBO Championship Committee
