Shadow Cabinet minister accuses Tyson Fury of 'aggressive homophobia'
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ByEurosport
Updated 30/11/2015 at 10:36 GMT
Shadow Cabinet minister Chris Bryant says he won't be celebrating Tyson Fury's world heavyweight title win because he claims the boxer is homophobic.
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The British boxer realised his dream in Dusseldorf on Satutrday night win a unanimous points win over Wladimir Klitschko, a champion who had not lost for 11 years, but his success has not been welcomed by everyone.
Mr Bryant, shadow leader of the Commons, tweeted that he was not celebrating Fury's success because "his aggressive style of foul homophobia is precisely the kind that leads to young gay suicides".
In an interview with the Mail on Sunday earlier this month, Fury said that three things needed to happen "before the devil comes home".
“One of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion and the other is paedophilia. Who would have thought in the 50s and 60s that those first two would be legalised?” said Fury.
“When I say paedophiles could be made legal, it sounds crazy. But if I had said to you about the first two being made legal in the 50s, I would have been looked upon as a crazy man."
Fury has previously been fined £3,000 after saying two boxers were "gay lovers".
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