Tyson’s hit by hearing delay

THE UK-Anti Doping hearing involving Tyson Fury has been postponed, threatening the former world heavyweight champion’s plans to return to action on July 8.

It’s understood UKAD took its decision because of a potential conflict of interest involving a member of its panel, and has therefore chosen to revisit the hearing at a date still to be confirmed.

The hearing, which began on Monday and was expected to conclude this week, was due to rule on allegations Fury and his cousin and fellow heavyweight Hughie Fury tested positively for nandrolone in 2015.

Both fighters deny using the banned anabolic steroid, and it is also understood they had no plans to use the consumption of contaminated meat as their defence, as had been reported.

Those surrounding the Furys had been confident they would be exonerated, allowing Tyson at 28 the older of the two - to pursue the return of his boxing licence and a first fight since November 2015.

He has not fought since outpointing Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles, after first an ankle injury and then his struggles with depression prevented the rematch.

His improving condition had since led to him training alongside friend Billy Joe Saunders, whose expected WBO middleweight title defence in London on July 8 against Georgia’s Avtandil Khurtsidze he planned to fight on.