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Fury: a woman’s best place is on her back

‘Homophobic’ heavyweight champion makes derogatory comments about women

TYSON FURY was at the centre of a sexist storm yesterday after a video emerged of him saying: “A woman’s best place is in the kitchen and on her back.”

The new world heavyweight champion made headlines last weekend when he ended Wladimir Klitschko’s decade-long reign of the division.

But this isn’t the first time the self-proclaimed Gypsy King will find that his disgusting comments are not shared by the wider public.

In a Mail on Sunday interview with Ollie Holt, Fury spoke about how homosexuality, abortion and paedophilia needed to made legal before the “devil comes home.”

And in an hour-long online video, Fury voiced his opinion on women.

“It’s up to everybody what they want to do,” he said.

“I’m all for it, I’m not a sexist. I believe if a man can to go work all his life, a woman can. Who am I to say ‘don’t do that cos you’re a girl’?

“But I believe a woman’s best place is in the kitchen and on her back, that’s my personal belief. Making me a good cup of tea, that’s what I believe.”

In the video dated November 25, Fury also said that the ring girls “give me inspiration, when I’m tired and I see them wiggling around with their round two, round eight (cards) ... I think women in boxing is very good.

“I think they are very nice when they’re walking around that ring holding them cards.”

The 27-year-old laughed off his comments, before turning his derogatory views towards heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill.

“That’s the runner isn’t it?” he replied.

“I think she’s good, she’s won quite a few medals for Britain, she slaps up good as well, when she’s got a dress on she looks quite fit.”

When further pushed on his opinion regarding women actually boxing, he claimed he is “not a sexist,” but that has not stopped an petition collecting over 40,000 signatures demanding he is removed from the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award shortlist.

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