Frank Warren To Assist Tyson Fury With Applying For License

By Terence Dooley

Tyson Fury’s bid to make a comeback to the boxing ring appears to be coming together after promoter Frank Warren took to social media to state that he will be helping the lineal heavyweight world Champion apply for his licence ahead of a mooted April outing.

The 29-year-old has been talking up his return on social media recently, but the BBBoC’s Robert Smith recently told BBC’s Radio 5 live that the Board want to see certain medical documents before drawing a line under a ban that had been backdated for two years and expired on December 12 following the recent resolution to Fury’s long, drawn out battle against the UKAD after he was hit with an anti-doping violation in 2015 and 2016.

Currently without a licence, Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) will be given the go-ahead if he can clear things up, with Smith stating that: “We have a number of reports already in from when he was suspended.  We will need up-to-date ones and then pass them on to our doctors and consultants.  They will tell me if they need more but at present we are nowhere near that.”

He added: “I have spoken to Mick Hennessy, advising he'd like to get on with this as soon as possible and he did say he'd come back to me but unfortunately at this time he hasn't so it hasn't moved on yet.”

Although he has a number of things to deal with before he makes his long-awaited return, the former British, Commonwealth and EBU titlist has constantly Tweeted that he intends to make the April date; he wants to obtain a licence from the Board as he bids to secure a match against IBF World, WBA Super World and IBO holder Anthony Joshua at some point in 2018.

Warren made a public offer to assist Fury in this endeavour earlier today when Tweeting: ‘Delighted to have @Tyson_Fury back!  I’ll be applying for the reinstatement of his BBBoC license on his behalf.  He is the best Heavyweight in the World and he is coming to recapture the belts he never lost in the Ring, (starting) in April!’

Fury has worked with Warren in the past, fighting Joey Abell (W TKO 4), Dereck Chisora (W RTD 10) and Christian Hammer (W RTD 8) on BoxNation shows en route to his decision win over Wlad Klitschko in November 2015.  Mick Hennessy, his long-time promoter, also has a long-standing relationship with Warren, which could be a key factor as the former unified title-holder plots his next move.

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