Tyson Fury in The Clear as Farmer Withdraws Bribe Allegations

[Ruthless-RKO]

According to the Daily Mail, the Lancashire pig farmer who claimed he was offered £25,000 to lie about Tyson Fury's failed drug test has now dropped his allegations.

Martin Carefoot, 70, told the paper that he is no longer cooperating with an investigation into Fury's positive test for nandrolone in February 2015.

Fury and his cousin Hughie, both tested positive for nandrolone in February 2015 following a urine test by UKAD [UK Anti-Doping].

Both boxers denied allegations of doping.

Fury then engaged in a lengthy legal battle with UKAD. It was claimed in numerous reports that Fury maintained that his positive test was a direct result of ingesting uncastrated wild boar.

Fury's explanation was supported by Carefoot, who submitted two signed statements that he had supplied the wild boar meat.

The legal battle came to a close when Fury and UKAD reached an agreement on a back-dated two year ban.

In March, controversy erupted - and a UKAD investigation began - when Carefoot claimed that he had been bribed to provide false statements to help clear Fury and his cousin.

Carefoot, who claims that he was approached with the bribe by a Fury team member, says he was angry because nobody had paid him the promised funds.

"I feel fed up with the lies and deceit. The public needs to know the truth. I'm happy the public know what all this is about. I feel cheated and used," Carefoot said at the time.

The name of the Fury team member was never revealed. During that period of time, Fury was promoted by Mick Hennessy.

But now Carefoot has withdrawn his allegations.

Carefoot told the Times: "I've had nothing but problems right from the beginning of this, and I don't want to get involved."

He refused to elaborate on his reasons for withdrawing his claims.

[handsofstone]

someone from MTK had a wee word in the Farmers ear, surely Fury will be suing

[mickey1975]

someone from MTK had a wee word in the Farmers ear, surely Fury will be suing

Big Shane told him straight.

[coneye]

sort of shows there a real trustworthy lot does'nt it ,,, did he ever donate that purse to charity, or is that still a big secret , or did he only wanted publicity for saying he was doing it , not actually doing it .

[Twinkle Toes]

Big John asked Theo to go and have a word.

[coghaugen11]

sort of shows there a real trustworthy lot does'nt it ,,, did he ever donate that purse to charity, or is that still a big secret , or did he only wanted publicity for saying he was doing it , not actually doing it .

The bloke's a conman mate.

To lie about being mentally ill also is about as low as it gets.

[chiggsy]

someone from MTK had a wee word in the Farmers ear, surely Fury will be suing

Big Shane told him straight.

Are you telling fibs about travelling hard men to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet again michael?

[mickey1975]

someone from MTK had a wee word in the Farmers ear, surely Fury will be suing

Big Shane told him straight.

Are you telling fibs about travelling hard men to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet again michael?

No, I was having a joke. Stop being a clown.

[banjo]

Isn't nandrolone a naturally occurring steroid anyway? As in people and animals produce it?

You have to be careful when eating livestock these days though, you can't be sure what they've pumped into these animals.

[mickey1975]

someone from MTK had a wee word in the Farmers ear, surely Fury will be suing

Big Shane told him straight.

Are you telling fibs about travelling hard men to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet again michael?

Is HOS pretending to have a hotline to Daniel Kinihan?

[chiggsy]

Big Shane told him straight.

Are you telling fibs about travelling hard men to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet again michael?

Is HOS pretending to have a hotline to Daniel Kinihan?

I'm not sure just a minute i'll ask him.

Are you telling fibs about irish drug barons to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet handsofstone?

[dookus]

sort of shows there a real trustworthy lot does'nt it ,,, did he ever donate that purse to charity, or is that still a big secret , or did he only wanted publicity for saying he was doing it , not actually doing it .

The bloke's a conman mate.

To lie about being mentally ill also is about as low as it gets.

I doubt he's lying about being mentally ill, he was talking about it in interviews years before any of this went down

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/ ... -interview

[mickey1975]

Are you telling fibs about travelling hard men to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet again michael?

Is HOS pretending to have a hotline to Daniel Kinihan?

I'm not sure just a minute i'll ask him.

Are you telling fibs about irish drug barons to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet handsofstone?

Cocky little boy aren’t you?

[chiggsy]

Is HOS pretending to have a hotline to Daniel Kinihan?

I'm not sure just a minute i'll ask him.

Are you telling fibs about irish drug barons to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet handsofstone?

Cocky little boy aren’t you?

You fuming?

[coghaugen11]

sort of shows there a real trustworthy lot does'nt it ,,, did he ever donate that purse to charity, or is that still a big secret , or did he only wanted publicity for saying he was doing it , not actually doing it .

The bloke's a conman mate.

To lie about being mentally ill also is about as low as it gets.

I doubt he's lying about being mentally ill, he was talking about it in interviews years before any of this went down

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/ ... -interview

No diagnosis, no medication, just a magic wand!

Bless you. If he was mentally ill, he wouldn't be a world boxing champion.

He couldn't be bothered to train, came back when he ran out of money.

[banjo]

His mental illness is depression and depression doesn't mean you can't be good at what you do.

[mickey1975]

I'm not sure just a minute i'll ask him.

Are you telling fibs about irish drug barons to make yourself look ARD/connected/walking heavy on a boxing forum full of strangers you'll never meet handsofstone?

Cocky little boy aren’t you?

You fuming?

Oh, I’m climbing the walls!

[coghaugen11]

His mental illness is depression and depression doesn't mean you can't be good at what you do.

It is bullshit.

[coghaugen11]

If he was truly depressed, he wouldn't be functioning or barely getting out of bed.

[TopGun]

Stinks this doesnt it, why would a farmer go back on it all....

I like Tyson but he certainly isn't whiter than white, but then again boxing is one big corrupt sport so I just have to acceot that.

On a separate note, what I dont like is how Peter Fury makes out on twitter he is some saint all the time.

Peter, listen up, Hughie will massively overacheive if he wins a European belt at best. He is no way world class, get over it.

[banjo]

If he was truly depressed, he wouldn't be functioning or barely getting out of bed.

You clearly know nothing about depression then.

[coghaugen11]

If he was truly depressed, he wouldn't be functioning or barely getting out of bed.

You clearly know nothing about depression then.

You don't.

[banjo]

If he was truly depressed, he wouldn't be functioning or barely getting out of bed.

You clearly know nothing about depression then.

You don't.

Depression doesn't mean moping about all day feeling sorry for yourself, you can feel like the world is caving in on you but to your family, friends and colleagues you can appear to be perfectly normal.

[coghaugen11]

You clearly know nothing about depression then.

You don't.

Depression doesn't mean moping about all day feeling sorry for yourself, you can feel like the world is caving in on you but to your family, friends and colleagues you can appear to be perfectly normal.

Mild depression. Not clinical or severe, in which you're too numb to move.

[coghaugen11]

Most people go through periods of being mildly depressed to an extent. It was a good marketing tactic from Fury.