100k sign campaign to revoke Fury’s BBC Sports Personality nomination
More than 101,000 have signed a petition for the BBC to revoke a nomination for Tyson Fury to be named Sports Personality of the Year award.
The Change.org petition has gained 101,000 signatures since it was started a week ago.
The heavyweight championĀ has refused to apologise for claiming thatĀ once homosexuality, paedophilia and abortion are all made legal, the world will end.
TheĀ boxer alsoĀ claims to have āevidenceā that paedophilia was legalised by a fictionalĀ āGay Rights Act 1977ā ā but the BBC has resisted pressure to rescind his Sports Personality of the Year nomination.
As well as calling those who have signed the petition ā50,000 wankersā, FuryĀ has taken to Twitter ā to claim he doesnāt want the award anyway.
The boxer wrote: Ā āHopefully I donāt win @BBCSPOTY as Iām not the best roll model in the world for the kids, give it to someone who would appreciate it [prayer emojis].ā
However, he alsoĀ added: āIāve got more personality than all the other competitors put together in this years @BBCSPOTY who can compete with my sporting achievement!
āThe Gypsy King, & the heavyweight champion of the world, will not be silenced Iāll always speak my mind, Like it or lump it, in Jesus name.ā
Despite his comments, the BBC says it will not alter the nominations.
A spokesperson said: āThe Sports Personality shortlist is compiled by a panel of industry experts and is based on an individualās sporting achievement ā it is not an endorsement of an individualās personal beliefs either by the BBC or members of the panel.ā
Yesterday a challenger to Tyson Furyās heavyweight champ title warned him to watch his mouth.
BBC News presenter Clive Myrie, during a live newspaper review on the BBC News channel branded Fury a “dickhead” after checking that it was āafter the watershedā.
