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Tyson Fury reportedly may lose heavyweight titles after cocaine test

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury reportedly tested positive for cocaine and could be stripped of his multiple world title belts.

ESPN, citing multiple unnamed sources with knowledge of the test results, reported Friday that Fury was flagged for the illegal drug during a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test.

Fury, 28, was declared "medically unfit" to fight Wladimir Klitschko on Oct. 29 by the event's promoters. Fury took Klitschko's title last year in a unanimous decision.

Fury holds the WBA (Unified), WBO, IBO,Ring magazine, and lineal heavyweight titles. He is 25-0 with 18 knockouts.

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American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) is the WBC champion and has traded words with Fury in the past.