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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.

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