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Tyson Fury opponent Steve Cunningham airs views on use of n-word

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Former two-time world champion and ex-Tyson Fury opponent Steve Cunningham has reacted to the WBC title-holder’s use of the n-word.

Fury was filmed on his Instagram Story celebrating his 32nd birthday recently. Fury sang along with the Notorious B.I.G song ‘Juicy’ during the clip.

It’s a song Fury has regularly played in his home and training camps, although this is the firm time his love of the track has caused controversy.

Steve Cunningham

Reciting the words, Fury went the whole hog to the line, ‘and if you don’t know, you don’t know n—-‘ – in front of his children.

In some quarters, the use garnered instant uproar. Cunningham, on the other hand, himself an African-American, decided to put the saying in the context it was used.

“Hey, what’s up, what’s up? Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, man,” said the retired cruiserweight king in a video posted on his social accounts. “People have been hitting me up in the DM’s saying, ‘what do you think of Tyson Fury dropping the n-word? ‘He dropped the n-bomb, and he’s a racist and da, da, da.

“And I’m like, ‘how did he use it and how did he use it?’ – Well, he was reciting a Biggie Smalls song,” he laughed.

“Well, I’m like so. – It’s not surprising to me that anybody is reciting the song. Hey man, listen, there are some words I use in public, and there are some words I don’t use in public. There are some words I wouldn’t use, period.

“But, there is no word nobody can tell me I can’t use, period. I don’t care what it is. If I want to use it, I’ll use it.

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“Being respectful and understanding, I wouldn’t use certain words. But, this word, man. I mean, it’s in every song; it’s in every rap song. It’s everywhere.

“He’s reciting a song. He’s not using it in a derogatory manner, which is what it is.

“His use wasn’t intended for bad or nothing, so there it is, man.

“Keep your shoes on and keep your panties on, man; it ain’t nothing,” he concluded.

Cunningham planted Fury firmly on the seat of his pants when they met in New York in 2013, only to be stopped a few rounds later.

WBN Editor Phil has over ten years of boxing news experience. Follow WBN on Facebook @officialworldboxingnews and Twitter @worldboxingnews.