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While one heavyweight title fight is seemingly unraveling because of a failed drug test, another contest involving the big boys — one in particular who can’t stop putting his foot in his mouth — is coming together.

HBO finalized a deal on Thursday to carry the rematch between RING/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko on July 9 from Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. The expected start time on HBO is 5 p.m. ET. BoxNation TV will show the fight in the United Kingdom while RTL is the distributor in Germany.

But Fury, who is a devout Christian, has persisted with his senseless trash talk and is in hot water again, claiming in a bizarre video posted on YouTube that Klitschko, who is engaged to the actress Hayden Panettiere and has a daughter — is bisexual. “Wladimir swings both ways,” Fury told Sportsviewlondon.com. “For those that don’t know that, I can confirm it now.”

Fury wasn’t done. He also made anti-Semitic remarks in the video in another nonsensical rant. “Everyone just do what you can,” he said. “Listen to the government, follow everybody like sheep, be brainwashed by all the Zionist, Jewish people who own all the banks, all the papers all the TV stations. Be brainwashed by them all.”

The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) is insisting that Fury is banned from the sport and has made a complaint to the British Boxing Board of Control, which governs pro boxing in the UK, according to a story on The Guardian’s website on Friday.

Fury isn’t the only marquee heavyweight to be shrouded in controversy. Alexander Povetkin failed a drug test ahead of his big heavyweight title match with Deontay Wilder on May 21 in Moscow. Povetkin’s “A” sample returned traces of the endurance-enhancing drug meldonium. Even before the tainted “A” sample, the fight seemed cloaked in mystery as Showtime still hadn’t finalized a deal to carry the bout for Wilder’s WBC title in the U.S.

Fury (25-0, 18 knockouts) stunned observers when he won a decision against Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs) on Nov. 28 in Germany, ending Klitschko’s nearly decade-long reign as heavyweight champion. Though the result was big news, the fight itself was lackluster, plagued with lots of inactivity and a surprisingly uninspired Klitschko. The July 9 telecast marks the 22^nd time Klitschko is appearing on HBO and second time for Fury.