Tyson Fury has claimed his Instagram page was hacked after a post appeared seemingly showing support for Israel in their conflict with Palestine.
Heavyweight world champion Fury has opted to remain apolitical since his return to the ring in 2018 after receiving criticism for some controversial statements during his initial run to the heavyweight title.
But a message is reported to have appeared on his Instagram story that showed a message saying "Pray for Israel", which has since been deleted.
Speaking on his page after the inflammatory message, Fury said: "Last night, I went on Instagram and found a political post on my story,
"Whoever's on my story: get the f*** off there, you little b******s. I don't get involved in any political conflicts or anything like that.
"As we all know, I am a man of the people. I represent all people from around the world, every country not just one.
The undefeated heavyweight continued to say that it was not posted by him, adding: "We all know that's not a real post by the Gypsy King.
"God bless you all, peace out and God bless all the people who are in conflict at the moment."
He expanded further on his statement in the caption for his video, which was been viewed over a million times.
"First and foremost I send Love, Strength, Hope and Peace to all those people caught in the conflict in the Middle East," he added. "I stand with the people. I represent and embrace all cultures in this world - always have.
"I pray for peaceful resolution.
"As for the backlash I totally understand the impassioned and visceral reactions to the post.
"I love you all regardless and needed to clear this up swiftly.
"I must stress again it was NOT me and my team and I have quickly identified the suspicious log in on my activity log. We’ve tightened everything up watertight.
"I am a man of the people, the people’s champion."
Fury has, however, waded into this territory before.
Back in 2014, over a year before his first world title win, he posted a tweet with the hashtags "Free Palestine", "Stop The Rockets", "Stop the killing of Innocent people" and a message that "God's people would not do this."
Tyson Fury is expected to return to the ring on August 14 against Anthony Joshua in a big money unification bout to be held in Saudi Arabia.
