TYSON FURY taunted boxing chiefs with a snap of his title belts — just hours before they decide if he should lose his licence.

A ban would put Anthony Joshua nearer a superfight with Wladimir Klitschko.

Shamed world heavyweight champion Fury yesterday posted a picture on Twitter of him lying alongside ten of his championship belts.

He also posted the defiant message: “Just to let you all know what time it is!”

His message was accompanied by the hashtag: HEAVYWEIGHTKING.

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Fury’s wife Paris applauded the image, saying: “Yes sir. Can any other current boxers do that?”

The British Boxing Board of Control meet in London on Wednesday to decide on Fury’s future.

He is also set to be stripped of his WBA and WBO heavyweight world titles after confessing in a Rolling Stone magazine interview that he had taken “lots of cocaine”.

In it, Fury, 28, revealed: “I’m a manic depressive. I just hope someone kills me before I kill myself.

“I’ve been out drinking, Monday to Friday to Sunday, and taking cocaine. The only thing that helps me is when I get drunk out of my mind.”

Britain’s other world heavyweight champ, IBF king Joshua, is now eyeing up a £15million clash with Klitschko on December 10.

The Ukrainian, 40, is the man Fury beat in Germany last November.

Ex-world heavyweight champ David Haye claimed the unification superfight has already been agreed.

He tweeted: “Great to hear Joshua-Klitschko is done. Timing is everything & the time now is perfect for AJ.”

But Joshua’s promoter, Matchroom boxing supremo Eddie Hearn, replied: “We’re not over the line yet.

“We’re all working to deliver the biggest heavyweight fight of this generation. We will keep you updated — so watch this space.”

Fury was due to make his first world title defence against Klitschko on July 9, but he pulled out with a sprained ankle.

He then withdrew from the rescheduled rematch on October 29 on “medical grounds”, with his camp claiming he was suffering from mental health problems.

Fury faces a UK Anti-Doping charge on November 4 after testing positive for nandrolone last year.

He also allegedly failed a drugs test for cocaine before pulling out of this month’s rematch with Klitschko.

And Fury faces being sanctioned by the British Boxing Board of Control.

The Gypsy King has also been given ten days by WBO chiefs to explain why he should NOT be stripped of their title.

In a letter dated October 7, WBO Championship Committee chairman Luis Batista-Salas wrote: “You have ten calendar days to show why your title should not be vacated due to inactivity, breach of contract and performance enhancing drugs and stimulants.”

Former world champion Ricky Hatton had his licence taken away by the BBBC in 2010 following widespread allegations about the use of cocaine.

It was returned two years later following a personal hearing.

Fury will hope to convince the boxing bodies to declare him “champion in recess”, which would allow him to challenge for the titles again, if he returns to the sport.

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