New world heavyweight Boxing champion Tyson Fury is to be investigated by police over comments made about homosexuality.

The Wythenshawe-born star claimed the crown with a win over reigning champ Wladimir Klitschko in Germany at the end of last month.

However the 27 year-old sparked outrage after remarks emerged from a newspaper interview in which he appeared to link abortion and homosexuality with paedophilia.

And the M.E.N has now learned a complaint has been made to the police about the comments.

A GMP spokesman said they received a call at around 10:30am this morning reporting them as a hate crime.

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He confirmed an investigation has now been launched to establish whether an offence has been committed.

That will involve officers speaking to the complainant and taking a statement from him. It will then be decided if they need to quiz Mr Fury.

He was also accused of being sexist after saying athlete and fellow nominee BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award, Jessica Ennis-Hill “looked good in a dress.”

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The M.E.N has been told the police investigation only refers to the comments about homosexuality.

A petition calling for the BBC to remove him from the shortlist for the prestigious award has already gained more than 95,000 signatures.

And the Scottish National Party have also officially called for his de-selection.

The broadcaster have defended their decision saying it was made purely on sporting merit.

The self-styled ‘Gypsy King’ Fury is of traveller heritage but grew up in a house in the village of Styal near Wilmslow, and is a devout Roman Catholic.

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And the dad-of-two, whose wife is expecting a third child and who now lives in Morecambe, Lancashire, has himself refused to back-down.

In an explosive ringside interview at one of his cousin Hughie’s fights he said those who had signed the petition were w*****s and that his critics could “suck his b***s.”

He has also taken to Twitter to defend himself saying: “The Gypsy King, & the heavyweight champion of the world, will not be silenced I’ll always speak my mind, Like it or lump it, in Jesus name.”

“Just to recap, I stick by anything I’ve said in the past, 10000% being the heavyweight champion makes no difference to me, I’m a roll model.”

However he did add: “no hatred from me, towards anyone of anything” saying he loved all his human beings.

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