John Fury has shared a surprise view on a potential trilogy fight between his son Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk.
John has been a prominent figure in Tyson’s career over the past decade, with his over-the-top antics on fight weeks dividing boxing fans.
The 60-year-old famously called out former super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch for a fight, whilst also being involved in an altercation with one of Oleksandr Usyk’s team members that left him with blood pouring down his head.
It seems those incidents may no longer happen though, after John revealed a breakdown in relationship with his son ahead of Tyson’s comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.
Speaking to Playbook Boxing, John Fury explained how things have unfolded the way they have.
‘My relationship with Tyson is destroyed. Boxing destroyed it completely…I think he’s past his best. I’m a no-filter kind of guy – I say it how I see it. I love him, but there are too many people patting him on the back and telling him things that aren’t true, building him up like he’s invincible. He’s not and he hasn’t been for a while.
‘Tyson has been gone since the Deontay Wilder fights, they finished him. Wilder completely done him. He’s not got a leg underneath him. He’s took a lot away from Tyson. Makhmudov is a problem for Tyson. I am the first one to say it.
‘Listen, I understand now that Tyson is testing himself. But, I can tell you now, his legs aren’t there anymore. I understand the only way he will believe that and see that is when the first bell rings.”
With that in mind, John Fury said that he wouldn’t back his son to defeat Oleksandr Usyk were they to meet in a trilogy fight.
“He’s 38, he hasn’t been in the ring for 18 months, and people are filling his head with nonsense. Nothing’s gonna change. Tyson’s getting weaker and Usyk’s getting stronger.
‘All I ever said to him was this: if I’d been in his corner and he got into trouble, he wouldn’t die. But if he gets into trouble with them in his corner, he could end up dead or with brain damage for life. Because when your legs are gone, you need someone to save you.
‘They won’t do that. They won’t throw the towel in. They won’t pull him out. Their egos are bigger than Tyson, bigger than the fight itself. And that’s how people get seriously hurt in this game. You’ve seen it before- one shot, bang, and it’s over. It can happen just like that. It’s a dangerous sport.”
Usyk famously beat Tyson Fury twice in 2024, the only defeats that ‘The Gypsy King’ has suffered in his career so far. The Ukrainian recently stated his desire to have a third meeting, but it certainly seems that John wouldn’t give his son any chance of coming out on top.
