John Fury didn't hold back during a fight he has described as the toughest in his life in which the other man certainly came out worse off.
As the name suggests, the Fury family are seriously intimidating fighters who aren't afraid of throwing a punch at a moments notice should they deem it to be necessary.
Of course, former heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is undoubtedly the most accomplished and well-known fighter in the family, but that doesn't mean he's the most fearsome.
Instead, many would say that title belongs to his father, John, a man born into a traveller family in Ireland before growing up across the English Midlands.
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Like his sons, John is a fighter, as he has made very clear on numerous occasions throughout both Tyson and Tommy's professional boxing careers.
John Fury has been fighting all of his life, and strangely his toughest one came against against a man he was trying to sell a rug back in his youth, but he made sure the other guy was sorry for messing with him.
“We walked to a nearby deserted playground,” Fury wrote in his book, When Fury Takes Over.
"Where there were a few swings, a slide and one of those spinning roundabouts. We went straight to it and it was a hard tussle. I lost a tooth and had to have multiple stitches in my lip, while he lost half an ear and was temporarily blind in one eye.”
After losing his sight and some of his ear, John's opponent apparently accepted defeat but in a sign of respect sat with the Fury family head to offer him a glass of 'fizzy pop'.
Unlike Tyson and Tommy, John decided against stepping into the fancy” world of professional boxing for much of his life, only doing so for eight years following a short spell in prison.
He made his professional debut on 28 April 1987, losing to rugby league player Adam Fogerty before fighting his way up to a heavyweight title fight against Neil Malpass in June 1989, which he lost via decision.
“Without someone looking out for me, I managed to get to title level. Sometimes I idly speculate how far I could’ve got if I’d enjoyed the benefits of sponsorship and career guidance," Fury admitted in his book.
Eventually, Fury called time on his professional career in June 1995 with a record of 8–4–1.
Topics: John Fury, Tyson Fury, Boxing
Ben McCrum