Tommy Fury has offered his take on the ongoing feud between his brother Tyson and father John.
Ahead of Tyson’s return to the ring, with the heavyweight set to face Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov after a 16-month hiatus, much of the media’s focus has been on his ongoing feud with his father rather than the Gypsy King’s 39th professional bout.
In March, John made it clear that he believes Tyson has no business returning from retirement and claimed that the pair’s relationship has been “completely destroyed”, while also suggesting that his son is “past his best”.
Tyson has not fought since sustaining a second successive defeat against Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia in December 2024.
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The 37-year-old has not won a fight since defeating Francis Ngannou by split decision back in October 2023, with many suggesting that he lost the bout after being knocked down in round three by the former UFC heavyweight champion.
Last month, John told Playbook Boxing: “I don't want Tyson's money and I don't need Tyson's money. Whatever he's got, good luck to him. But don’t forget who built his story when he was a kid. He didn’t build it himself, did he? Me, his father.
“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 did him. He's not got a leg underneath him. He's taken a lot away from Tyson. Makhmudov is a problem for Tyson. I am the first one to say it.”
Tyson has already suggested that his father “wants the best” for him, admitting that he has been urged to “walk away” from boxing.
Speaking to Sky Sports on Wednesday (8 April), the 37-year-old revealed: “My dad wants the best for his son; he wanted me to retire six years ago after [Deontay] Wilder II. Maybe I should have done, maybe I shouldn't have done.
“But at the end of the day, that concern’s coming from a father — someone’s family, someone’s blood. For him, there’s no financial gain from me fighting; it doesn’t matter. But for me, it’s everything. It’s everything that I’ve always done, it’s everything that I love to do and it’s something that I’ll continue to do until I’ve done what I’ve wanted to do.”
Now, Tyson’s brother Tommy, who is currently preparing for a fight against former World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall, has waded in with his thoughts and appeared to side with his father.
“I think if you asked anyone of his family do we want to see him keeping boxing the answer would have been an all-round ‘no’,” he told Bloody Elbow.
“That’s all the way around the board because we care about his health.
“Obviously you guys are fight fans you love to see him in the ring because he brings that entertainment. But we think of his health and everything like that so listen, he’s decided to keep fighting, it’s Tyson who is a fighting man who loves to do so.
“But I guess time will tell and I think he definitely still has it in him because he wouldn’t be getting in that ring if he knew he didn’t.”
Topics: Tommy Fury, Tyson Fury, John Fury, Boxing, Eddie Hall
Luke Davies