Paris Fury hits back at John Fury over criticism of 16-year-old daughter's engagement
Paris Fury has spoken out about her 16-year-old daughter Venezuela’s engagement after Tyson’s father, John, made negative comments about the teenager being in a relationship at a young age.
Ahead of Tyson’s comeback fight against Russia’s Arslanbek Makhmudov on Saturday (April 11), all eyes are on the Fury family.
In recent weeks, a feud between Tyson and his father, John, has emerged, with the elder suggesting he wants his son to retire rather than make a comeback following his 16-month hiatus from professional boxing.
John claimed that the pair’s relationship had been “destroyed”, while also stating that he believes the heavyweight is “past his best”.
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The 37-year-old retired for the fifth time after his second successive defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in December 2024, but has since admitted that boxing is an “obsession” that has “always dragged” him back.
This comes just weeks after John suggested that “a 15-year-old should never have a boyfriend” during a clip of the upcoming Netflix series At Home with the Furys.
Tyson’s daughter Venezuela got engaged to her then boyfriend, Noah Price, on her 16th birthday back in September 2025, with both her mother and father showing their support.
Also in the trailer, Noah is seen asking Tyson for permission to marry his daughter, in line with tradition.
The British heavyweight can be heard saying: “You wanna marry her? You sure this is what you wanna do?”
Now, six months on, Paris has spoken out about her daughter’s decision, admitting that there is a part of her “that is a little sad”.
Speaking to the Press Association, Paris, who married Tyson in 2008, said: “There’s a part of me that is a little bit sad that it’s all happened so soon, because I still feel like I’m so young, and I feel like my kids… imagine my brain, they’re all babies and they’re all at home,” she shared.
“But obviously, Venezuela is a young woman. She’s 16 years old. She makes her own choices in life.
“But on the other hand, the mirror image — I think she is so lucky. Like, you’ve met this person that you want to spend your life with. I did the same thing at 17.”
Paris finished by saying that she thinks it’s “beautiful” that her daughter has “found what she wants”.
The 36-year-old mother of seven then offered her thoughts on her husband’s return to the ring.
"I’m happy for him,” she admitted. “It’s what he wanted, and I knew it’s what he wanted. All this time, when he kept saying he was out the ring, ‘I’m out the ring, I’m not boxing, I’m not boxing’ – I knew in the back of my mind that wouldn’t be true."
Topics: Tyson Fury, Boxing
Luke Davies