Tyson Fury‘s father, John Fury, has been left bloodied after an alleged altercation with a member of Oleksandr Usyk‘s team.
Fury and Usyk square off on Saturday night in one of the most highly-anticipated fights of the 21st century, with the winner becoming the first man since Lennox Lewis in 1999 to hold all four heavyweight titles.
Yet just a day after Usyk’s arrival in Saudi Arabia – where the fight is being staged on Saturday – there has been an alleged coming together between Fury Snr and a member of the Ukrainian’s team.
Reports from the scene claim that shouts were heard during the media day, with Fury going head-to-head with someone from Usyk’s team, before the Gypsy King‘s father was left with blood on his face after allegedly attempting to head-butt another person.
A clip shows Fury squaring up to another individual, with Usyk’s party chanting ‘Usyk, Usyk’.
John Fury (pictured) was left bloodied after an altercation with a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s team
Video footage caught a clash of heads between the two before blood was left sheeting down Fury’s head
Tyson (left) later emerged and questioned how his dad had managed to cut his head
Fury then seems to mimic the chant with his son’s surname, before being pulled away by several security members.
A scuffle ensues with several bodies in the room pushing and shoving, while Fury paces angrily before crying: ‘We can’t be beat! We can’t be beat!’ and then tries to charge the Usyk camp before being restrained.
He also could be heard saying: ‘We ain’t going nowhere, we don’t go nowhere!’
As he walks away, Mail Sport captured the moment when Fury squares up to another member of the team chanting Usyk’s name in his face, before leaning in with his head and head-butting them.
Tyson’s brother Shane was reportedly also left incensed, shouting: ‘Is that not f***ing daft? Stupid b****rd, show some respect. Is that not stupid getting in someone’s face you f***ing p****.’
It was a heated few minutes in a corridor and room on Monday’s media day ahead of the fight, with Fury continuing to shout in the direction of the Usyk camp.
Fury Snr walks away from the melee and then turns and shouts: ‘I live for this f***ing s***! I live for blood, guts and horror! Blood guts and horror! I live for this s***, my boy lives for this s***!’
Usyk’s camp take up the cry of ‘Usyk’ again, which prompts Fury Snr to do the same with his own surname.
A member of Usyk’s camp then makes their way over to Fury Snr to make peace, with the Gypsy King’s father insisting his camp had never said a bad word about the Ukrainian heavyweight, before shaking hands and hugging it out.
Fury Snr continued to chant ‘Fury!’ before shaking hands with a member of Usyk’s team and making peace
Fury and Usyk will face off against one another for the right to be called the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world
Mail Sport also caught on camera Tyson seeing his father, coming into the room cheering before realising his father has blood sheeting down his face.
‘What’s happened to your head, you silly ****?!’ the Gypsy King says, having heard about the altercation.
‘How’ve you cut yourself like that?’ he continues, with a hint of a smile, before someone from the crowd takes up the chant of ‘Fury! Fury!’ before Tyson departs.
John Fury then raises his arms to the crowd and shouts: ‘The greatest show on earth has begun, here in Saudi Arabia.’
It is an explosive start to fight week, with two titans locking horns on Saturday night, three months after originally being billed to do so.
A nasty cut to Fury’s eye in his pre-fight camp earlier this year saw the much-vaunted fight postponed, with the two kings of the heavyweight division set to battle it out for the title of undisputed champion.
Usyk‘s promoter Alexander Krassyuk had previously revealed fears that Fury will withdraw from the fight – but those concerns appear to have been dispelled by the 35-year-old’s arrival in Saudi Arabia last week.
Fury arrived with his family, friends, and trainer SugarHill Steward, but there was no sign of his brother Tommy.
Mail Sport were granted exclusive access to the Ukrainian fighter’s pre-bout training camp
The 37-year-old alongside his speedball, with the words ‘weakness leaving your body’ that are visible on the wooden frame. ‘Undisputed’, ‘the ring’ and ‘Ukraine’ can also be made out
The heavyweight champion is not known for his comedic antics but he had no issues displaying his goofy side to Mail Sport
After a seven-hour flight from the UK, The Gypsy King and his entourage were welcomed with bouquets of flowers and hot drinks.
Usyk’s arrival saw Mail Sport granted exclusive access to his training camp, with photographer Kevin Quigley capturing the scenes for this week’s Soul of Sport.
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