Tyson Fury’s father headbutted a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s entourage on Monday in a bloody clash at a media day for Saturday’s undisputed world heavyweight title fight in Saudi Arabia.
John Fury, with a cut on his forehead and blood streaks on his face, confirmed to Sky Sports television his involvement in an incident at the event in Riyadh attended by both fighters.
Sky reported the Saudi authorities had decided to draw a line under the incident.
Billed as the “Ring of Fire”, the fight will unify Briton Fury’s WBC heavyweight championship with the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO belts held by Ukrainian Usyk. Both are undefeated professionally.
The fight was originally meant to happen on Dec 23rd last year and then set for Feb 17 before being rescheduled when Fury suffered a cut in sparring.
