Tyson Fury's Father Is Covered In Blood Due To Clashes With Oleksandr Usyk Team

JAKARTA John, Tyson Fury's father, suffered injuries to his forehead after heading in to one of the men who was part of Oleksandr Usyk's team.

He suffered the injury after being involved in a commotion with a person headerd at a luxury hotel located in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday, May 13, 2024, yesterday afternoon local time.

John, 59, got emotional after Usyk's team kept shouting his son's name. He then lost control and headed for a young man named Stanislav Badminton.

The consequences of this action made John Fury Sr covered in blood from a large wound on his forehead. Meanwhile, Stanislav, who was headed, appeared to only suffer minor injuries.

Tyson Fury, who will be in the ring this weekend against Usyk, responded flatly to the commotion.

"I didn't see anything. I was in that room for an interview with Sky Sports. I'm not here for all that. I'm here to finish work and go home and rest," he said, quoted by The Guardian.

This is not the first time such a commotion has occurred. Fury's group, especially his father, have often been involved in such chaos so that it doesn't surprise the boxer.

"They did what they did. I must have seen worse than head injuries," he said.

Usyk and Fury are scheduled to board the ring in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Both are fighting to win the heavyweight belt are undisputed.

The last boxer to hold the heavyweight title is Lennox Lewis in 1999. This means that more than two decades no boxer has followed in Lewis' footsteps.