John Fury breaks silence on headbutting Usyk team member as Tyson’s bloodied dad says ‘I’m a warrior, that’s what we do’
JOHN FURY has justified headbutting a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s team by insisting “I’m a warrior, that’s what we do”.
The father of Tyson Fury was left with a bloodied head after violently attacking Usyk’s pal Stanislav Stepchuk in Saudi Arabia on Monday.
John Fury explained what happened in the lead-up to the headbuttX / @SkySportsNews
X / @SkySportsNewsBloodied from his head, he started chanting ‘Fury’ again during the interview[/caption]
Fury headbutted Stanislav Stepchuk – a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s team
It comes as Tyson prepares to step in with Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight crown on Saturday night.
Following the incident, John was later seen embracing Usyk‘s manager, Alex Krassyuk, after the pair talked things out.
But he was then full of trash talk once more during a TV interview as blood trickled down his forehead.
Speaking on Sky Sports News, he said: “[They] disrespected my son, the best heavyweight to ever wear a pair of boxing gloves.
“Coming out with all that rubbish. He’s in my face, trying to be clever.
“Coming into my space, ‘Usyk, Usyk’, nobody’s bothering with them. I was only chanting my own son’s name.
“They stepped closer, stepped closer. So I’m a warrior at the end of the day, that’s what we do. We’re fighting people, you come in the space, you’re gonna get what’s coming.”
John then went on to add: “It’s not about the fight. We’ve done everything we can, Tyson’s in fine fettle. You’re probably gonna see on Saturday night the best Tyson ever.
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“But this is what he comes off, we’re fighting people. That [the headbutt] is a regular occurrence, seven nights a week for me, that. We’re not interested.
“So the last thing they’re going to do is get one over on me and my family. It will not happen.
“You’ve been disrespectful, we don’t talk, we don’t scream [punches his fist].”
And on the cut to his head, he said: “Who cares? Not me, it’s a bit of claret.”
Chants of “Usyk, Usyk, Usyk,” then began once more from the Ukrainian’s camp, before John returned with “Fury, Fury, Fury”.
He then looked back at the interviewer and defiantly declared: “Warlocks, warlocks”.
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