Tyson Fury has revealed his son wants him to “smash” Oleksandr Usyk in their heavyweight rematch. The Gypsy King is out for revenge against the Ukrainian in what is set to be another barn-burner of a battle for the WBA, WBO and WBC heavyweight titles. Fury, 36, locked himself away in a Malta training camp for the fight here in Saudi Arabia and claimed he didn’t speak to his family for three months.
Yet he knows what one of his sons, Adonis, wants to happen when he gets in the ring again with Usyk, the man who ended his unbeaten run back in May. Fury said: “My Adonis, that’s my youngest son then, my second youngest son wanted me to smash this kid’s face right in. He’s only five. He wants me to severely smash it.”.
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to lock horns again on December 21 with the Brit attempting to avenge his defeat by the Ukrainian in May. Victory for Fury could also set up a huge domestic showdown with bitter rival Anthony Joshua next year. The Gypsy King did have wife Paris at the final press conference here on Thursday along with another of their children, Prince. But there have been no sightings of his father John ahead of the rematch. John Fury caused chaos back in May when he headbutted one of Usyk’s team at the start of fight week.
Then the father of the two-time heavyweight won’t be in the corner for Saturday night’s rematch, even if he does make it to Riyadh. Instead it will be Andy Lee only alongside SugarHill Steward. John Fury was criticised for his corner advice during the first fight. Fury said: “Like I say, I’ve not spoken to anybody. [Brother] Shane’s been with me the whole camp. We’ve had 60 days together, each other’s company, killing each other. He’s called me more useless things than ever before.
