John Fury, the father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, allowed himself a public appeal to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO championship titles. Fury Sr. called for respect from his son's potential opponent.
"Treat Tyson as the great champion he is. Stop trying to be the A-side. Usyk is not Tyson's equal. Fall in line and you'll get the fight done. Do not respect Tyson and you won't get the fight, simple as that. Tyson's the A-side and Usyk is not worthy of 50-50, he couldn’t sell the O2 Arena out. So fall in line and you might get the fight,” said John Fury.