Tyson Fury's dad has revealed how he tried to stop the world heavyweight champ from starting boxing.
John Fury was a bare-knuckle fighter who also had a professional career as a heavyweight when Tyson was a kid.
But he felt 'used' as a fighter and hid all his gear in the boot of his car to discourage Tyson and his younger brother Shane from taking up boxing.
I kept them in the boot of the car. I thought, ‘I’m never going to let my kids be knocked about for money and being abused for a public spectacle'.
“But they went behind my back. And you know what, what’s in a man, you can never take out.
“To be honest with you, I was very disillusioned with boxing because of what happened to me,” said John.
“I underachieved. I could have been better, but I got used.
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