Fury's dad John was left bloodied after headbutting a member of Usyk's team and the Ukrainian's reaction to the incident is fitting of his character
Tensions were high on the first day of fight week ahead of Fury and Usyk's undisputed heavyweight world title clash this Saturday night. Mirror Fighting was on the ground in Riyadh for the media day as Fury's dad John went face-to-face with a member of Usyk's team before headbutting Stanislav Stepchuk.
Usyk played down the altercation by insisting his only focus this week is on Fury and not his dad. "Crazy day, crazy week. For me, it doesn't matter because my focus is on the fight. Bad behaviour from Fury team and Fury's father, it's only a problem for Fury's team," he told The Stomping Ground.
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