\u201cClown\u201d John Fury slammed by ex-world champ after clash with Oleksandr Usyk camp Associated Press\/IFL\/XTyson Fury\u2019s father, John Fury, has been labeled a \u201cclown\u201d by former world boxing champion Carl Froch for his behavior in the build-up to his son\u2019s undisputed world heavyweight title clash with Oleksandr Usyk. Fury Sr hit the headlines for the wrong reasons on Monday after he headbutted a member of Usyk\u2019s camp while the two fighters began their media duties ahead of Saturday\u2019s fight. The row was caught on camera and it showed Fury\u2019s father being held back by security as blood poured down his face from a cut that opened on his forehead following the altercation. The incident left fellow Brit, Froch, who was a three-time world super-middleweight champion, deeply unimpressed, suggesting he is on the \u201csame level of clownage\u201d as YouTube star turned boxer Jake Paul. \u201cHe [John Fury] has overstepped the mark! We\u2019re having a go at John Fury now, though,\u201d Froch told Online Slots. \u201cHe was having a go at me before. He called me out and said he\u2019ll give me a kick up the a*** and give me a slap. And that he would take me in a fight. He literally made a public offer down the phone that he\u2019ll fight me at Wembley stadium. \u201cI paid him a bit of lip service because I\u2019m not going to sit back and just let somebody trash talk me without giving a response. \u201cIt\u2019s a bit cringey the stuff he says. A lot of it is a bit close to the bone as well. It\u2019s borderline absurd and crude. I think: \u2018Come on, John, think about what you\u2019re going to say before you say it.\u2019 \u201cThe fighting man that doesn\u2019t fight has caused trouble, I\u2019m not surprised, he\u2019s been told to pipe down and keep out of the way on the build up to this. \u201cHe\u2019s been told, pipe down, keep your mouth shut, and stay out of the way of the promotion. This is serious business boxing. And he\u2019s a clown sometimes. He\u2019s on Jake Paul\u2019s level with the clownage.\u201d To keep up to date with all of the latest boxing fights and results, follow our 2024 boxing schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cClown\u201d John Fury slammed by ex-world champ after clash with Oleksandr Usyk camp Associated Press\/IFL\/XTyson Fury\u2019s father, John Fury, has been labeled a \u201cclown\u201d by former world boxing champion Carl Froch for his behavior in the build-up to his son\u2019s undisputed world heavyweight title clash with Oleksandr Usyk. Fury Sr hit the headlines for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}