FANS labelled Tyson Fury’s father John as “beyond embarrassing” after his bizarre antics at the face-off with Francis Ngannou.
The WBC heavyweight boxing title holder collides with the ex-UFC champion in a crossover boxing bout in Saudi Arabia this Saturday.
The 35-year-old Gypsy King is also putting his undefeated record on the line in the much-criticised showdown.
His Cameroon-born opponent, who left UFC last year and has now signed with fellow MMA promotion Professional Fighters League, has been trained by boxing legend “Iron” Mike Tyson for the clash in Las Vegas.
Both stars are now in the Middle East and they came face-to-face tonight ahead of what has been billed as the Battle of the Baddest.
Fury and Ngannou jokingly sniped at each other in front of the cameras – but that was the former’s dad had tried to get in on the action on stage.
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John, who was also topless like his son, marched up alongside Tyson but then went past him at first, blocking out the camera, and stood looking at Ngannou.
Security were then forced to pull back the shirtless 59-year-old before his boy joked around with Ngannou as the pair compared weight before a number of fat jokes were made.
The MMA ace then took off his jacket to reveal his stacked up physique while Fury admired his foe’s shreds before the gathering came to an end.
But it was John Fury that most people were talking about on social media afterwards.
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“John Fury must be the closest thing to a real life David Brent that we have,” read one response to the clip.
Another asked: “What the hell is he doing? It’s beyond embarrassing.”
“John Fury has got to be the most embarrassing man on the planet,” blasted a fellow fan.
“So embarrassing,” wrote another before they added that it was “cringe to watch”.
That came after John exchanged verbal jabs with Mike Tyson – before he squared up to the hall of fame boxer and called him out several times.
Iron Mike chanted “and the new” repeatedly during a press conference earlier, encouraging the crowd to join in, and it wound John up a treat.
John jumped out his chair and charged at the American, forcing security to hold him back, while screaming: “Do you want to fight me? I can fight you right now.”
However, once things had calmed down, John did admit that maybe he would struggle against “the Baddest Man on the Planet” in the ring.
He said: “Listen, let me tell you this much. I respect Mike Tyson. I named my son after him. But I’m a fighting man. I’ve got a warrior’s heart. I’m in Saudi. Bring it on!”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
