Tyson Fury Says Peter Fury Is Not Helping Joshua
Tyson Fury posted a video denying that his uncle, Peter Fury, is training Anthony Joshua or telling him how to beat him. The denial landed days after Joshua said at the London launch that Peter was willing to help ahead of their December 11 fight in Cardiff.
Fury filmed the message shirtless against a white headboard and opened by saying he could not believe he had to make the video. “All this talk of Peter Fury training Anthony Joshua or giving him advice on how to beat me, I could categorically say that’s untrue, because even if Peter Fury hated me, he’s still family, and that would mean he would be afraid of scorpion, snake, rat, bastard, piece of sh*t if he did that,” Fury said.
He said he was making the statement without speaking to anybody first. “I’ve known Peter Fury me whole life, and I know him to be none of those people that I’ve just said. He’s none of the above.” He closed the clip by telling viewers to leave it there. “I don’t want to hear this bullsh*t anymore, ever.”
The claim Fury was answering came from Joshua at Wednesday’s press conference for the Principality Stadium show. Joshua said he speaks to Peter Fury and that Peter was willing to help him, while also bringing back Ben Davison, who trained Fury during the comeback that began in 2018. Joshua called Davison and Peter a match made in heaven for the camp.
Peter Fury answered on X before his nephew’s video. “Me and AJ spoke two months ago about advice on his skill set, really nice guy,” he wrote. “After his fight, anything he needs from me [would] be a pleasure. He has a great team around him, including Team Usyk. My focus now is Rico [Verhoeven], we start camp very soon.”
That post does not match a camp role. Peter put any further help after the fight and said his attention is on Verhoeven. Tyson went further and called the training-and-advice story categorically untrue, including the suggestion that Peter is telling Joshua how to beat him.
Fury and Peter have been apart in the gym for years. Peter stepped away as Tyson’s coach after a rift, and the family split has been part of the public record around Fury’s career ever since. Tyson’s argument on the video was blood, not the current training setup. He said family would still make that kind of help a betrayal, and he said Peter is not that person.
The fight those camps are building toward is set for December 11 at Principality Stadium, with Netflix carrying it. Ring Magazine, backed by Turki Alalshikh, is promoting the show with Dana White and Zuffa Boxing, and White has said the UFC is producing the broadcast. Eddie Hearn is in Joshua’s corner of the promotion, and Frank Warren is with Fury.
Fury enters at 36-2-1, with wins over Arslanbek Makhmudov and Mariusz Wach since the two losses to Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua is the former two-time heavyweight champion who has been working with Team Usyk and has now added Davison. Ring Magazine has said the Cardiff bout will be for the WBA super title.
Fury’s video did not answer Peter’s line that the two men spoke about skill two months ago. It answered the version Joshua put on the stage, that Peter is in the preparation and willing to help him beat his nephew. The next public word, if there is one, will have to come from Peter or from Joshua’s camp before they get to Cardiff.
