John Fury was keen to be centre of attention after his son Tommy beat Eddie Hall on Saturday night, calling out ‘worm’ Carl Froch in wild fashion.
The former World’s Strongest Man went the distance with Tommy Fury, who won a majority decision in Manchester.
‘I’ve fought a lot of people, and this guy can fight,’ said Fury. ‘He’s not slow, he’s fit. Thank you for taking the fight and thank you for a great night in Manchester.’
It was John Fury who was stealing the limelight after the bout, though, striding around backstage and calling out his apparent rival Carl Froch.
There has been ongoing beef between the former super-middleweight world champion and Tyson Fury’s dad, with both calling for a fight.
With Froch in mind, a shirtless the 61-year-old roared: ‘It took f***ing 20 men to hold me back. Where are you, you f***ing worm?’
Froch was not in attendance, which Fury said proves that he is scared of a scrap with him.
Speaking in a post-fight press conference, Fury said: ‘The coward Carl Froch, the worm Carl Froch. Him with the bum hole like a rabbit’s nose twitching.
‘Where was he tonight? From an old man. Running scared from an old man. Terrible.
‘He’s an embarrassment to Nottingham. Carl, the worm, Froch. You know them championship belts he won, don’t you? He wants to give them to somebody with a pair of nuts, because let me tell you, he’s no street fighter. I’m a street fighter.
‘It took 20 men to hold me there tonight. There’s no 12 stone man, or 13 stone man, going to do any good with me.’
Former professional John then suggested he could meet the Cobra on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s next bout.
‘Well, why don’t we do this then, yeah? First of August, Tyson’s having a comeback fight,’ he said. ‘He’ll fight some well-known name, and I’ll fight the coward Froch. The biggest worm I’ve ever seen in my life.’
As mentioned, this beef has been simmering for some time, with Froch mocking Fury in March.
The 33-2 former world champion took aim at the former heavyweight who ended his career in 1995 with a record of 8-4-1.
‘What level was John Fury? He had a couple of fights… I’m not sure how many he had, but he was a journeyman,’ Froch told NewBettingSites.uk.
‘He’s been brave enough to get in there and have a go. I think he got splattered. So, he’s a very low-level journeyman. But still brave enough to get in there, still fought, still laced the gloves up, so he deserves credit for that. But he was absolutely f***ing useless.
‘John Fury has gone quiet on our fight, as he does. You don’t want any of the Cobra. He doesn’t need me punching him around the ribs.
‘I physically wouldn’t hit him with a right hand on the chin if I boxed him. I wouldn’t do it, just out of respect. I’d just jab him in the face. My jab has not even half the power on my right-hand. And I’d only work his body. I’d only hit him in the bread basket. That’s all I’d need to do. So I’d jab him in the face, and work the body.’