{"id":8101,"date":"2026-11-03T19:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/i-hope-it-never-happens-john-fury-warns-of-career-fallout-ahead-of-aj-vs-fury\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:32:11","slug":"i-hope-it-never-happens-john-fury-warns-of-career-fallout-ahead-of-aj-vs-fury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/i-hope-it-never-happens-john-fury-warns-of-career-fallout-ahead-of-aj-vs-fury\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Hope It Never Happens&#8217; &#8212; John Fury Warns Of Career Fallout Ahead Of AJ vs Fury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Fury has expressed deep reservations over the upcoming December 11 showdown between his son Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua at Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium, admitting he wishes the fight had never been booked.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the two heavyweight icons finally set to clash after a decade of rivalry, the 61-year-old fears the loser of the contest will struggle to deal with both the physical toll and the public backlash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/super-falcons-adegbuyi-akekoromowei-uzoma-nominated-for-2026-caf-awards\/\">Super Falcons, Adegbuyi, Akekoromowei, Uzoma Nominated For 2026 CAF Awards<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the upcoming BBC series Rivals, Fury Snr highlighted the danger of both aging heavyweights damaging their legacies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope it never happens. They\u2019ll get that much stick, the loser, they won\u2019t be able to cope with it,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though these two guys are not at their best, they\u2019ve still got a lot of power and they could still hurt each other. You just don\u2019t want to see either man walk around after being greats for people to laugh at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments come shortly after John and Tyson repaired their relationship following a period of total estrangement earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-brazil-coach-rilany-warns-flamingos-will-be-tough-to-beat\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Brazil Coach Rilany Warns Flamingos Will Be Tough To Beat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, despite being back on speaking terms with \u2018The Gypsy King,\u2019 the elder Fury has ruled out being in attendance in the Welsh capital.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming his absence to Playbook Boxing, Fury Snr revealed he will follow the match from home instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have more chance of seeing a cow fly than me bothering with it,\u201d he stated. \u201cI don\u2019t like the people in it, and I\u2019m not involved, so I don\u2019t want to go to the fight. I\u2019ll wait for somebody to tell me who wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Fury has expressed deep reservations over the upcoming December 11 showdown between his son Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua at Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium, admitting he wishes the fight had&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}