The Gypsy King is coming off a defeat to Oleksandr Usyk

Coming off his defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia, Tyson Fury has been advised to ditch his dad John by British boxing legend Carl Froch.

Tyson welcomed his father John into his training camp in an official capacity for the first time ahead of the historic encounter in Riyadh.

However Fury’s father was making headlines before the fight even started, headbutting a member of Usyk’s team shortly after arriving in Saudi Arabia.

John, who was once sent to prison for gauging a man’s eye out, was left in worse shape, as Tyson watched the incident with a stunned look.

Froch calls for Tyson to ditch his dad

The incident caused an unnecessary distraction according to British boxing legend Carl Froch, and he’s called for Tyson to distance himself from his father over his antics.

“He’s a liability. He must be hard work with the pressure he puts on Tyson,” Froch told SunSport via Lucky Block.

“Remember Tyson walks in the room after Big John headbutted that skinny kid from Team Usyk and he was like – ‘what have you done to your head, you f***ing idiot?’

“He had blood running all down his face, I think he thinks it makes him look hard doesn’t he?

“Keeps all the blood on his face, it’s a tiny little cut – I’ve done worse shaving and he lets the blood pour all over his face like he’s a big hard man.

“What does he say, ‘Blood, guts and honour, this is what I do everyday?’ It’s embarrassing, but I think Tyson is used to it.

“Even though he’s used to his dad being a bit of a moron, he must think ‘that’s not good, we’re in Saudi Arabia, big fight’ – the last thing you want is distractions.

“For me, if you’ve got someone being like this on the team they’ve got to go.

“We didn’t see much of him, did we? He’s definitely gone missing, I think he’s been told – because we never saw him on Saturday after that incident.

“It’s a massive hindrance for Tyson in the biggest fight of his life and he’s got his dad playing up, trying to steal the limelight. It’s not good for Tyson.”

roch praises Fury’s performance

Although Fury came up short in the fight with Usyk, Froch believes the Gypsy King’s performance was a positive one, though not as good as his opponent’s.

 “His performance was really good, fought really well and gave Usyk the hardest fight he’s ever had in the professional game for sure – I know he lost a few as an amateur,” said Froch.

Big, strong, good performance – slow start, good middle, not so clever at the end, got battered in round nine.

“I was proud of him, he did himself and British boxing proud, but Usyk was the better man and won.”