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WEDNESDAY was a big day for Big John Fury, who admitted a decline in his most feted son, Tyson, while also revealing another of his offspring is ‘in talks’ to fight Roy Jones.

When not headbutting perspex or advertising mushroom oil on Instagram, Papa Fury is often the most outspoken of his fighting family these days and says what he sees when it comes to Tyson. This time, he suggested that Tyson could have done with ‘a bit more time’ ahead of the February 17 date for the Oleksandr Usyk fight. Fury also suggested his son had shown signs of decline in his last three fights.

On the subject of decline, Fury also revealed that his young son Tommy is now in discussions about an exhibition fight with

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