John Fury, the father of Tyson and Tommy Fury, has spoken about his tough life and time in prison and said: "I've no money, I live in a shed. I live on what I kill."
John, who was jailed for 11 years in 2011 after a fight at a car auction, shared how he was targeted for abuse in prison. "When I was in prison, at 10 o'clock at night, I used to get called every name under the sun through the windows," he said, adding that the insults were often anonymous.
"Did I know who was saying it? No. There's 1,500 men in a prison where the noise comes from. You can only guess, but would they say it to my face? No. I've been round some hard cookies in my life. Nobody's ever insulted me to my face. They can say what they want behind my back because there's miles and miles in front of people. When you're stood there looking like you're gonna do somebody some damage, let's see where the balls are. Then I know what mine are. You'll have to kill me to stop me, because I'll definitely end it there. I don't want the police knocking on my door anyway. They have knocked on my door too many times."
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Fury has previously shared that he was a 'different beast' during his third stint in prison. "I was no longer against the world, I just wanted to be back in it," he penned in his autobiography When Fury Takes Over.
He believes his faith helped him navigate through the tough times in prison and kept him on the right path after his release: "When I went to prison... I never questioned my faith, nor tried to blame it on God that he had landed me in such a horrible place. It was my actions, and my actions alone, that had taken me there."
Now, at 59, Fury plays a crucial role in promoting his sons' fights, both heavyweight champ Tyson and boxer-turned influencer Tommy. Despite his sons' wealth, Fury insists he prefers a simple life, enjoying nature or hunting in the woods with his dog.
"All I've done in my life has been hard work," Fury told Daily Star Sport. "I've took the hard route. I could have done things a lot easier, but probably never had the brains to go down the easy route. I never had the brains to avoid people I should have been avoiding, you know? But I've learned by trial and error. I've nothing to write home about. I've no money. I live in a shed. I drive a 30-year-old car. I live on rabbit stew. I live on what I kill. I'm the only man in the world that probably spends Christmas in the middle of a wood in the dead of winter with himself and a dog. That's me. I don't wanna change. But what I am is a good Christian man. I respect people who respect me. I'm polite."
John continued: "I do make the odd, wise suggestion now and then. But do I know everything? Definitely not. Are there better people out there than me? Yes. I don't deny that. My true claim to fame is that I've got two very famous sons. Multimillionaires. All the rest of them's doing well. They're all alive. I'm in good health. I'm happy. I'm in good spirits."
The 59-year-old admits he still struggles with managing his temper, and often prefers being alone to keep away from conflict. He said: "I've decided now that at this stage of the game, I'm a one horse race. I'm out on my own. I don't bother nobody because the world has passed me by now."
Speaking of his past, John said: "The people who believed in me, they're long gone. You know, you can ask certain people up and down and they will know John Fury in the Manchester area. They know what kind of character I've been and I had a lot of respect for them, as they have for me, you know. But for today's men it's a different ball game, isn't it? Today's population could not survive in the days I did, the eighties, the nineties. That's when some great things happened, in them two decades. Thankfully I've lived through it.
"I've lived through the best years where if you wasn't a man and you couldn't look out for yourself, you didn't get nothing. You didn't get anywhere near the feeding bowl. To feed out that bowl, you have to be somewhat special. And at the end of the day, I did what I had to do. Did what I had to do to survive, and I'm still here to tell a story. It's a boring story, but it's only the people from yesteryear can understand where I'm coming from. You just look at me as an old fat guy sat here, but I've lived more in 12 months than many have lived in a lifetime. I'm happy in my own skin."
