Tyson Fury has vowed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will be sold out for his return against heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov on Saturday – but he does not know if dad John will attend.
Fury is back in the sport after reversing a retirement decision for the fifth time and will end a 16-month absence from the ring live on Netflix in north London.
Speculation over ticket sales has rumbled on for weeks, but Fury promised more than 60,000 spectators would be there for his comeback.
"Let's just say it’s been a very busy few months with the boxing scene all around the world and especially in the UK. There have been a lot of big fights on, but Gypsy King always sells out," Fury told ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
"On the night there will be over 60-odd thousand at Tottenham, which is full capacity. The tickets have not been as fast as say the two days I sold out Wembley at 94,000, but it has gone over the past month or so, so we’ll be at full capacity on the night."
Whether or not Fury’s father John is present on Saturday remains to be seen.
Fury senior stole the show at the unveiling press conference on 16 February after he launched into an expletive-laden rant at pundit Carl Froch, but he recently told the Daily Mail his relationship with his son was "destroyed completely".
Asked about his dad, Fury (above) said: "He’s not happy. He wanted me to retire in 2020 after I beat Deontay Wilder. He is just not happy and doesn’t want me to box.
"I think when it’s your kids and when it’s your close relatives, you feel very concerned for the individual and he has got his opinions, he just doesn’t want me to do it, he never wanted me to do it for the past six years.
"At the end of the day, every man must bear his own cross and it’s my destiny to do."
Asked whether his father would turn up at the last minute, Fury added: "He might do, but he didn’t come to the Usyk II fight, so I’m not holding my breath.
"My dad will do what my dad will do and there is nothing I can do about it. He is his own person. If he turns up, great, and if he doesn’t, also great."
