'His belts were stolen' Tyson Fury's dad John lashes out in stunning rant

John Fury has claimed his son's heavyweight titles were stolen from him in a stunning rant. dropped his belts to Oleksandr Usyk last year via a split decision.

when he fell to a unanimous defeat in the rematch and Fury Sr reckons his son actually emerged victorious in both fights. Ukranian star Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight champion in 25 years after their first meeting.

, with the third showed Fury as the winner 113-114. The ex-cruiserweight then vacated his IBF belt to enter a rematch Fury in December and .

Fury Sr was , after being part of a three-man team in the first. But John has now given his verdict on the decisions and suggested they couldn't afford to pay Fury if he remained champion.

“He had them stolen off him, to be honest,” Fury Sr explained to Seconds Out .

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“What can you say? When somebody's paid you a shed load of money they seem to resent letting you stay champion as well…

“They probably didn’t want to pay him the same amount of money again, probably couldn’t afford to pay Tyson that same money again if they let him remain as champion.”

Fury Sr did admit that the Gypsy King's .

“For me, he won both fights," Fury Sr continued. "He didn’t look in fantastic shape in the second one.

“In the first one, he needed more rest time – he put a full camp in, seven weeks, got cut, he had three weeks rest, and he’s back in the gym for another eight weeks.

“You can’t do those things, so by the time he got in the ring for the first fight with Usyk he had overtrained; there was nothing left in him.

“But, he was facing a $10-15million fine, he was backed in a corner, I told him, ‘Take the fine, take the fine,’ I said, ‘They’re not going to fine you, because there’s no show without you.’"

Fury has since retired from boxing but there . Responding to an post of an interview with Usyk suggesting another fight could be on the cards, Fury seemed to suggest a clash in the could make a trilogy.

Fury wrote: "Beat the f***er 2 times the knows the truth. Any time, any place. sucher (sic) UK next time 100k people."